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Northern Rivers · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1952

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Speedy Action to Form New Elec. County Council

Northern Star · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 6

BALLINA, Thursday.—"Immediate action is being taken to include the City of Lismore, the Municipality of Casino, and the whole of the Copmanhurst Shire in the Clarence River County…

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Oil Engine Impracticable Water pumping idea At Council Meeting

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 1

A suggestion that crude oil engines be installed to pump water for the town water supply when the electricity supply was off was described as impracticable by Shire…

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New Aldermen Welcomed

Northern Star · Saturday 16 February 1952 · page 4

BALLINA, Friday.—Ald. Houghton Burgett, the successful candidate at the recent municipal by-election, was…

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Shire Sanitary, Garbage Services For Goonellabah?

Northern Star · Saturday 16 February 1952 · page 6

The Shire Clerk of Gundurimba Shire, Mr. N. E. Fiford, and the Health Inspector, Mr. S. J. Smith, were directed at Thursday's meeting of the council to investigate the question of the…

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Endorsement for Proposed Elec. County Council

Northern Star · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 5

BALLINA, Sun.—Ballina Municipal Council has decided to adopt the recommendation of the Local Government Department in connection with representation on the proposed new…

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Sino-Malays Win Municipal Elections

Northern Star · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 5

SINGAPORE, Sunday (AAP-Reuter).—The SinoMalay Alliance had an easy win in Kuala Lumpur's…

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Council to Guide Home Builders

Northern Star · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 4

Prospective home builders are to receive information circulars setting out Lismore City Council's requirements…

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New Rates Adopted by Council

Northern Star · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 4

At a special meeting last night Lismore City Council formally adopted resolutions fixing the general rate and…

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West Casino Lists Works for Council

Northern Star · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 4

CASINO, Monday.—The West Casino Progress Association has prepared a list of repairs and renovations…

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Mayor's Views On City Council Rates

Northern Star · Thursday 21 February 1952 · page 4

The total amount of rating by Lismore City Council this year is £196,654 and last year the yield was £114,335, said the Mayor of Lismore, Ald. R. Granger, last night…

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Sympathy by Shire

Northern Star · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 5

The president of Terania Shire Council, Cr. W. W. Seccombe, at the monthly meeting yesterday, moved a vote…

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Protest Petition on Lismore Rates Meeting Censures Aldermen

Northern Star · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 4

A petition protesting against rates imposed by Lismore City Council will be prepared and circulated throughout Lismore. A motion of censure on aldermen for failing to attend the meeting was adopted…

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Moderate Field in Lord Mayor's Cup Captain Theo Best Bet

Northern Star · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 10

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Form horse, Captain Theo, who is opposed to a moderate field of middle-distance performers in the Lord Mayor's Cup, should be one of the best bets of…

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Support Sought For Protest on Council Rates

Northern Star · Saturday 23 February 1952 · page 4

An appeal will be made to all service clubs, and kindred organisations in Lismore to assist in securing signatures to a petition of ratepayers protesting to Lismore City Council against the…

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Council at Apex of Local Inflation Claim in Petition to Ratepayers

Northern Star · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 4

Instead of being at the apex of a local inflationary spiral, Lismore City Council should do its utmost to put some value back into the ratepayers' pound…

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Financial Chaos Would Follow Rate Alteration —MAYOR

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 February 1952 · page 4

Lismore City Council's finances would be plunged into chaos and the year's works programme seriously disrupted if any alteration was made to the 1952 rates…

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New Elec. Council by July

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 February 1952 · page 4

GRAFTON, Monday.—A new county council for the North Coast, embracing the Clarence River County…

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Casino Council Seeks £68,000 for Loan Works

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 February 1952 · page 4

CASINO, Tuesday.—Proposals recommended by the Town Clerk, Mr. Austin R. Samut, tonight for the…

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The Northern Star Wednesday, February 27, 1952. Time for Council to End Evasion

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 February 1952 · page 4

SO LONG AS Lismore City Council is able to avoid chaos in its internal finances and in its so-called works programme it does hot matter a great deal about those who have to foot the bill…

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Delegates Clash on Representation New Electricity Council

Northern Star · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 4

A recommendation will be made to the Minister for Local Government that representation on the new electricity council for th North Coast should consist of 14 delegates, seven each from the northern and southern areas…

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