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Northern Rivers · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1952

527 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 7 of 27

Shire Office Transfer Opposed

Northern Star · Saturday 22 March 1952 · page 3

Terania Shire Council will object to a move to transfer its offices from Lismore…

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Terania Shire's Revaluation Hearing Fixed For August

Northern Star · Saturday 22 March 1952 · page 3

A sitting of the Land and Valuation Court will be held in Lismore during August, according to advice received by Terania Shire Council. The scope of the…

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Council Failure to Subdivide Reserve Criticised

Northern Star · Saturday 22 March 1952 · page 4

Lismore City Council had persistently refused, since 1946, to subdivide the Leycester Street water reserve, said Mr. E. Stratford at a meeting of Lismore R.S.L. sub-branch…

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True Position of Loan Council And States

Northern Star · Monday 24 March 1952 · page 2

In view of the constant stream of misleading statements about so-called Commonwealth cuts of State loan programmes, the public should be made aware of the true position, and should…

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Legislative Council Blamed For Rural Labour Shortage

Northern Star · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday. — The general secretary of the Australian Workers' Union, Mr. T. Dougherty, said today the N.S.W. Legislative Council had been indirectly responsible for the present serious shortage rural workers…

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Council Move to Catch- Up on 20 Years' Free Water

Northern Star · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 4

Lismore City Council has been supplying water free of charge to two farms outside the city boundary for over 20 years. This was revealed at a…

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"No Good Purpose Served" Council Refuses Request for Meeting on Rates

Northern Star · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 4

A request that the Mayer convene a public: meeting to discuss council rate was refused by Lismore City Council last nir' The request was ma[?]e by the Lismore Citizens'…

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Council's "Gross Discourtesy"

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 4

Lismore City Council's refusal to meet the citizens of the city was a gross act of discourtesy, said Mr…

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Non-Communist F.I.A. Council

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A new Federated Ironworkers' National Council, composed entirely of non-Communists, was…

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Letters to the Editor Terania Shire Office Should Be Decentralised

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 7

Sir,—I have read with interest your report of the reception given a proposal made by Nimbin Retailers' Association favouring a transfer of Terania Shire offices from Lismore to within the…

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Council Has no Property Suitable For Fire Station

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 4

Lismore City Council, has no property which could be recommended, as an alternative site for the Lismore Fire Station. This advice will be…

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Legislative Council Move To Force Debate On Abolition Fails

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A move by Mr. Geraghty (Ind., North Sydney), to force a debate on the question of the abolition of the Legislative Council failed in the Legislative Assembly…

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The Northern Star Wednesday, March 26, 1952. Council Scurries for Easy Way Out

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 4

LISMORE CITY Council scurried for shelter on Monday night when it spurned the opportunity it had to discuss its sorry financial plight with ratepayers from whom so much is being…

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Satisfactory Result Of 'Drome Meeting Says Casino Mayor

Northern Star · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 4

The assurance by the Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr. H. L. Anthony, to at Casino would be given No. 1 priority in the construction of new country aerodromes was a satisfactory…

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Aldermen to Be Invited to Rate Meeting

Northern Star · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 4

Another public meeting, of protest against Lismore City Council's rates will be held in the Richmond Hall, Lismore, either next Wednesday or Thursday…

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Nimbin to Press For Shire Office Transfer

Northern Star · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 4

Nimbin Ratepayers' Association will proceed with its objective of transferring Terania Shire Office to Nimbin. Discussion on a proposal…

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Legislative Council Humbug by Labor

Northern Star · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 4

BY THE ADMITTED accident of a Labor Speaker's ruling in the Legislative Assembly the Labor Party was saved from a vote on an issue which threatened to bring a serious internal…

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Council of Europe

Northern Star · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 1

French and German members of the Council of Europe who attended the 10th session of the Committee of…

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No Shire Branch Office for Bonalbo

Northern Star · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 5

Strong dissatisfaction at the Kyogle Shire Council's refusal to open a shire office at Bonalbo was expressed by a number of members at a meeting of Bonalbo Chamber of Commerce…

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Build Link Road Soon C. of Com. Request To Shire Council

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 1

A well attended meeting convened by Kyogle Chamber of Commerce on Friday night discussed at length the proposed Toonumbah-Duck Road and decided that the Shire Council should he urged to again…

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