Re-election of Former Mayor
SYDNEY, Sunday. — The former Mayor of Leichhardt, Mr. E. C. Erwin, who resigned last month following…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Northern Rivers · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1953
485 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 25
Major Sewerage Works Planned by Lismore Council
Major works which Lismore City Council will consider in 1953 include a sewerage augmentation scheme, a new reservoir for the water supply, and the replacement of the bridge over…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ballina Mayor As C. Party Candidate
The nomination of Mr. J. S. Easter as a Country Party candidate for the State elections on February 14 was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Aid Needed To Protect Trees (To the Editor.)
Sir,—May I claim a small space to air a grievance? We have in Dalley Street a lot of beautiful cassia fistula trees…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mayor Defends Broken Hill
BROKEN HILL, Friday.—The Mayor of Broken Hill, Ald. W. Riddiford, declared today that there was less gambling and drinking in Broken Hill than in any other Australian city. The Mayor, defending…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Probe on Council Affairs
SYDNEY, Sunday, —Local Government, Department investigators have been directed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rocky Creek Project Loan Raised by County Council
Promised loans totalling £225,000 will enable Rous County Council to supply water from Rocky Creek Dam to Lismore, Byron Bay and Bangalow this year…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Main Roads Programme Restricted Council Will Have to Curb Maintenance
Maintenance and improvement work on Main and Trunk roads in Kyogle Shire will be severely restricted during the next six months, and greatly reduced for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Byron Shire Rate Rise
Byron Shire Council yesterday increased its general rate levy from 4½d to 53/4d in the £ on the unimproved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Clashes On Spending Emphasis on Roads
Byron Shire Council was sharply divided yesterday on a proposal to cut expenditure on beach reserves by £1000. Clashes between…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tintenber Council Hears Slating Of Lennox Hd. Body
Criticism of Lennox Head Progress Association as a progressive body was contained in a ratepayers letter read at this week's meeting of Tintenbar Shire Council…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Council Move to Abolish Committees
MURWILLUMBAH, Wednesday.—A move to abolish Tweed Shire Council committees was defeated by six…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Casino Council Road Programme
CASINO, Thursday.—Casino Municipal Council will spend £3,645 on roadworks during 1953. Under the schedule council will: Reseal Centre Street on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council To Seek Further Advice On Memorial Institute
Kyogle Shire Council, acting on the request of the Memorial Institute committee, is to seek the advice of two architects on the most desirable steps to be taken with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Battle" Over Road Halt Sign Council Disagrees On Police Ruling
The Kyogle Shire Council this week entered on round three of what has been to date a one-sided contest with the N.S.W. Police Traffic branch over erection of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aim to Abolish Loan Council
SYDNEY, Friday. — The 20th Commonwealth Conference of the Australian Labour Party, beginning in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rate Increase By Woodburn Shire; Roads to Benefit
Woodburn Shire Council yesterday decided to increase the general rate levy from 5d to 6d in the £ on the unimproved capital value of all rateable lands in the shire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Request for Weed Investigation
Ald. L. E. Evans said seemed to have missed the whole purport of Lismore City Council's request to the Minister tor Agriculture for an official of the C.S.I.R.O. to come to the North Coast and find a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shire Move to Buiild... Community Hotels at Woodburn, Evans Head
Woodburn Shire Council will seek permission to build community hotels at Woodburn and Evans Head…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council's Estimates For This Year Should be Reliable ... City Ensineer
Because conditions were stabilising Lismore City Council's estimates for 1953 should be reliable, City Engineer, Mr. H. G. Murray, said last night. He told the council Works…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →