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Northern Rivers · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1954

484 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 13 of 25

COST £90,000... Take Four Years Plan To Bitumen Every Mile Of Shire Main Roads

Northern Star · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 4

KYOGLE, Monday.—Kyogle Shire Council at its meeting today approved a programme of main roads works to cost over £90,000 and to be spread over four years…

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Shire Engineer Addresses Tomki P.P.U.

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 7

At last meeting of Tomki P.P.U. an informative and interesting address was delieved by Mr. E. J. Smith,…

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£350 Grant For Bonalbo Fund By Kyogle Shire

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 9

KYOGLE, Tuesday.—A grant of £250 from the general fund is to be made to Bonalbo local fund by Kyogle Shire Council to help meet a £500 deficit incurred in the Bonalbo fund over…

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Council Rejects Petition Against Barrows

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 4

Lismore City Council will consider establishing municipal markets, and, in the meantime, no council action will be taken against barrowmen operating in the main shopping…

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Council Support for School Assembly Hall

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 3

An approach by the Lismore High School P. & C. Association to the Minister for Education for the building of an assembly hall at the Lismore High School will be supported by Lismore…

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Fadden May Be at Loan Council

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—The Treasurer, Sir Arthur Fadden, hopes to attend the loan Council meeting at Canberra…

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Council's Four Motions on Building Alignment

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 4

The manner in which Lismore City Council dealt with an application for a building regulation to be waived was described by Ald, A. L. Bryen as "the weakest performance I have ever witnessed in a public body" The application was made…

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Shire Protest on Flood Grants Exclusion Of Road Works

Northern Star · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 6

Tintenbar Shire Council will seek the co-operation of other councils in protesting against the allocation of flood grants. The council is prepared to send a delegation to approach…

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The Northern Star Thursday, June 24, 1954. City Council Condones Law-Breaking In Streets

Northern Star · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 4

THE DISCUSSION by Lismore City Council of street barrows not only totally rejected its obligation to ratepayers but condoned and encouraged law-breaking in the city's streets…

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Shire Council Decisions Fawcett Plain Road Due for a Face Lift

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 3

The complete resheeting of 3[?] miles of Fawcett Plain Road with metal is to he included in next year's claim by Kyogle shire council for Federal aid grant allocation…

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Terania Shire Grant Cut (To the Editor)

Northern Star · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 4

Sir,—I am directed by the president, Councillor C. F. Towns, to commend your paper on its leading article…

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Bitumen Every Mile Extensive Programme Of Main Roads Works Planned By Council

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 1

I Kyogle Shire Council at its meeting on Monday approved a programme of main roads works to cost over £90,000 and to be spread over the next four years…

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Report on Municipal Markets

Northern Star · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 9

Officers of Lismore City Council are working on a report in connection with the establishment of municipal…

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Fadden for Loan Council

Northern Star · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday.—The Federal Treasurer, Sir Arthur Fadden, left his home at Toowong today for the first time…

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Anzus Council to Meet

Northern Star · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Sunday. —The three-nation Anzus Defence Council will meet in Washington next…

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£210 Grant to Ballina Council

Northern Star · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 4

BALLINA, Sunday.—Ballina Municipal Council has been advised that a grant of £210 has been made…

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Cahill to Ask Loan Council for £99M. £20m. For Power

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday.—The New South Wales Premier, Mr. Cahill, will tomorrow ask the Loan Council to approve a £15,500,000 programme of electricity development in New South Wales during the next financial year…

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Council Discusses Cycle Parking

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 June 1954 · page 4

No city in Australia has to put up with the same inconvenience as Lismore in regard to cycle parking, said Ald. Jack Briggs at a meeting of Lismore City Council's Works Committee…

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Loan Council New Plan Aims at Maximum Tax Cuts £200m. Loan Programme

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 June 1954 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Commonwealth Government today placed a new procedure before the Loan Council for public works borrowings in order to assure maximum taxation concessions in the 1954/55 budget. It will depart from its policy of underwriting loans on behalf of the States for…

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Loan Council Three States To Get Less Money

Northern Star · Thursday 1 July 1954 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Three States will have less money for Governmental works, including housing, in 1954/55 than they did during the current financial year…

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