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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs
827 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 38 of 42
The Mayor of Singleton has announced his intention of fighting and defying the Board of Health in regard to sanitary matters in the locality. In Sydney the attention of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir.—I am very pleased to see that "Omega has still the interests on the ratepayers at heart, but the councillors are at present becoming afraid of the referendum question,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The discussion upon disputed pit measurements, at the last meeting of the Municipal Council, was one that ought not to have arisen, if there had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The fortnightly meeting of the council of the municipality of East Maitland was held last evening. The Mayor (Alderman R. Partridge-Wall) presided, and there were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At a special meeting of the Shire Council to-day, Mr. O. G. Morton, of Dulwich, Sir gleton, was appointed engineer in succession to Mr, Bloomfield. There were seven applicants…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A statement reported to have been made by the Mayor of Singleton ,to the effect that he intended to defy the Board of Health in everything they did…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Friendly Societies (Amendment) Bill was read a third time, and forwarded to the Assembly, with the usual message. Mr. Flowers, Vice-president of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A special meeting of the Shire Council was held on Wednesday to appoint an engineer in succession to Mr. Blomfield retired. There were present—Councillors E…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The followilng paragraph appeared in the Local Government column of the "Sydney Morning Herald" on Thursday last:— Singleton is a very old, and not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A matrimonial bureau, described as a "clearing house for lonely souls" is the latest municipal institution in the United states. Its rounder, Mr. Hanna, Mayor of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Strong comment was made at the last meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council by the president, Councillor W. Morgan, concerning the large reduction in land…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The High Court (Sir Samuel Griffith, Sir Edmund Barton, and Mr. Justice O'Connor) gave their reserved judgement in Sydney yesterday in the matter of Willcocks v. the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mayor of Singleton has announced his intention of fighting and defying the Board of Health in regard to sanitary matters in the locality. In Sydney the attention of the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Sir,—It is most unsatisfactory to reply to people who are afraid to sign their name to their communications. As one who likes to fight [?] prefer to combat an…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sir,—Permit me to reply to Alderman Pidgeon's remarks in your columns on Saturday last. Alderman Pidgeon asserts that with economic and careful management, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an appeal from a de[?] of Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson, Chief Judge in Equity of March 24 last, dismissing the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The fortnightly meeting of the Council of the Municipality of Maitland was held last evening. There were present: The Mayor (Alderman Thursby), Aldermen Fry, Chant, Cracknell,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The present system of management of the Muswellbrook Shire is as follows:—The shire is divided into ten lengths, and a maintenance man is in charge for each length, and expected,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—Had Alderman Pidgeon gone through the interesting experience of cutting his journalistic wisdom teeth he would be alvie to the fact that the press, generally,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of new Council Chambers for the Cessnock Shire Council was performed yesterday by the president of the Shire…
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