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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1914

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Shire Council

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 2

At the regular monthly meeting of the Woolooma Shire Council held on Wednesday last, there were present: Councillors H L. White…

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The Coning Shire Elections

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 2

A notice in our advertising columns proclaims that the election of councillors will take place on January 31, and that nomination day is fixed for…

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Buildings in the Shire

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 2

The new buildings erected in the Shire during the period under review total 445, which at 2/6 each brought in a revenue to the council of £55…

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Shire Elections. Nominations, Thursday Next

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 2

A notification in reference to the approaching triennial Shire elections appears in another portion of this issue…

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Latest News by Wire. the New Lord Mayor. Sydney, Friday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 5

The new Lord Mayor entered upon his duties this morning. In extending to the officers a New Year's greeting, he also gave them a bit of his mind regarding his…

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The Progress of Cessnock Shire. Checked by Reduction of Endowment. the Year's Doings

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 2

The figures and information published hereunder will give our readers an idea of the progress made in all departments of the Shire Council…

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Shire and Council Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 4

The triennial elections of the shires and municipal councils throughout the State will be held on the 31st instant. Nomination day for the Tarro Shire has been…

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Shire Elections

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 4

There have already been several inquiries for forms on which to nominate candidates for the ensuing election for the Council of the Shire of Patrick…

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Municipal and Shire Elections. What the Statutes Provide

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 6

Now that the State elections have been decided the local government contests (municipal and shire) will engage the attention of the public during the…

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Bailiff in a Home. a Shire's Rates

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 3

It has been learned that on Boxing Day a bailiff and his assistant, acting under the authority of the Coorparoo (Q.) Shire Council, took possession of…

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Council of the Churches. Increasing Membership. London, Jan. 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 5

The Associated Councils of the Churches in Great Britain and Germany, whose purpose is to foster more friendly relations, report a rapidly increasing membership…

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London's New Lord Mayor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 4

Sir Thomas Bansittart Bowater; the new Lord Mayer of London, aged 51, one of the youngest the Mansion House, where he…

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[?] Shire Council

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 2

The above met on Wednesday last, when there were present: councillors H. L. White (President), E. G. Eagar, K. Kennedy, A. A…

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Shire and Municipal Elections. Nominations, Thursday Next

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 2

Intending candidates and their supporters are reminded that nominations to 611 the vacancies in the local Shire Council, caused by the retirement, by effluxion…

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Sydney Letter. (From Our Correspondent.) Lord Mayor Richards

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 2

Lord Mayors follow one another in such rapid succession that it is not always easy to keep the run of them. We have had, within a very short time,…

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East Maitland Council. Adjourned Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 6

The adjourned fortnightly meeting of the council of the East Maitland Municipality was held last evening. There were present the Mayor (Alderman Porter),…

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Council of Labour. Proposed Federal Organisation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 2

With the official report of the proceedings of the interstate congress of Trades and Labour Councils, held at Adelaide last November, has been printed and circulated…

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Tarro Shire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 4

Particulars in regard to the nomination and election of councillors in the shire at Tarro will be found in our advertising columns. Nomination day has been fixed for…

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Mayor of Moree

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 5

The Mayor of Moree (Alderman Delander) ribs. He fell off some steps while on a visit to luverell…

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Shire Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 7

Councillor F. Jacobs, who is a candidate for re-election as a representative of C riding of the Tarro shire, addressed a meeting of electors at Stanford-Merthyr on…

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