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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1914

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West Maitland Municipality. Council Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 June 1914 · page 6

The fortnightly meeting of the West Maitland Municipal Council was held last evening. There were present: The Mayor (Alderman Mannall), Aldermen Waller, Tegg,…

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Local and General East Maitland Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 June 1914 · page 4

The fortnightly meeting of the East Maitland Municipal Council, which was to have been held last evening, lapsed for want of a quorum. Those present were Aldermen…

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United Fleet. Auckland Mayor's Views

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 June 1914 · page 7

"I notice with pleasure," said the Mayor of Auckland (Mr. C. J. Parr), who is on a visit to Sydney, "that the Commonwealth proposes to do the Dominion the honour of…

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East Maitland Council. Fortnightly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 June 1914 · page 6

The fortnightly meeting of the Bust Maitland Council, which was to have been held the previous evening, but which lapsed for the want of a quorum, was held last night…

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Re Municipal Meeting

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 2

Sir,—In perusing your issue of the "Advocate" of the 16th inst., I notice in your report of the Municipal meeting, a discussion, re a bridge…

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An Ex-mayor's Services. Alderman M'lauchlin Honoured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 14

Despite other gatherings there was a large and representative attendance at Fatzeus' Hall last week to entertain and testimonialize Alderman William…

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Shire Subjects

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 8

The deputation which waited upon the Minister for Works and submitted a formidable list of some 60 motions passed at the Shire's annual…

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United Fleet. Auckland Mayor's Views

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 4

"I notice with pleasure," said the Mayor of Auckland (Mr. C. J. Parr), who is on a visit to Sydney, "that the Commonwealth proposes to do the Dominion the honour of…

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Council's Money Missing. Warrant for Arrest Issued. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 4

It was discovered yesterday that the sum of £57/10/- was missing from the Municipal Council's safe at the Albury Town Hall…

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Hoaxing a Municipality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 2

In spite of the elaborate and inquisitorial system of control by which the German police dog the steps of the citizens from the cradle to the grave, this country (says the…

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Cessnock Shire Council. Fortnightly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 6

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council was held at the council chamber, Cessnock, yesterday. Present: Councillors Johns (president), Morgan,…

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Cummins' Dam. Government and Shire Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 6

At yesterday's meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council a letter was read from the Public Works Department in reply to the council's letter concerning work at…

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Shire Engineer's Salary. Discussion at Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 5

At yesterday's meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council there was a lengthened and somewhat interesting debate on the salary of the shire engineer, Mr. G. F. Lindeman.—…

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Local Government. Drastic Proposals. Municipal Shops and Railways

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 4

Amendments of a wholesale character in the Local Government Act are to be submitted to the Government…

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Letter to the Editor. Municipal, Expenditure

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 June 1914 · page 4

Sir,—The Maitland council can now boast of having the most up-to-date road-making appliances in the State Now this also means that West Maitland should be possessed of…

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Municipal Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 10

The fortnightly meeting of the above was held in the Chambers on Tuesday night last, there being present:—Ald. Fitzgerald (Mayor)…

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Morpeth Municipality. Council Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 3

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the above was held on Monday evening last. There were present—Aldermen Bourke (Mayor), R. Webb, E. Stace, J. S. Vindin,…

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The Municipal Gasworks

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 7

The municipal gasworks were established here with a liability of £1500. In recent years the undertaking has been paying well, so that the Mayor was able to announce this…

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Cummins' Dam. Government and Shire Council

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 11

At Monday's meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council a letter was read from the Public Works Department in reply to the council's letter concerning work at…

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Muswellbrook Municipal Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 2

The fortnightly meeting of the Council was held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday night. There were present the Mayor (Alderman…

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