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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1915

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Municipal Council

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1915 · page 2

Regular meeting held on Wednesday evening last. Present The Mayor (Ald. Sherwood), Ald Baker, Rowland, Dunbar, and…

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Mnswellbrcok Municipal Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 11 August 1915 · page 2

The fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Wednesday last. Present: The Mayor (Ald. Barrett), Aldermen Campion, May, Tindale,…

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Salary of the Shire Engineer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 August 1915 · page 7

The salary of the shire engineer, Mr. O. g. Morlon, has been increased from £350 to £400 per annum…

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Municipal Councils

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 August 1915 · page 4

The fortnightly meetings of the East Maitland and West Maitland Municipal Councils, to have been held last evening, were, on account of the recruiting meeting in the Town…

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State Parliament. Legislative Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 August 1915 · page 8

In the Council yesterday. The Newcastle Hospital Bill was read a first time. On the motion for the adjournment of…

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Woolooma Shire Council

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 August 1915 · page 2

Monthly, meeting held on Thursday week. Present: Councillors H. L. White (President), K. Kennedy, E. B. Campbell, A. S Barwick, W…

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State Parliament. Legislative Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 August 1915 · page 2

In the Council yesterday, Mr. Mackay presented a petition from certain charitable Institutions, asking the House not to pass the Naval and Military…

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Bolwarra Shire Council. Monthly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 August 1915 · page 3

The usual meeting of the Bolwarra Shire Council was held on Friday last, The president, Councillor Garnham, presided, and there were in attendance-Councillors…

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Municipal Council

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 August 1915 · page 5

The ordinary meeting of the Council was held on Thursday night, when there were present:—The Mayor (Alderman VVaterhouse), and Aldermen…

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Singleton Letter. Singleton, Saturday. Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 August 1915 · page 7

A meeting of the municipal council was held on Thursday night. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Waterhouse), Aldermen McFadden, Searl, McGowen, Head, Bailey,…

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Tarro Shire. Council Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 August 1915 · page 7

A meeting of the Tarro Shire Council was held at the shire office, Maitland, yesterday. Councillors McCarthy (president), Manning, Willenson, Clifton, Markham, and…

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Kingdom Ponds Bridge. a Way Out for the Council

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1915 · page 3

THE Mayor (Ald. Sherwood) is in receipt of the following letter from Mr. Mac. Abbott, M.L.A.:— "Local Government Office, Sydney…

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Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 August 1915 · page 4

The adjourned meeting of the West Maitland Municipal Council was to have been held last evening, but it lapsed for want of a quorum. Those present were the Mayor…

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Aldermen and War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 August 1915 · page 4

In the Local Government Act of 1906, clause (c) of section 10, declares that an alderman is disqualified from holding such position "if he is an officer on full pay, or a…

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Cessnock Shire Council. Fortnightly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 August 1915 · page 7

The regular fortnightly meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council was held at the Council Chambers, Cessnock, on Monday. Present—Councillors Johns (president),…

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Municipal Council

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 20 August 1915 · page 3
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser, The Scone Advocate

The ordinary monthly meeting of the above was held in the council chambers on Wednesday night last week, the Mayor (Alderman Markey) presiding…

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Stats Parliament. Legislative Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 August 1915 · page 2

In the Council yesterday, A bill to enable William Longworth and Thomas Longworth, of Sydney, to construct a railway from coal lands at Buttai, in the…

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Municipal and Shire Councils

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 August 1915 · page 3

All the accounts of the municipal council are well in credit, and the town generally speaking is in good order and condition, while various needed improvements are…

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