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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1915

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Tarro Shire. Council Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 6

A meeting of the Ta[?] Shire Council ws held at the Shire Office, East Maitland, yesterday. Concillors Wilkinson (president). manning, McCarthy, Clifton…

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A Shire Motor Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 4

The acquisition of a motor car for the use of the Cessuock shire engineer, Mr. Lindeman, has proved to be a sound investment. Mr. Lindeman, it should be stated, undertook…

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Main Roads Maintenance. Shire Councils Problems

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 6

Accompanying the Cessnock Shire engineer, Mr. G. F. Lindeman, on a recent inspecting of some of the most important roads of c riding of the shire one was…

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Maitland Council. Fortnightly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 6

The fortnightly meeting of the council of the municipality of West Mitland was held in the Council Chambers, Town hall, last evening. There were present—The…

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Government House. Appeal to Privy Council. High Court Upheld. London. Jan. 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 2

The judicial committee of the Privy Council, in the matter of the Attorney-General of New South Wales versus Williams, delivered judgment to-day, dismissing the appeal with…

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A Well-Managed Municipality. a Satisfactory Report for 1914

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 2

The following report was read by the Sanitary inspector (Mr R. W. Thomas) at the last meeting of the local Municipal Council.—…

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State Parliament. Legislative Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 January 1915 · page 7

In the Council yesterday, Mr. Flowers, Vice-President of the Executive Council, gave notice of motion for leave to bring in a bill to provide for the…

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East Maitland Council. Fortnightly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 January 1915 · page 4

The Fortnightly meeting of the East Maitland Municipal Council was held last evening. There were present the Mayor (Alderman Porter), Aldermen Stuart, Cotterill…

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Cessnook Shire Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 4

For the extraordinary vacancy in the Cessnock Shire Council caused by the resignation of Councillor Forrester, there are two candidates in the field, viz., Mr. George Brown, of Cessnock, and…

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Muswellbrook Letter. (From our Representative.) MUSWELLBROOK, Thursday. Health of the Municipality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 2

The local sanitary inspector (Mr. R. W. Thomas) in a report furnished tho municipal council, shows that Muswellbrook suffered very little from infections disease during the…

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Government House. Appeal to Privy Council. High Court Upheld. London. Jan. 25

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 7

The judicial committee of the Privy Council, in the mutter of the matter of the Attornry-General of New South Wales versus Williams, delivered judgment to-day, dismissing the appeal, with…

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Tarro Shire. Council Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 6

A meeting of the Tario Shire Council was held at the shire office, East Maitland, yesterday. There were present Councilors Wilkinson (president) Manning, McCarthy…

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State Parliament. Legislative Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 6

In the Council yesterday. A bill to authorise the Randwick Municipal Council to borrow certain moneys was read a first time. The second reading was…

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State Parliament. Legislative Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 5

In the Council yesterday. Mr. Flowers, Vice-president of the Executive Council, moved the third reading of the Dentists' Amendment Bill…

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Council Op Wap in Berlin. Fleet and Army Represented. Sensational War Plans

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 2

Copenhagen, Tuesday Night.—lt is reported the Kaiser held a Council of War in Berlin, at which the whole of the military staff and a number of admirals…

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Wallarobba Shire Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 10

The monthly meeting of the above Shire was held in the Chambers on Wednesday last. Present: Crs Alison (President)…

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Stroud Shire Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 9

Meeting was held on Wednesday last Present: Cr A. Grant (President), J. J. O'Hanlon, P. Barry, C. T. Abbott, W. Gorton…

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Port Stephens Shire Council. Special Meetings

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 3

A special meeting of the above was held in the shire office on Tuesday morning at 10 a. m. for the purposes of electing a President for the ensuing term, to…

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Municipal Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 7
Also in Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above was held in the Chambers on Tuesday night last, there being present Alds Fitzgerald (Mayor)…

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