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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1915

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Tarro Shire Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 December 1915 · page 4

The Office of the Tarro Shire Council will be closed against the transaction of all business from 3 p.m. on the 24th insatnt until 2 p.m. on January 4 next…

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Cessnock Shire Council. Fortnightly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 December 1915 · page 11

The regular fortnightly meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council was held at the council chambers, Cessnock, yesterday. Present:—Councillors Johns (president),…

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Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 December 1915 · page 4

A special meeting of the West Maitland Municipal council was held last evening for the purpose of making a rate for 1916. There were present the mayor (Alderman Mannall)…

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Local and General News. East Maitland Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 December 1915 · page 4

The offices of the East Maitland Municipal Council will be closed from Friday next until Tuesday, January 4…

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Bolwarra Shire Council. Monthly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 December 1915 · page 2

The usual monthly meting of the Bolwarra Shire Council was held at the shire office on Friday evening last. The president (Councillor Garnham) presided, and there…

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Governor and Labor Council. Extraordinary Occurrence

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 December 1915 · page 3

Recently a large body of engineers employed at the Government locomotive workshops at Islington, South Australia, struck for a higher rate of wages. The…

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Shire Council

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 December 1915 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above council was held on Monday. There were present: Crs. T. L. Johns (president), S. W. Snape…

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Municipal Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1915 · page 9

The fortnightly meeting of the above was held on Tuesday night last. Present—Ald. Fitzgerald [?] Mayor), Lowrey, Duffy,…

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Roads in Cessnock Shire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 December 1915 · page 4

Information has been received that allocatior of the Main Roads vote has been made is respect to the Cessnock shire, the amount bing £2830. A voucher for the first…

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False Pretences. Shire Employee Convicted

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 December 1915 · page 2

At the local Police Court, on Friday last, before Mr. R. H. V. All nutt, P.M., William James Moxham (Clerk of Woolooma Shire Council)…

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Municipal Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 December 1915 · page 8

The usual fortnightly mooting of the above was hold on Wednesday evening last, when there were present: The Mayor (Ald. Barrett). Aldermen…

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Political Crisis. Cabinet and War Council. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 December 1915 · page 5

A Cabinet meeting lasted two and a half hours. Mr. Asquith immediately afterwards held a War Council, at which Lord Kitchener, Sir Edward Grey, and Mr…

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Municipal Councils

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 December 1915 · page 4

The fortnightly meetings of the East and West Maitland Municipal Councils were to have been held last evening, but on account of the holidays they were allowed to lapse…

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Civic Deadlock. Governor to Appoint Lord Mayor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 December 1915 · page 2

As no assembly of the aldermen of the City Council was summoned yesterday, the last oportunity the aldermen had to elect a Lord Mayer themselves has gone by, and the…

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North-west Route March. the Wallabies. Enter Patrick Plains Shire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 December 1915 · page 5

The "Wallabies" reached the northern boundary of the shire of Patrick Plains on Tuesday afternoon, and were welcomed by Councilor F. J. R. Dight, on behalf of the…

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Municipality of Morpeth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 December 1915 · page 4

For the extraordinary vacancy in the Morpeth Council, caused by the resignation of Alderman Vindin, Samuel Roy Stevens, the only candidate nominated, was yesterday…

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Municipal Council

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 31 December 1915 · page 3

A special meeting of the council of the municipal of Raymond Terrace was held in the council chambers on Wednesday night, 22nd inst. Alderman Bishop…

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Shire Classification. Chief Engineer's Report

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 31 December 1915 · page 3

The Chief Engineer for National and Local Government Works has submitted to the Minister for Public Works his report of the fourth triennial classification…

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