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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1916

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Municipal Elections Postponed. Shirks Unaffected

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 December 1916 · page 23

The Local Government Department intimates that the Local Government Amending Act makes no alternation in the franchise for shire elections, but alters the municipal…

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East Maitland Girls' Patriotic League. A meeting of the East Maitland branch of the Girls' Patriotic League was held in the Council Chambers last Tuesday. There were present:—Misses Edith Fletcher

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 December 1916 · page 12

An efficient poison bait, for flying foxes can be made in the following way:—With a pocking needle, thread some, apples on a length of binder twine. Out of each apple…

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Alderman in a Festive Mood

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 December 1916 · page 2

Wednesday last was the customary meeting of the local municipal councillors, but as the weather was intensely warm only Alderman Woidmann, Campion, Jordan…

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Cessnock Shire Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 December 1916 · page 4

The Cessnock Shire Council has arranged to have polling booths in the various ridings in accordance with the advertisement to be found elsewhere in this issue. Applications are now…

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Shire Candidates

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 December 1916 · page 2

There is a likelihood of there being quite a number of candidates for shire honors in C riding of the Cessnock shire Council. Probably next…

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Bolwarra Shire Election

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 December 1916 · page 4

Nomination day for the election of councillors in the Bolwarra Shire has been fixed for Friday, January 12, and nominations must reach the Returning-Officer (Mr. P…

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Shire Council Nominations

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 December 1916 · page 6

The following nominations were announced by the Shire Secretary (Mr J. M'Lachlan) yesterday for the vacancies on the Patrick Plains Shire Council:—…

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Patrick Plains Shire Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 December 1916 · page 3

The following nomination have been received in connection with Patrick Plains Council election—A ridings:—A. Grainger and P. Bower (declared elected)…

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Cessnock Shire Election

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 December 1916 · page 4

Mr. Jas, R. Scott, J. P., of Cessnock intimates that, in response to numerous requests of friends, he will be a candidate for election for C Riding of the Cesshock Shire…

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Shire Employees. Wages Board Award

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 December 1916 · page 2

An award to govern the conditions of employment to employers of Shire Councils throughout the State is published in the "Government Gazette." Following are the…

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Proposed New Council Chambers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 December 1916 · page 2

The new offices for council chambers to be built, on the Town Mall reserve, and for which-tenders are now being invited will…

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The Referendum. National Council's De[?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 December 1916 · page 3

The Premier (Mr. W. A. Holman) presided over a meeting of the National Referendum Council held in Sydney on Friday. In the course of its report, the executive…

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