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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1918

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Patrick Plains Shire. Monthly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 December 1918 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the council of the above shire was held at Singleton on Tuesday, when there was a full attendance of councillors, viz.: Councillors A. Grainger…

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Shire Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 December 1918 · page 8

The monthly meeting of the Muswellbrook Shire Council was held on Friday, 7th. inst. There were present: Councillors…

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Shire Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 December 1918 · page 2

At the monthly meeting of the Shire Council, a report of which appears elsewhere, accounts to the amount of £325 were passed for…

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Municipal Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 December 1918 · page 8

The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Wednesday night last. There were present Aldermen Tindale (Mayor),…

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Manly Aldermen. Conviction Set Aside. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 December 1918 · page 6

Mr. Justice Sly, in Chambers, held that the conviction of the Manly aldermen in the free pass case was wrong, and the magistrate's decision, has threfore, been asid…

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Tarro Shire. Council Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 December 1918 · page 3

A meeting of the Tarro Shire Council was held at the office, East Maitland, yesterday. Councillor M'Carthy presided and Councillors Hector, Markham, Foster and Jacobs…

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Tarro Shire Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 December 1918 · page 4

It is notified by advertisement in this issue that the office of the Tarro Shire Council will be closed from noon on the 24th inst. till 10 a.m. on January 2…

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Cessnock Shire Council. Fortnightly Meeting. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 December 1918 · page 3

The regular fortnightly meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council was hold at the Council Chambers, Cessnock, on Monday. Present: Councillors Johns (President)…

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Cessnock Shire Council

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 December 1918 · page 4

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday last, when there were present:—…

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Municipal Council

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 December 1918 · page 2
Also in Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser

Meeting held on Wednesday night last. Present: Ald. Rowland (Deputy Mayor), Davidson, Ebsworth, Hardcastle, and Dodd[?] also the…

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Shire Officers' Salaries. Increases Applied For

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 December 1918 · page 3

At the Cessnock Shire Council meeting on Monday application for an increase of salary was made by the clerk…

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Municipal Council and Mr. Flanders

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 December 1918 · page 2

The Sub-committee consisting of the Mayor and Aldermen Barrett, Parkinson, and Morton, appointed to meet Mr. Flanders in connection…

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Muswellbrook Letter. Municipal Council. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 December 1918 · page 2

At the fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council Alderman Morton moved, pursuant to notice, that the council disapprove of the reasons given by the Mayor…

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Letter to the Editor. Shire Troubles

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 December 1918 · page 2

Sir,—Your report of the shire meeting of the 16th instant shows that some parties are very much upset at my non-attendance at that meeting. In the first place, permit me to…

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East Maitland Council. Fortnightly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 December 1918 · page 7

The East Maitland Municipal Council met in the Council Chambers last night when there were present Aldermen J. H. F. Waller (Mayor), W. M. Porter, H. H. Hellyer,…

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Interned Enemy Subjects Labor Council Urges Release

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 December 1918 · page 5

At Thursday night's meeting of the Sydney Labor Council a motion was carried, with few dissentients, urging that enemy subjects interned in…

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Soldiers and Workmen's Council. Turbulent Scenes. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 December 1918 · page 5

A Berlin message states that an indieation of the feeling pervading the congress of the Soldiers and Workmen's Council was shown when turbulent scenes followed an…

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Local and General News. Municipal Holidays

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 December 1918 · page 4

The office of the council of the municipality of West Maitland will be closed as usual from December 25 (Christmas Day) till January 2…

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Municipal Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 December 1918 · page 1

The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Wednesday night last There were present: The Mayor (Ald. Tindale),…

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