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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1919

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Singleton Council. Maitland Complaint. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 May 1919 · page 5

A letter was read from Mr J.E. Murphy of Maitland, at the municipal council meeting last night, complaining about a report that he came here as relieving operator…

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East Maitland Council. Government Examiner's Report. the Gas Works

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 May 1919 · page 3

Mr. B. S. Stevens, Senior Examiner of the Local Government Department, has reported as follows upon his test inspection of the accounts of the East Maitland…

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Municipal By-elections. Capetown, May 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 May 1919 · page 5

A message from Johannesbury status that municipal by-elections to fill 12 vacancies canned by the resignations following the strike of power station employees was…

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Municipal Council Meeting

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 May 1919 · page 2

The report of the ordinary business transacted at a meeting of the Municipal Council on Thursday night is held over, owing to pressure on our space…

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Port Stephens Shire

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 May 1919 · page 13

Recently the Minister for Local Government consented to receive a deputation from Port Stephens Shire which desired to make representation concerning (1)…

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Tarro Shire Roads. Allotment for Year

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 May 1919 · page 10

At the last meeting of the Council the engineer, Mr. W.R. Lindsay, submitted estimates for the road expenditure for the current year…

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The Epidemic. Medical Council's Recommendations. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 May 1919 · page 9

Sixty-seven fresh cases of influenza were reported in Sydney yesterday. There were only nine deaths, and 97 patients were discharged from hospital, where 1202 are…

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Enemy Repatriation. Affirmed by African Council. (Australian. Cable Assn. Message) Capetown, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 May 1919 · page 2

In. Pretoria a Nationalist motion in the Provincial Council, requesting the Government to withdraw the Enemy Repatriation Bill, was defeated, after…

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Tarro Shire. (Council Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 May 1919 · page 3

A meeting of the Tarro Shire Council was held at the office, East Maitland, yesterday there were present: Counciliors McCurthy (president), [?] Markham…

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Timor Reserve. Discussion in Warrah Shire Council

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1919 · page 3

At the meeting of the Warrah (Murrnrundi) Shire Council on Wednesday last, a petition signed by Returned Soldiers J. J. Shannon, F…

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Municipal Council

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 May 1919 · page 3

A mooting of the Council was held on Thursday evening, when there were present the Mayor (Alderman M'Dougall) and Aldermen Head, Waterhouse…

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Cessnock District News. Shire Council. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 May 1919 · page 6

Owing to the Influenza restrictions the Cessnock Shire Council meeting which was to have been held on Monday, Lapsed for the second time within the past month…

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Independent Socoalists' Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 May 1919 · page 5

A message from Berlin under date May 8. states that, besides the Assembly, secret party caucuses are conjointly discussing the terms which the Assembly is expected to…

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Gloucester Shire Council. Monthly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 May 1919 · page 6

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Gloucester Shire Council was held in the [?] hall on Thursday last, the 8th instant. Councillor J.H. Corbett, president, was in the…

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Letters to the Editor. East Maitland Council and Old Age Pensioners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 May 1919 · page 2

Sir,—My attention has been drawn to a motion carried at the last meeting of the above council, that certain old age pensioners settled on the unused portion of a…

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Allies Blockade. Council's Decision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 May 1919 · page 5

Reuter's Paris correspondent, telegraphing on May 14, states that a meeting of the Supreme Economic Council has considered the blockade of Hungary and decided to…

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Primary Producers' Union. Meeting of District Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 May 1919 · page 2

A meeting of the Hunter District Council of the Primary Producers' Union was held at Eaton's Hotel on Tuesday afternoon, the 20th inst…

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Municipal By-elections. Capetown, May 8

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1919 · page 12

A message from Johannesburg states that municipal by-elections to fill 12 vacancies caused by the resignations following the strike of power station employees was…

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Municipal Council

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 2

Meeting held on Wednesday night last. Present: The Mayor (Ald. Sherwood), Ald. Davidson, Rowland, Ebsworth, and Hardcastle;…

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Orange Electoral Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 4

The Orange Electoral Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association has adopted a resolution, expressing the opinion that the time has arrived when all the…

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