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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1919

834 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 34 of 42

Tarro Shire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 October 1919 · page 4

It is notified by the shire clerk (Mr. W. J. Grieve) that a copy of the list of electors of the Tarro Shire may be inspected during office hours from the 1st to the 17th…

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Bolwarra Shire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 October 1919 · page 4

The public are notified that the list of electors for the ensuing triennial period has been compiled, and copies may be inspected by any elector or ratepayer…

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Council Meeting Lapses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 October 1919 · page 4

The usual fortnightly meeting of the West Maitland Municipal Council lapsed. The Mayor (Alderman Cracknell) and Aldermen Waller and Holmes were away in…

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Morpeth Council. Regular Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 October 1919 · page 3

The regular meeting of the Morpeth Municipal Council was held in the council chambers on Monday, when there were present: Aldermen Edwards (Mayor)…

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Civic Receptions by Municipal Councils

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 22 October 1919 · page 1

The purposed visit of the Roman Catholic Apostolic Delegate to Tamworth and Armidale has involved the Municipal Councils at both…

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Cessnock Shire Council. Fortnightly Meeting. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 October 1919 · page 3

The regular fortnightly meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council was held at the council chamber yesterday. THere were present Councillors Russell (president), Brown…

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Electric Light Practical Steps at Last Council Agrees to Bulk Supply

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 October 1919 · page 2

A special meeting of aldermen, summoned by "call of the Council," was held in the Council Chambers on Monday night to discuss the question of electric…

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Cessnock Shire Council

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 October 1919 · page 4

The fortnightly meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council was held on Monday. There were present: Crs. Russell (president), Edwards…

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Shire Rating

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 October 1919 · page 6

Recently the Cessnock Shire Council entered a protest against the clause in the new Local Government Bill which limits the general rating in shires to 2d in the £…

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To Show Cause. Lithgow's Labour Aldermen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 October 1919 · page 2

At a meeting of the Lithgow branch of the A.L.P. it was decided that the Labour aldermen in the council, namely, Aldermen Pillens, Kelly and Chivers, be called upon to explain…

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Barrier Strike. Council Seriously Affected

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 October 1919 · page 3

Reports from Broken Hill state that Alderman Wicks, Mayor, and Alderman Townsend have been deputed to ask the Premier to grant permission to obtain a…

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Tarro Shire. Council Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 October 1919 · page 2

A meeting of the Tarro Shire Council was held at the shire office, East Maitland, yesterday, when there were present Councillors McCarthy (president), McLean, Hector,…

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Ex-soldiers' Holiday Pay. Refused by Bathurst Council

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 October 1919 · page 4

An emphatic protest has been entered by the returned soldiers in the employ of the Bathurst Council, under the Federal Government's grant, against being…

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Big Bill Passed. Local Government. Legislative Council's Value

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 October 1919 · page 3

With a burst of enthusiasm, almost amounting to a flourish of trumpets, the largest bill that the New South Wales Parliament has yet…

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East Maitland Council. Regular Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 October 1919 · page 6

The East Maitland Municipal Council met in the council chambers last evening, when there were present the Mayor (Ald. jas. H. F. Walter) and Aldermen J. Stem, W. M…

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German Scheming. Note from Supreme Council

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 October 1919 · page 2

London, Monday.—The Germans in Schleswig and Upper Silesia aro departing anti-Germans, replacing them by pro-German natives long resident in…

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East Maitland Municipality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 October 1919 · page 4

The town clerk of East Maitland (Mr. H. Emmett Harden) notifies ratepayers that a copy of the list of electors of the municipality for 1920 may be inspected at the Council…

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Municipal Work

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 October 1919 · page 4

The West Maitland Municipal Council is aiming at having all the streets in the town concrete kerbed and guttered. There is no doubt that it would be a great…

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Municipal Council

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 31 October 1919 · page 3

A special meeting of the Council was held on Monday night, at which all the aldermen were present, excepting Alder man Hain. The Mayor occupied the chair…

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[?]icipal Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 31 October 1919 · page 7

[?]tnightly meeting of above on Tuesday night last. Aid Jones (Mayor), Lowrey, [?]arman, Cox, Fitzgerald…

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