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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1920

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Singleton Letter. Municipal Council. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 April 1920 · page 4

A special meeting of the municipal council was held on Wednesday night for the purpose of giving further consideration to the proposed electricity installation into the…

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Home Rule Bill. Prime Minister. Writes to Dublin's Lord Mayor. LONDON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 April 1920 · page 5

The Prime Minister has sent a letter to the Lord Mayor of Dublin sympathising with the dilemma in winch he is placed, and pointing out that Ireland to-day is menaced…

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Murder of Mayor. Sinn Feiners' Disclaimer. London, April 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 April 1920 · page 2

The "Times" Dublin correspondent, under date April 1. reports that Sinn Feiners angrily deny that the Republican Brotherhood is responsible for the murder of Mayor…

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Labour in Conference. Taxation and Municipal Government

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 April 1920 · page 2

At the Victorian Labour Political Conference considerable discussion took place concerning taxation and municipal government. A motion was agreed to by which the…

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West Maitland Municipality. Council Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 April 1920 · page 6

The fortnightly meeting of the West Maitland Municipal Council was held last evening, when there were present the Mayor (Alderman H. W. Fry), Aldermen…

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Muswellbrook Letter. Jubilee of Municipal Council Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 April 1920 · page 3

The municipality of Muswellbrook was established in 1870, and is therefore now in its jubilee year. The fiftinth anniversity of incorporation ought to be fittingly…

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Morpeth Council. Regular Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 April 1920 · page 4

The regular meeting of the Morpeth Municipal Council was held last night, when there were present Aldermen Bourke (Mayor), Tomkins, Rush, and Searles…

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East Maitland Municipality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 April 1920 · page 4

The Town Clerk, East Maitland, notifies the public that the ordinances governing the regulation of traffic in public places is being enforced in the municipality, and any…

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Wallarobba Shire Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 2

A meeting of the above was held in the Shire Chambers on Wednesday last. Formal business being finished, correspondence was read and dealt…

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Cessnock District News. Shire Council. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 6

The Cessnock Shire Council staff is busy on the work of preparing the rate notices. The work is well advanced and probably the notices will be posted in the course of a…

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Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 3

The municipal council has decided that the honour tablet gained by the municipality for the contributions to the war loans shall, with the approval of the committee, be…

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Municipal Council Meeting

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 3

The adjourned meeting of the Council was held on Thursday night, 1st inst, when the full Council was present. The Mayor (Alderman Hanlon) presided…

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Irish Disorder. Murdered Mayor. Controversy Continues. LONDON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 5

The "Times" correspondent says a newspaper interview alleges that Lord French expresses the conviction that the Sinn Feiners murdered Mr. McCurtain, Lord Mayor of…

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Bolwarra Shire Council. Regular Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 6

The regular meeting of the Bolwarra Shire Council was held in the Bolwarra Shire Council was held in the board room born, yesterday afternoon, when there were…

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Municipal Council

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Council was held on Thursday evening, when there were present: Aldermen M'Dougall (Mayor), Waterhouse, Searl, Bailey,…

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Labour in Conference. Taxation and Municipal Government

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 6

At the Victorian Labour Political Conference considerable discussion took place concerning taxation and municipal government A motor was agreed to by which the…

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Wallarobba Shire Council. Monthly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 April 1920 · page 7

A meeting of the Wallarobba Shire Council was held in the Shire Chambers on Wednesday last. Mr. F. G. Compton was reappointed…

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Singleton Letter Municipal Council. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 April 1920 · page 3

A meeting of the municipal council was held on Thursday night. Present: Aldermen McDougall (Mayor), Burns, Cann, Scarl, Bailey, O'Halloran, Waterhouse, and…

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Upper Hunter Shire Council

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 2

Monthly meeting held on Thursday morning last. Present: Councillors H. L. White (President). A. A. McDonald, E. E. Campbell, A…

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Tarro Shire Council. Regular Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 3

The regular meeting of the Tarro Sun Council was field in one Council [?] on Monday; when there were [?] Counc[?] Me[?]ar[?]ny [?]…

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