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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1920

1,141 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 35 of 58

Tarro Shire. Council Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 August 1920 · page 3

A meeting of the Tarro Shire Council was held at the shire office, East Maitland, yesterday. Councillors McCarthy (President)…

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Mayor's Unenviable Task

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 August 1920 · page 4

The sedate New England city of Providence, Rhode Island, seems destined to become the centre of a perpetual storm, of which the unlucky mayor will be the…

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East Maitland Council Regular Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 August 1920 · page 6

The East Maitland Municipal Council met in the Council Chambers' last evening, when there were present—Aldermen W. M. Porter (Mayor), H…

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Port Stephens Shire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 August 1920 · page 4

Supplementary rolls for Port Stephens Shire are now being prepared. Agreements between jointi tenants or occupiers, nominations by…

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Flood Damage in Bolwarra Shire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 August 1920 · page 4

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., has been advised by Mr. Garlick, Under-Secretary, Local Government Department, that, pending the receipt of a report as to the…

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Electric Lighting. Council's Proposed Extension. Need for Caution

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 August 1920 · page 4

It appears that at its special meeting on Tuesday evening the council considered favourably the question of the council itself adventuring upon the business undertaking of supplying and installing electric fittings and appliances…

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Municipal Roll

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 August 1920 · page 4

The town clerk (Mr. W. J. Saunders) gives notice in our advertising columns that the supplementary roll of electors for the Municipality of West…

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Cessnock Shire Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 4

Supplementary lists of electors for Cessnock Shire are now being prepared, and applications from persons claiming enrolment…

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Port Stephens Shire Council

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 3

The usual monthly meeting of the above Council was held on Wednesday, when all the Councillors were present, Councillor Cromarty, president, in the…

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Council Employees' Request

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 4

A special meeting of the C[?]snock Shire Council was held on Wednesday to discuss the application of the Shire road employees for an increase in…

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Municipal Council. Report of meeting continued from our last issue. GENERAL

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 2

Every effort will be made to have the council's portion of the Memorial Hall in order by the opening day. The expenditure of this year's…

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Shire Matters. the Proposed Tanilba Bay Road

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 3

Sir,—I did not intend to enter into newspaper correspondence on this matter but as it is clear from the letters published in your paper, a lot of misconception…

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Shire Council Monthly Meeting

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 August 1920 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the Council was held on Thursday, when there were present:Councillors A. S. Pankhurst (President), W. Bailey, D. P. Shearer,…

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BOIWATTA Shire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 August 1920 · page 4

The Hon. Waller Bennett. M.L.A., has been informed by the Under-Secretary for Works in reference to request for a special grant to Bolwarra…

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Bolwarra Shire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 August 1920 · page 4

Supplementary lists of electors in the Bolwarra Shire are now being prepared, and all persons not already enrolled must make the necessary…

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Councillor's Surcharge. Bolwarra Shire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 August 1920 · page 6

Councillor Ferry has been returned to the Bolwarra Shire Council, and yesterday was the first meeting at which he attended since his re-election…

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Legislative Council. Possible Appointments

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 August 1920 · page 9

In political Labour and Union circles it is considered that the following are likely to be appointed to the Upper House:-Messrs. A. O'Brien…

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Local and General News a Healthy Shire

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 August 1920 · page 4

At the Patrick Plains Shire Council meeting on Thursday last the report of the Health Inspector (Mr B. G. Doyle) showed a very satisfactory state of…

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Control of Strikes. Labour Council's Requests

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 August 1920 · page 9

The New South Wales Labour Council, at its meeting in Sydney last night, carried a motion to the effect that before any affiliated union should…

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Traffic Regulations Complaints Police. Council Accords Support

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 August 1920 · page 5

The way in which the ordinances are violated by people using the main arteries of traffic in the town was the subject of some discussion at the…

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