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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1920

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State Parliament. Legislative Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 October 1920 · page 3

In the Legislative Council, the Workmen's Compensation (Silicosis) Bill was read a third time. Mr. Dick resumed the debate on the…

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Benefit for Widow & Children Public Meeting in Council Chambers

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 October 1920 · page 2

A public meeting, convened by the Mayor (Alderman M'Dougall), in response to a requisition, for the purpose of considering the advisability of…

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LOCAL & General News. Candidate for Municipal Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 October 1920 · page 4

Mr. Joseph Bateman, Lawes-street, East Maitland, notifiles the ratepayers of East Maitland that he will be a candidate for the extraordinary…

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Municipal Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 2

At the meeting on Tuesday night last there were present His Worship the Mayor, Ald Fitzgerald, Ald R. W. Dobbinson, G. Lowrey, P. Burton, D…

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State Parliament. Legislative Council. Wheat Marketing Bill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 3

In the Legislative Council, replying to Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Kavanagh, Vice-President of the Executive Council, said that the Venereal Diseases Act…

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Shire Council Regular Monthly Meeting

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 October 1920 · page 6

The regular meeting of the Council was held in the. Council Chambers on Thursday.The members present were Councillors A. S. Pankhusst (President),…

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Undertakers. Sydney Council Proposal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 October 1920 · page 6

On August 10, the Municipal Labour Party forced through the Sydney City Council a resolution directing the responsible officers and the…

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Morpeth Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 October 1920 · page 6

The regular meeting of the Morpeth Municipal Council was held in the council chambers last evening, when there were present: Aldermen Bourke…

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Tarro Shire Boundaries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 October 1920 · page 4

An official notice of the proposal to alter the boundaries of the Tarro Shire and the Municipality of East Maitland by uniting part of the…

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West Maitland Council Regular Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 October 1920 · page 6

The regular fortnightly meeting of the Council of the Municipality of West Maitland was held in the council chamber, Town Hall, last evening. There…

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Municipal Election

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 October 1920 · page 4

An extraordinary vacancy has been created in the East Maitland Municipal Council by the resignation of Alderman Stein. An election to fill the…

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State Parliament. Legislative Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 October 1920 · page 3

When the Legislative Council met yesterday, the wheat Marketing Bill was recommitted, to permit further consideration of the clause providing…

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P.p.u. District Council

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 October 1920 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Hunter River District Council of the Primary Producers' Union was held in the public hall at Aberdeen on Tuesday. There…

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War Trophies. Attitude of Sydney Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 October 1920 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly last night, Mr. Hoskins directed the following questions to the Premier: Has the Premier's attention been drawn to the refusal of the…

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Basic Wage. Executive Council Action. Regulation Passed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 October 1920 · page 7

The Executive Council has passed a regulation bringing into effect automatically the basic wage of £4/5/ a week…

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Cessnock Shire Council. Fortnightly Meeting

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 October 1920 · page 6

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Monday. There were present: Crs. W. Morgan (president), Snape, Lane, Brunner…

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The Water Supply. Shire Council Considers Same

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 October 1920 · page 2

A motion moved by Cr. Snape at last meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council was responsible for a good deal of discussion on the water supply, the state…

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Municipal Council Meeting

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 22 October 1920 · page 3

The usual monthly meeting of the above Council was held on Thursday night last the Mayor Alderman Han[?]on presiding. Alderman Hain was absent…

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New Shire Wanted

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 October 1920 · page 2

The idea seems to be gaining ground in the country districts that there is nothing in common between the country and mining districts. The farming and…

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Making Cessnock Shire Known

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 October 1920 · page 6

It is the intention of the Cessnock Shire Council to invite Mr. Missingham, President of the Shires' Association to visit Cessnock next week. The…

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