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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1920

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East Maitland Municipal Election

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 4

Returned soldiers and sailors resident three months in the East Maitland Municipality, are reminded by advertisement in this issue that they are entitled to vote,…

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Cessnock Shire Council

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 5

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above council was held on Wednesday afternoon. There were present: Crs. J. Y. Russell (president), J. Brown, Jas…

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Municipal and Shire Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 4

The polling for the municipal and shire elections will take place to-morrow throughout the State. Booths will be open at 8 a.m., and voting will be carried on…

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Letters to the Editor. Alderman Thersby and Municipal Reform

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 6

Sir,—In reply to Mr. W. J. Enright's sarcastic [?] of 24th inst., I may state that my attitude in connection with municipal management has always been in the best…

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The Shire Elections

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 3

To-morrow the ratepayers will be called upon to select representatives by ballot for the ensuing three years. In C Riding of the shire two councillors…

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Tarro Shire Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 4

In this issue Councillor F. Jacobs appeals to the ratepayers of C riding, Tarro Shire, for a continuance of their support at the poll to-morrow. He has represented…

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Shire and Municipal Elections. Polling Day, To-morrow

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 2

To-morrow (Saturday), the Shire and Municipal elections take place throughout the State, and for the Municipalities the booths will be…

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The Shire Stakes. Big Commissions

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 4

The Shire Stakes will be run to-morrow, and the six candidates have been doing good work during the week, and are in fine fettle. Black Diamond, by…

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To Sydney by Air. Mayor of Newcastle's Flight Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 5

The Mayor of Newcastle (Alderman Gibson), who left by aeroplane for Sydney at noon to-day, dispatched the following telegram to the Lord Mayor of Sydney:—…

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East Maitland Municipal Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 4

Captain J. J. Fernon is soliciting the votes of the ratepayers in East Maitland at the municipal election to-morrow. He advices all to vote for the individual, and not…

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The Municipal Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 4

Saturday next will be the actual beginning of an important period in the history of local government of New South Wales (writes our Muswellbrook correspondent), and electors in…

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Municipal Elections. Two Progressives

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 2

At a meeting of soldiers on Tuesday night for the purpose of considering the candidature of Messrs Dobbinson and Robinson for the…

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Correspondence. Scone Municipal Election, 1920. (To the Editor)

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 2

Sir,—Having made a statement (the report of which appeared in the "Advocate') at a meeting of the local Progress Association some…

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Municipal Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 2

The last meeting of the Municipal Council, as at present coustituted, was held on Wednesday night last. There were present Aldermen Fleming (deputy in[?]). Campi[?]…

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Council Appointments. Opposition Leader's Protest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 6

The leader of the Opposition in the State Parliament, Mr. John Storey, protests in most emphatic terms against any inflation of what he describes as "the present…

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Ex-internees As Shire Candidates. Returned Soldiers' Emphatic Protest

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 1

A deputation from the New South wales Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial League waited upon Mr J. D. Fitzgerald Minister for Local…

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Muswellbrook Chronicle Saturday. Jan. 31, 1920 The Municipal Election

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 2

The triennial election of aldermen for Muswellbrook Municipality takes place to-day, and electors have the duty placed upon…

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The Municipal Elections. West Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 4

The interest in the elections in West Maitland is greater than has been the case for a number of years. This is evidenced by the number of candidates…

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Cessnock Shire Council Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1920 · page 5

Great Interest was shown in the shire elections at Cessnock, and there was a record poll. There were no fewer than six candidates, Messrs. J. Brown (retiring), J…

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Bolwarra Shire. a Riding

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1920 · page 6

Daniel Ferry and Malcolm Mekan, elected unopposed. R RIDING Ellas Bowdon and Goorge Pilgrim,…

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