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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1922

1,241 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 63

Illness of Alderman M'gowen

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 2

The many friends of Alderman L. M'Gowen will be sorry to learn that he is at present an inmate of the Dangar Cottage Horpital. He has been ill for…

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Singleton Letter. Municipal Council. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 2

At the regular monthly meeting of the municipal council there were present:—The Mayor (Alderman Searl), Aldermen McDougall, Cann,…

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Labour Council. Captured by Trades Hall Reds. Outspoken Official

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 6

"The incoming Government, by dealing with the problem of idle hands and idle lands in the interior, and the decent unionists by fighting the foe…

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Water Supply and All Saints, Organ Discussion in Council

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 2

At the Singleton Municipal Council meeting on Monday night a letter was received from Mr L. M. Grainger, hon. secretary to the Parochial Council,…

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Port Stephens Shire. Council Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 April 1922 · page 6

The ordinary meeting of the shire was held on Wednesday, when all the councillors were present, Councillor Ralston, president, in the…

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Colin Ross. Appeal to Party Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 April 1922 · page 4

Mr. Sonneburg, who was instructing solicitor in the Colin Ross murder case, has written the Attorney-General of Victoria pleading for a…

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Singleton Letter. Death of Alderman L. McGOWEN. SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1922 · page 3

Quite a gloom was cast over the town on Sunday when the news was circulated that Alderman Lawrence McGowen, one of Singleton's best known and…

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West Maitland Council Fortnightly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1922 · page 6

The fortnightly meeting of the council of the Municipality of West Maitland was held in the Council Chamber, Town-Hall, last evening. Present: The…

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Cessnock Shire. Meeting of Council. Electric Lighting Agreement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 April 1922 · page 6

A meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council was held at the shire chambers, Cessnock, yesterday. There were present: Councilor Johns (president),…

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The Melbourne Procession Catholic Priests Charged by Council

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 April 1922 · page 2

Rev. Father Barry, a Roman Catholic priest; James Stack, a member of the Melbourne City Council; and J. H. Kennedy, secretary of the Catholic…

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Water Supply. Delay of Chichester Scheme. Cessnock Council Criticism

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 April 1922 · page 4

The delay by the Government in expediting the Chichester water supply scheme was strongly criticised at a meeting of the Cessnock Shire…

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Cessnock Shire Council

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 April 1922 · page 5

The fortnightly meeting of the above was held on Wednesday, in lieu of the usual day—Monday being a holiday. There were present: Crs. T. Johns…

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Wallarobba Shire Council Engineer's Report

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1922 · page 3

Mr. R. Halls, engineer, reported as follows at the last meeting of the above council:—Re E. Turner asking for…

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Municipal Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 April 1922 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above was held on Wednesday night, The Mayor (Dr. R. Roger) presided and there were present:…

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Our Shire Clerk

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 April 1922 · page 3

After being confined to his bed for several months, and under medicsl attention, our' Shire Clerk, Mr. w. J, Thompson, has been able to give…

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Cessnock Case. Shire Councillor's Appeal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 April 1922 · page 3

In the High Court, William Joseph Lane, of Cessnock, for whom Mr. V. J. Rundell Miles appeared (instructed by Messrs. Westeott and Waid, of…

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The Council's Ambulance Hall

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 April 1922 · page 3

The Cesnock Shire Council took over as trustees some months ago the Ambulance Hall, at Cessnock. The council did the building up but trouble has…

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West Maitland Council's Lighting Charges. Cessnock Council Believes Prices Excessive

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 April 1922 · page 7

The West Maitland Municipal Council is seeking permission to supply electric light to consumers at Homeville and Telerah, in the Cessnock Shire…

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Colin Ross. Labour Council Seeks Delay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 April 1922 · page 6

The secretary of the Labour Council of New South Wales (Mr. Garden) on Thursday night was instructed to telegraph to the State Government of…

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The Council Discusses the 44 Hour Week

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 April 1922 · page 3

At the Cessnock Council meeting on Wednesday Mr. Lin[?]man reported that the 44-hour week only applied to weekly hands. Of those there were only 12…

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