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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1922

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

Baby Coal Mines. Waratah Council's Concern

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 December 1922 · page 16

The undermining of reads by men winning coal from what are known as "baby" coalmines has caused the Waratah Municipal Council…

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Oath of Allegiance. a Municipal Pitfall

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 December 1922 · page 7

Lack of knowledge of a provision in the Local Government Act has already cost two recently-elected aldermen their seats. According to the law, it…

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