Aldermanic Amenities Alderman Waller and the Mayor. Amalgamation Question
For a few minutes the proceedings at the meeting of the West Maitland Council on Tuesday evening were lively…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1923
1,074 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 48 of 54
Patrick Plains Shire Monthly Meeting
At the monthly meeting of Patrick Plains Shire Council there, were present: Councillors A. S. Pankhurst (president), F. J. Dorrington, J. C…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Council Fined. Dismissal of a Soldier
The Tallagandra Shire Council was pro[?]de against at the Braidwood Police Court by Richard Webb for a breach of the Returned Soldiers and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Privy Council Appeal. South Australian Case. London, Nov. 14
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, has granted leave to appeal in the mater of Stuart and another versus Kingston and others from the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Gloucester Shire and the Tops Engineer Inspects Road
Gloucester Shire Council has taken great interest in the proposal to open up a road to the Barrington Tops. Its engineer was sent to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Primary Producers' Union District Council Meeting on
The quarterly meeting of the Hunter District Council of the Primary Producers' Union will take place in the Muswellbrook School of Arts on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Amalgamation. Morpeth Council Meeting. No Move at the Present
The regular meeting of the Morpeth Council was held last evening. There were present Aldermen Bourke (Mayor) Cuteliffe, Webb, Lawler and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →East Maitland Council Fortnightly Meeting
The fortnightly meeting of the East Maitland Municipal Council was held last evening. There were present: Aldermen W. M. Porter…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Amalgamation. East Maitland Council Moves. Petition to Minister. All Areas Embraced
The amalgamation question formed an interesting feature of the meeting of the East Maitland Council last evening, when there was a full attendance of aldermen. A resolution similar to that carried at West Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Smart Business. Cessnock Shire Council. Cessnock
The Cesnnock Council, since the presidency of Cr. J. Brown, has enjoyed a well-deserved reputation for the smart transaction of its business…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shire Clerk's Illness
Several weeks ago Mr John M'Lachlan, Shire Clerk for Patrick Plains Shire Council, who had not had holiday leave for several years past, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charges on Railway Crossings. Over Shire Roads. Cessnock
"The directors of the youth Maitland Railways have refuged to pay anything to the council for the privilege of crossing he shire roads,"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Amalgamation of Municipalities
In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. O'Hearn, M.L.A., asked Mr. Fitzpatrick, Minister for Local Government, if he was opposed to the carrying out…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proposed Cessnock Municipality. a Local Petition. Cessnock
Mr. J. Garlick, Under-Secretary, Department of Local Government, forwarded to the Cossnock Council to-day a petition purporting to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Municipal Council
The fortnightly meeting of the Muswellbrook Municipal Council took place on Wednesday last. There were present:—Aldemen W. V. Parkinson…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Water Supply Cessnock Shire Demands
The matter of the provision of a water supply for elevated areas within the Cessnock Shire which cannot at present be supplied by…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Lord Mayor. Wanted Upon by Unemployed. Sydney
When the Lord Mayor stepped out of his motor car at the Town Hall this morning he was confronted with a large body of unemployed, who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shire Amalgamation. Minister's Difficulty. Awaits Local Initiative
The Minister for Local Government has repeatedly expressed himself favourable to the amalgamation of shires and municipalities for the sake of reducing overhead charges and to enabled financially stronger local government bodies more successfully to face the task of providing the type…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shire and Railway Co. Question of Annual Charges
The shire clerk (Mr. W. J. Grieve) submitted the following report to the council yesterday relative to the annual charges, section 171, South…
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