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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1924

1,368 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 69

Letter to the Editor. Stock on Shire Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 April 1924 · page 2

Sir,—Is a human being of less value than a lawbreaker's horse of cow. The Bolwarra Shire councillors by their neglect of action to…

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Shire Auditors an Invidious Position

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 April 1924 · page 3

The recommendations made by the shire auditors in the way of increases to the office staff, and other salaries, would have involved an…

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Shire Increases Office and Outside Men

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 April 1924 · page 3

Towards the close of the discussion at the Shire Council meeting on Thursday last, regarding the increases in the salaries of certain…

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Shire Staff Increase of Salaries Auditors' Recommendations Discussed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 April 1924 · page 7

Acting upon instructions received from the Council the auditors, Messrs. Cromarty and Turner, made an investigation on the necessity or…

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West Maitland Council Fortnightly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 April 1924 · page 6

The fortnightly meeting of the West Maitland Municipal Council was held last evening. There ware present the Mayor (Alderman Fry),…

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Aberdeen Municipal Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 2

At the ordinary meeting of the Aberdeen Municipal Council there were present: Mayor E. Francis, Aldermen T. J. O'Brien, E. Hodson,…

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The Jerry's Plains Road Complaint From Landowners. Inclusion in Muswellbrook Shire Asked For

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 3

The Muswellbrook "Chronicle" of Thursday last publishes the following: The hundrods of persons who attended the Arrowfield dispersal sale…

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The Nymboida Hydro-Electric Works What a County Council Can Do. a Muwellbrook Resident's Impression

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 3

During a tour of the North Coast, Mr. H. R. Flanders, of Muswellbrook, visited the scene of operations which is going to be turned into an agency…

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Cook's Hill and Municipality Inquiry Next

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 3

The merits of the Municipal Council's claim that tho area known as Cook's Hill should be detached from the Shire and included in the…

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Port Stephens Shire Council Special Meeting

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 3

xdspecial meeting of the Port Stephens Shire Council was held on Wednesday last. All the councillors excepting Councillor Boag, for whom an apology was…

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Dungog Municipal Council. MEETING

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 2

A meeting of the above was held at the Council Chambers on Tuesday night last, there being present: Ald. J. W. Chalmers (Mayor),…

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Chamber of Commerce the £50,000 Loan Objections to Shire Council's Proposal to Borrow

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 8

A special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was called for last night to discuss the question of the proposal of the Cessnock Shire…

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Go Ahead Municipality Encouraging Civic Spirit

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 6

Mosman is a municipality where civic government is carried oil in up-to-date fashion, where the altermen take the ratepayers into could…

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Municipal Boundaries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1924 · page 12

Just outside the northern boundary of the municipality of Muswellbrook, and within the shire, is a settlement comprised of a number of dwelling…

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Good Roads. Lesson From California. Mayor of 'Frisco at Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 April 1924 · page 5

Mr. James Rolfe, Mayor of San Francisco, and Mrs. Rolfe wore accorded a civic reception this morning…

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In 12 Months' Time Cook's Hill to Come Into Municipality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 29 April 1924 · page 2

A sudden change took place yesterday in connection with the request of the Municipal Council for the inclusion of an area of Cook's Hill in the…

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Aberdeen. Municipal

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1924 · page 1

The regular meeting of council was held on the 17th inst, Present : — Mayor E. Francis Ald. P' Brien Hodson and A[?]m…

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Election of Mayor

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 May 1924 · page 2

A special meeting of the local Municipal Council will be hold at 7.30 this (Thursday) evening for the purpose of electing a Mayor to complete the…

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Singleton Municipal Council Special Meeting

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 May 1924 · page 3

A special meeting of the Council was held on Monday evening. Present The Mayor (Aldorman J. Searl), Aldermen J. W. B. Waterhouse, E. J. Head,…

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Municipal Boundaries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 May 1924 · page 3

The Muswellbrook Municipal Council and residents of Cook's Hill have come o an agreement with regard to the exensionof the municipal boundaries to…

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