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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1925

1,577 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 30 of 79

Sunday Sport. Protest to Newcastle Council

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 16

A letter was received at the Newcastle City Council meeting last evening, from the Ministers' Association, protesting against the latest action of…

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Thieves in Municipal Markets Three Safes Blown Open. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 8

Thieves entered the offices of the Premier Poultry and Producers' Co., the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Co. (poultry section), and the Berrima…

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Stroud Shire Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 3

The following is a statement concerning the publication of certain correspondence with the Employees' Union regarding the matter of…

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Shire Business

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 3

The Shire Administrator, Mr. John Brown, will not hold his usual fortnightly sitting at the Council Chamber on the due date, Thursday…

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Shire Elections

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 4

Many people are anxious to know when the election of a council for the Shire of Cessnock is to take place, so that local government…

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Shire Boundaries Inquiry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 4

Witnesses are being sought for in Kurri and district in support of the claim for an alteration in the boundaries of Cessnock and Tarro Shires…

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Council Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 7

Mr. J. Early presided over a council meeting of the South Maitland Association at Weston. A protest from Cessnock West End…

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No Shire Election. for Cessnock. Unnecessary and Expensive. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 6

There is a growing movement on foot on the coalfield to bring pressure to bear to obviate the holding of the extraordinary election…

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Municipal Saleyards. (To the Editor.)

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 2

Sir,—Now that the Railway Commissioners have authorised an inspection to be made with a view to removal of trucking yards from present site, the…

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Bolwarra Shire Valuation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 4

A court for the purpose of hearing appeals against valuations. by the Bolwarra Shire was hold at the West Maitland Court House this…

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East Maitland Council Fortnightly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 7

The fortnightly meeting of the East Maitland Municipal Council was held on Tuesday evening. There were present, the Mayor Alderman A. s. foster)…

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Shire Boundaries. Cessnock Desires Alteration. to Take in Part of Tarro's. Area

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 4

The Local Land Board for the district of Maitland consisting of Messrs F. E. Fry (chairman) Elias Bowden and W.M. Shedden to-day conducted…

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Should Shire Council Pay Towards Cost of Subway. Question Debated by Municipal Council. Increased Grant for Work Applied For

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 1

Because a great part of the shire traffic uses the Sydney Street crossing, the aldermen say that it mould not be unreasonable to ask the Shire…

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Shire Valuations

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 7

A valuation court to determine objections lodged against Cessnock shire valuations will be held in the Courthouse on June 16, and according…

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Municipal Council. Fortnightly Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 1

The fortnightly meeting of the Muswellbrook Municipal Council was held on Wednesday evening, when there were present:—Aldermen W…

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Alteration of Shire Area

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 3

At the last Tarro Shire Council meeting the shire clerk reported that an enquiry was to be held at the Land Board Office in East Maitland regarding the proposed…

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Council Camparisons

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 7

Information gleaned from the volume of the Statistical Register dealing with local government shows that the largest municipality in the State…

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Shire Boundaries Cessnock and Tarro Inquiry Into Proposed Alteration

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 7

An inquiry into the proposal emanating from the Cessnock Shire Council that there should be an alteration in the boundaries between…

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Patrick Plains Shire Council Special Meeting

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 8

A special meeting of the Patrick Plains Shire Council was held on Thursday. The President (Councillor J. C. Tanner) presided over a full, attendance…

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Port Stephens Shire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 4

A conference of ratepayers of Port Stephens Shire will be held in the shire office, on Wednesday next,. June 3, at 2.30 o'clock, for the purpose of…

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