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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1925

1,577 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 51 of 79

Labour Agent's Action Council Asserts Itself. Branxton-greta Unemployed. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 5

Mr. W. R. Lindsay, engineer, reported to his council this morning that on Tuesday, 11th inst. work, was commenced on the Red, Hill, and 17…

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Municipality for Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 4

The inquiry by the Maitland Board concerning the proposal to incorporate a Cessnock district area as a municipality was concluded yesterday…

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Higher Wages. Municipal Employees' Request

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 9

The executive committee of the Municipal Employees' Union as agreed that Mr. James Tyrrell, M.L.C., general secretary to the union, should request…

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An Important Query. Is John Brown the Cessnock Shire Council?

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 5

The above query might well be asked. The Cessnock Shire Council sometime ago fixed boundaries for a…

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To Be Postponed. Shire and Municipal Elections

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 4

Details of the provisions of the Local Government Amendment Bill were announced on Friday to members of the Parliamentary Labor…

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Cessnock Police Court To-day's Sitting (Before Mr. H. M. Cleve, P.m.) Shire Council Cases

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 5

Cessnock Shire proceeded against John Richardson and Edward Hill on charges of riding bicycles without lights…

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Milk Suppliers. No Confidence in Council. West Maitland

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 2

Aberglasslyn and district ibranch of the Country Milk Suppliers' Association carried a motion of no confidence in the president and members…

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West Maitland Council Fortnightly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 August 1925 · page 6

The fortnightly meeting of the West Maitland Municipal Council was held last evening. There were present Aldermen J. H. F. Waller…

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Lord Mayor Convening Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 August 1925 · page 4

In response to a requisition, the Lord Mayor of Sydney has decided to call a public meeting in the Town Hall on Monday night next to discuss…

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Municipal Council MEETING

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 August 1925 · page 3

The usual fortnightly meeting of the [?]ve was held at the Town Hall on Tuesday night, when those present were the Mayor (Ald. J. W…

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Labour Council's Support

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 August 1925 · page 6

The Sydney Trades and , Labour Council last night, pledged itself to stand behing the strikers morality and financially…

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Tarro Shire. Deputation Meets Minister

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 11

Several matters affecting the Tarro Shire were placed before the Minister for Mines, Labour, and Industry, Mr. J. M. Baddeley, at Newcastle, by…

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Road Grant. Relief for Unemployed. East Maitland Council's Request

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 2

Mr. J. Baddeley, Minister for Labour and Industry, met a deputation from the East Maitland Municipal Council this morning at the council…

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Labour Defeated. Victorian Municipal Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 9

Polling for the annual elections for representation on the municipal and shire councils throughout Victoria, with the exception of Melbourne and…

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Shire Control. of Sanitary Service. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 August 1925 · page 5

At a special meeting, the cessnock Council has decided, at the end of the year, to take over all the sanitary contracts in the shire area…

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Morpeth Council. Fortnightly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 September 1925 · page 2

The regular meeting of the Morpeth Municipal Council, was held last evening. There were present Adlermen Webb (Mayor), Cutcliffe, Lawler…

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Immigration. Lord Mayor's View. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 September 1925 · page 5

At a reception to the Empie Press delegates at the Town Hall to-day, Lord Mayor Stokes made an outspoken declaration against immigration under…

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Unionism Compulsory. City Council's Action

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 September 1925 · page 2

Henceforth all employees of the city Council, except the Town Clerk, heads of departments, and thier deputies, will be required to be financial…

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East Maitland Council Fotnightly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 September 1925 · page 6

The fortnightly meeting of the East Maitland Municipal Council was held last evening. There were present: Aldermen. A. S. Foster, W…

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Subdivisions. East Maitland Minimum Discussion by Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 September 1925 · page 2

Some time ago the East Maitland Municipal Council fixed the minimum size for allotments in the municipality at 5720 square feet, equivalent to a…

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