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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1925

1,577 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 76 of 79

Dungog Municipal Council Election of Mayor

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 4

The first meeting of the newly-elected aldermen of the Municipality of Dungog was held on Tuesday night. There were present Ald. J…

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Cessnock Shire Council

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 8

The last ordinary meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council, as at present constituted, was held yesterday. There was a full attendance of…

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Cessnock Shire Council Fortnightly Meeting

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 3

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council was held yesterday All the councillors were present, the President (Cr…

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Complaints About Water Shire Council Discussion

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 10

The Health Inspector (Mr. J. G. McGilvery) repoted to the Cessnock Shire Council yesterday that on account of the numerous complaints…

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Muswellbrook's Mayor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 4

At a special meeting of the newly-elected municipal council, held at Muswellbrook on Wednesday night MNr. H. R. Elanders was elected…

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Upper Hunter Shire Council (Continued from page 4). WORKS

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 2

The Engineer's report, read in Works Committee, was as follows: Damaged Road Signs: The damaged road signs on the Northern…

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Upper Hunter Shire Council First Meeting of New Members

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 8

Last week a preliminary special meeting of the U.H. Shire Council was held, at which the newly-elected members were present. The…

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Seventeen Years Mayor

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 2

Ald. J. H. F. Waller has been unanimously elected Mayor of West Maitland for the ensuing 12 months. In thanking the council for its…

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Ald. H. R. Flanders Elected Mayor at First Metting of New Council. "The Greatest Good for the Greatst Number At Wednesdays special meeting of the Municipal Council Ald. H. R. Flanders was elected Mayor for the ensuing 12 months

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 1

There was a full, attendance of the new council. What a change! Six new fances were there to join with the three veterans in the process of…

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Main Roads Board and the Shire Council (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 5

Sir,—At a recent meeting of that august body, the Cessnock Shire Council, the Main Roads Board came in for some adverse criticism and was…

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Social Amenities. Final Meeting of Shire Council. As at Present Constituted

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 2

When the business of the Cessnock Shire Council was concluded yesterday [?] said he wished to express his pleasure at the…

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Bolwarra Shire. Councillor Bowden President

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 5

A special meeting of the Bolwarra Shire Council was held this afternoon, for the purposes of electing the president for the ensuing year…

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A "Dying" Council

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 7

Several references were made at yesterday's meeting to the dying council," but no definite information was given as to when it will be quite dead…

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Cr. J. C. White Re-elected President Muswellbrook Shire

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 5

At a special meeting of the Muswellbrook Shire Council held to-day Cr. J. C. White was unanimously re-elected president for the…

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Motor Busses Council in a Quandary

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 7

The matter of controlling the motor bus traffic has got the Cessnock Shire Council, to use a vernacular term, "fairly flummoxed"…

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Council Repudiates. Car Driver's Account. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 5

At its meeting yesterday, the Cessnock Council had before it a letter from Messrs. E[?]righ and Banfield, on behalf of Thomas Bartlett, car driver…

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Council's Protest. Against Director of Navigation. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 5

When the in[?]ry into the collision between the Suva and Chillagoe was resumed by the Marine Court to-day, Mr. Broomfield, K.C…

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Raymond Terrace Municipality

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 2

On Monday night, a special meeting of the Council was held for the purpose of electing the Mayor for the ensuing 12 months…

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Municipal Affairs

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 2

At the first meeting of the newly-elected Council, held on Tuesday night last, Aid. E. K. Hall, who occupied the chair for several terms…

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Our Municipality

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 5

At yesterday’s shire council meeting the draft agreement as to the liabilities and assets of the proposed Municipality of Cessnock was…

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