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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1926

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Cessnock Shire Without a Council

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 2

The Cessnock Shire is again without a council, and the Minister for local Government (Mr. Cann) has re-appointed Councillor J. Brown as administrator of the…

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To Be Dissolved. Shire and Municipal Councils. Adult Franchise

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 4

The State Cabinet has come to a decision which will result in the dissolution of the municipal and shire councils throughout the State towards the…

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Cessnock Shire. Councillor Brown Administrator

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 11

The Cessnock Shire is once again without a council. Mr. Cann, Minister for Local Government, announced that he had reappointed…

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In the Council

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 13

On the motion for the adjournment of the Legislative Council, Mr. A. C. Willis, Vice-President of the Executive Council, extended to the…

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Forty-four Hours. City Council's Decision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 9

The question of whether under the new Act the 44-hours should be worked on 5 or 6 days in the week was discussed by the Metropolitan Water and…

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Legislative Council. Appointment of Women. Amending Constitution

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 9

The bill to amend the Constitution Act of 1902 was introduced and road a first time in the Assembly by 45 to 22. Mr. Skelton voted with the…

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British Medical Council. Conservatism Runs Riot. London, Dec. 28

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 2

The British General Medical Council have criticised Sir Wm. Arbuthnot Lane, consulting surgeon to Guys Hospital (London), who recently…

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Press Comment Swamping the Council. Issue of Great Importance. LONDON, Dec. 28

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 2

The "Daily Telegraph," in the course of an editorial this morning, says:—An issue of great importance has been raised in New South Wales, in which…

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Abolishing the Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 4

It is more than likely that to-morrow the State Cabinet will discuss the draft provisions of the Bill which has been drafted for the abolition of…

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Legislative Council. Bill Foe Abolition. Members' Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 3

A bill to abolish the Legislative Council has been drafted by the Government and will probably be brought down when Parliament…

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Shire Boundaries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 4

The Acting Under-Secretary to the Department of Local Government has written to Mr. W.F. O'Hearn M.L.A., in reference to the alteration of…

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Miners' Federation Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 4

The result of the ballot for the election of four representatives of the Northern Branch of the Miners Federation, on the Central Council…

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Differential Rating. for East Maitland. Council's Decision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 6

The East Maitland Municipal Council met last evening to consider the estimates and the question of differential rating. There were present:…

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Council Employees. Operation of 44-Hours Week. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 5

In a circular to municipal councils, the Local Government Association points out that the institution of the 44-hours week must not be allowed to…

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The Council and the Electric Light Company. Water Scheme and Other Matters Discussed

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 2

On the evening of the 29th ult., Mr. A. E. Pepper, director of the Electric Light and Power Co. (Scone), Lid., together with Mr. H…

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Morpeth Municipality Regular Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 2

The regular meeting of the Morpeth Council was held last evening. There were present Aldermen Bourke (Mayor), Webb Cuteliffe Mills…

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Municipal Question. at Cessnock. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 4

Mr. J. Brown, administrator for the Cessnock Shire Counell stated this morning that he did not know for what length of time he would…

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East Maitland Council Fortnightly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 6

The fortnightly meeting of the East Maitland Municipal Council was held last evening. There were present the the Mayor, Alderman W. M…

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Legislative Council. Allowance for Members. the Correspondence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 6

The following statement was made yesterday by Mr. Frank Bryant, Government Whip in the Legislative Council…

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Patrick Plains Shire Council Adjourned Special Meeting

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 1

An adjourned special meeting of the Patrick Plains Shire Council was held on December 29. Present wore Councillors A. S. Pankhurst (President), D…

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