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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1926

1,430 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 35 of 72

Treated As Bluff. Municipal Employees' Union Claim

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 July 1926 · page 6

At the meeting of the Woollahra Council, a letter was received from the Municipal employees' Union, in which a claim was made for an…

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Visiting Evangelist. Willoughby Alderman's Fears. Sydney

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

The Willoughby Council last night discussed the rescission of a resolution carried by the council approving of Evangelist Nicholson using…

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Muswellbrook Shire Council. Application for Money for Developmental Purposes. Rejected by Main Roads Board

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 July 1926 · page 1

The monthly meeting of the Muswellbrook Shire Council was held on Friday last, when there were present: —Crs J. C. White (President), J…

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Morpeth Council. Regular Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 July 1926 · page 2

The regular fortnightly meeting of the Morpeth Municipal Council was held last evening. There were present: Alderman Bourke (Mayor, Cutcliffe…

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Financial Stress. Plight of Cabravale Council. Sydney

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

At a meeting of Cabravale Council last night, the Mayor stated that it would be impossible for the council to carry on unless a large portion of…

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East Maitland Council Fortnightly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 July 1926 · page 6

The fortnightly meeting of the East Maitland Council was held last evening. There were present, Aldermen A. S. Foster (chairman), H. H…

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"I'll Job You!" Hot Council Argument Waterloo Amenities. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 July 1926 · page 5

A meeting of the Waterloo Council last night had to be adjourned as a result of a dispute between Alderman McKenna and Alderman Blanchard…

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Ex-alderman M'gregor Writes

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 July 1926 · page 2

Mr J. C. M'Gregor, an ex-alderman of Singleton Council, and for several years an official at the local Courthouse, in a business letter to this office,…

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Port Stephens Shire Council

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Port Stephens Shire Council was held on Friday, when all the Councillors were in their places. The president was in the chair…

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Upper Hunter Shire Council

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 2

Cr. McDonald occupied the chair yesterday at the U. H. Shire Council monthly meeting in the absence of President H. L. White, who has been,…

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Wallarobba Shire Council Monthly Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 4

At the monthly meeting, of the Wallarobba Shire Council, held at the Shire Chambers, Dungog, on Wednesday last. Cr. Alison…

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Cessnock Shire Council Administrator's Meeting

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 7

The Cessnock Administrator (Mr. J. Brown) held his usual fortnightly meeting in the Council Chambers yesterday…

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Warrah Shire Council. To the Editor

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 2

Sir,—In your issue of 2nd instant you published a paragraph under the above heading in your "Local and General" column with reference to the…

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Car Driver's Claim Against Cessnock Shire Council

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 2

In the Small Debts Court, before Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., on Tuesday, Arthur Edward Parker proceeded against the Cessnock Shire Council…

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Municipal Council

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 8

The regular meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Monday. Present: The Mayor (Ald. Millard), Ald. Thurlow, Cooper, Keene,…

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"Not Satisfied" Weston Lighting Agreement Shire Administrator's Views

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 5

The correspondence tabled at yesterday's meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council included a letter from the Western Progress Association in…

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Sanitary Services. Investigation of Men's Complaints. Shire Administrators Report

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 5

At the meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council yesterday, the Administrator (Mr. J. Crown) submitted the following report in connection with…

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Municipal Council. Street Improvement. 1000 Yards Gravel for Streets—Workmen's Compensation Act—Application for Increased Payment from sanitary Contractor

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 1

The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Wednesday evening, when there were present:—Alderman H. R. Flanders…

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Wallarobba Shire. Council Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 July 1926 · page 11

At the monthly meeting of the Wallarobba Shire Council, held at the Shire Chambers, Dungog, Councillor Alison presided over a full attendance…

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Muswellbrook Shire Council. Monthly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 July 1926 · page 12

At the monthly meeting of the Muswellbrook Shire Council there were present: Councillors J. C. White (president), J. Lonergan, D. M. Bell, R…

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