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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1926

1,430 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 37 of 72

Local and General News. Warrah Shire Council

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 16 July 1926 · page 2

The next regular meeting of the above will be held at the Shire Chambers on Wednesday next, commencing at 10 a.m…

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Stroud Shire Council (Continued from last issue.)

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 July 1926 · page 3

Joseph Lowrey, Stroud, wrote to the council asking that, the public road through lot 4 of Fenwick's Estate be marked out, as he desired to…

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Alderman W. M. Porter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 July 1926 · page 4

Alderman W. M. Porter, it is pleasing to state, has improved to-day. Last evening he had a very good night and was much brighter…

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Municipal Council

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 16 July 1926 · page 3

The regular fortnightly meeting of the above was held at the Council Chambers on Wednesday night, when there were present Aldermen G. W…

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Raymond Terrace Municipal Council

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 16 July 1926 · page 3

The ordinary monthly nicotine of the Council was held in the Council Chambers on Monday night, when Ald. Krohn (Mayor) Feeney, Curtis, Windeyer and Boots…

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Port Stephens Shire

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 July 1926 · page 2

The Port Stephens Shire Council for some time has been considering various road improvement proposals. At the last meeting the machinery…

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Weir Damaged. Mayor Says There Is No Cause for Alarm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 July 1926 · page 4

On Monday last it was found that the weir between the western bank and the fish ladder had been considerably damaged by the frequent…

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Patrick Plains Shire Council

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 July 1926 · page 4

The monthly meetings of Patrick Plains Shire Council was held on Wednesday, when there were present Councillors A. S. Pankhurst (President), W…

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Illness of Alderman Porter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 July 1926 · page 4

Dr. Gordon Craig, or Sydney, successfully operated to-day at 1.30 p.m. on Alderman Porter, at Riverview Hospital. He holds out every hope…

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Shire Council Sued. by Cessnock Taxi-man. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 July 1926 · page 16

The case in which Arthur Edward Parker, a taxi-proprietor, sued Cessnock Shire Council for 24/2/6 for fares incurred by ex-President James…

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A Tip for our Aldermen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 July 1926 · page 3

Bradford, the great wool selling centre in Yorkshire, has shown the world how to make money out of waste. Bradford has reduced the…

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Cessnock Shire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 July 1926 · page 4

Hon. Walter Bennett has forwarded the following letter to the Hon. Minister for Local Government:—"I received a communication from the…

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Dungog Municipal Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 20 July 1926 · page 4

At the meeting of Dungog Municipal Council, held on Tuesday last, there were present: Ald. J. A. Jones (Mayor). E. Ferry, J…

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Meat Council. Proposal to Wind Up. Mr. Bruce Explains

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 July 1926 · page 2

Reference to the winding up of the Australian Meat Council was contained in a question which was addressed by Mr. Rodgers (Vic.) to the Prime…

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Work Stopped On Paxton-Ellalong Road Council's Difference with Roads Board

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 July 1926 · page 2

It will be recalled that at a recent meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council the Administrator (Mr. John Brown) delivered himself of some…

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Hospital Maintenance. St. Peters Rejects Municipal Tax. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 July 1926 · page 5

St. Peters Council declined to co-operative with Burwood in the latter's proposal for a municipal tax for the maintenance of hospitals…

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East Maitland Council Fortnightly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 July 1926 · page 6

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

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Tarro Shire Rates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 July 1926 · page 4

It is announced elsewhere that, all rates due to the Tarro Shire Council must be paid not later than 14 days from date hereof. Legal…

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Cessnock Shire. Administrator's Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 July 1926 · page 4

Mr. john Brown, administrator of Cessnock Shire, announced to-day, while dealing with the business of the past fortnight, that he had been…

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Sydney Council Row Over the Purchase of Foreign Cars

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 July 1926 · page 2

The uproar arose on the subject of certain motor-cars during the recission motion lodged by Reform aldermen on the council's latest resolution to…

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