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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1926

1,430 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 49 of 72

Cessnock Shire Council Administraor's Meeting

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 2

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

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Municipal Council

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 2

The regular fortnightly meeting of the above was held at the Council Chamber on Wednesday night of last week, when there were present…

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Municipal Council. Fortnightly Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 1

The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Wednesday evening, when in the absence of Aldermen H. R. Flanders and…

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Shire Men Suspended

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 4

The Administrator, Mr. John Brown, announces with regret that he has been compelled to dismiss 64 maintenance men who had been put…

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Dismissal of Men Plenty of Work but No Money Shire Council's Problem

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 5

Recently the Cessnock Shire Council gave notice to 64 men terminating thier employment. At his meeting yesterday the Shire…

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Cricket Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 4

The Hunter Valley Cricket Council meets on Saturday night at West Maitland. Representatives from Wyong, Newcastle, Cessnock, and…

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Council's Building

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 2

The Clerk submitted the following report:— I have to report that the plaster ceiling of one of the rooms of the…

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Big Shire Contract Completed. a Splendid Job

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 2

The extensive contract at the Lick-holes, on the Blaudford Timor road, was recently completed by Mr. P. F. Madden in a very satisfactory manner…

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Scobie's Tunnel Cessnock Council's Decision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 8

One of the matters discussed at the Shire Administrator's meeting yesterday was Scobie's tunnei, Oakhampton road…

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Cancer Fund Matter For The Government Shire Administrator's Views

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 8

Correspondence dealt with by the Shire Administrator (Mr. J. Brown) at his meeting yesterday, included a letter from the Mailand District…

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A Hospital Tax. Not Favored by Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 1

The Municipal Council, or at least the majority of five aldermen, are against imposing a tax for the upkeep of hospitals…

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Water Supply Scheme Branxton and Greta Municipality. Poll to Be Taken

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 7

The proposal to transfer part of the Shire within the Branxton lighting area to the Greta Municipality, for the purpose of aiding the…

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The Mosquito Campaign. Mayoral Minute. Recommendations Approved by Council. But Ald. Hicks Has an Opinion Op His Own and Promises a Warm Time Poe Anyone Who Puts Kerosene in His Tanks. Boy Scouts Will Help Campaign

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 1

The Municipal Council on Wednesday night approved of a minute submitted by the Mayor with regard to the steps to be taken to eradicate the…

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Claim Against Patrick Plains Shire Council

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 October 1926 · page 1

A sitting of the Workers' Compensation Commission, of which Judge Perdriau is the chairman, was held at Newcastle on Wednesday. Messrs T…

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District Council

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 October 1926 · page 7

A meeting of the Hunter River District Council of the Australian Broom Millet Growers' Association was held in the Popular Hall,…

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Greta. Municiual Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 October 1926 · page 3

The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held in the chambers, when there were present—The Mayor (Alderman Jas…

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Industrial Mission. Labour Council Decision

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

At a meeting of Sydney Trades and Labour Council last night, a letters was received from the Prime Minister's Department, pointing out that…

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East Maitland Council Fortnightly Meeting

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 October 1926 · page 7

The fortnightly meeting of the East Maitland Municipal Council Was held on Tuesday. There were present, Aldermen A. S. Foster (Deputy…

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Municipal Baths

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 October 1926 · page 6

The Mayor (Alderman Waterhouse) [?]ed Alderman Woods, at a meeting of the municipal council that it was a fact that there was £500…

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Insurance. Cost to Municipal, Councils

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

According to a report submitted to the Local Government Conference in Sydney, 103 municipal councils last year paid away in insurance…

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