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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1926

1,430 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 55 of 72

Shire Ridings. a Weston Protest. Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 October 1926 · page 2

The President of Weston Progress Association (Mr. J. Ellis) at a meeting of that body drew attention to the evident attempt, in defining the…

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East Maitland Council Fortnightly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 October 1926 · page 6

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

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Cessnock Provisional Council Members of A.l.p

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 October 1926 · page 1

A provisional council has been appointed for the new Cessnock Municipal Council as follows:—John Brown, Robert Elliott, George Perkins,…

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Municipal Council

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 6

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above was held on Monday evening last. Present: The Mayor (Ald. Millard), Ald. Thurlow, Keene,…

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Provisional Council First Meeting on Monday Mayor of Newcastle to Attend

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 5

The last meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council as at present constituted was held yesterday. The Shire Administrator, in…

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Shire Valuer's Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 4

Mr. A. G, Evans, Cessnock Shire valuer, reported to the administrator to-day that there were 130 appeals listed and a reduction made in…

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Municipal Council Only Formal Business

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 1

At last night's meeting of the Muswellbrook Municipal Council only formal business was put through owing to the fire having interfered with the…

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Scobie's Tunnel. Shire Engineer's Report

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 9

At yesterday's meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council the Shire Engineer (Mr. W. R. Lindsay) submitted a report in connection with…

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Gloucester Shire (To the Editor.)

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 4

Sir,—In view of all the comment about Councillor Reichert and his actions in the shire and otherwise I feel the time has arrived for his…

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Shire's Last Meeting Administrator's Announcement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 3

When administrator J. Brown, of Cessnock Shire, took his sent yesterday at Cessnock Shire Chambers, he said that this would be the…

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Council Praises Firemen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 1

At Wednesday's meeting of the council the Mayor, in dealing with the fire, spoke in praiseworthy terms of the wonderful save effected by the…

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Municipal Mutterings "Nothing But a Clique" West End Discusses Provisional Council

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 8

"This Provisional Council is nothing but a clique." So said Mr. W. Moodie when the West Cessnock Progress Association…

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West End Lighting "Getting Over the Odds" Shire Administrator's Remarks

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 9

For some considerable time past the West Cessnock Progress Association has been complaining to the Shire Council in regard to the…

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P. Union. District Council Meeting at Muswellbrook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 4

The next meeting of the Hunter District Council of the Primary Producers' Union will be held at Muswellbrook on Tuesday next at 10.30…

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Fire! Fire!! Early Morning Blaze at School of Arts. Council Chambers and Reading Room Damaged

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 1

The early morning quietude of Muswellbrook was disturbed on Wednesday when a fire broke out at the rear of the School of Arts Building. The…

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Patrick Plains Shire Council

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 October 1926 · page 5

The monthly meeting of Patrick Plains Shire Council was held on Thursday, when there were present Councillors A. S. Pankhurst (president),…

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Tarro Shire. Council Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 October 1926 · page 10

The regular meeting of the Tarro Shire Council was held on Tuesday. There were present, Councillors Niland (president), McCarthy, McLean,…

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Municipal Council

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 October 1926 · page 7

The Health Inspector was recently suspended by the Mayor and a special meeting of the council was held last night to deal with the…

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Fire Brigades. the Amending Bill. Petersham Alderman Perturbed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 October 1926 · page 9

The proposed reconstitution of the Board of Fire Commissioners, as set south in the Fire Brigades Amendment Bill, was discussed by the…

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Greta. Council Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 October 1926 · page 10

The fortnightly meeting of Greta Municipal Council was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday evening last, when there were present:…

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