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Council & local affairs, 1927

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Kearsley Shire Council Flood Damage Successful Deputation

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 3

A deputation, comprising Mr. G. Booth and Mr. Walter O'Hearn, M's.L.A., Mr. Albert Burns, President of the Kearsley Shire Council…

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Municipal Council

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 8

The fortnightly meeting of the above was held on Monday evening last. Present: Ald. Surman (Mayor), Millard, Joughm, Johnstone, K[?]ne, and…

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Council Breeze Mayor and Ald. Cousins Cost of Hand Rotunda

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 9

At last night's meeting of the Municipal Council reference was made to the cost of park baud rotunda, the erection of which involves…

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Municipal Council Fortnightly Meeting

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 10
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

The Cessnock Municipal Council met last night, when there were prisent Aldermen J. Brown (Mayor) E. O'Neil, D. Hunter, J. Cousins, J…

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Cessnock Rotunda Alderman Cousins Challenged. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 4

"Get up and say What you mean like a man You are casting reflections upon someone." Thus the Mayor challenged…

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Cemetery Site Municipal Council's Decision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 12

When the Municipal Council me last night, the Mayor (AM. Brown) stated that the Church of England rector (Rev. Ayscough) and an…

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Car For Health Inspector Municipal Council's Decision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 9

One of the matters dealt with at the Municipal Council meeting last night was the question of purchassing motor, car for the use of the…

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Noxious Weeds. Shire Association's Report

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 8

A special report on the question of noxious weeds and their control was submitted to the annual conference of the Shires' Association…

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No Alteraton Hospital—Bus Time-table Municipal Council's Decision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 10

At last night's meeting of the Municipal Council the Health Inspector submitted a report dealing with an application from Mr. W. S…

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Ald. Flanders. Resigns From Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 1

At Wednesday's meeting of the Municipal Council a letter was read from Ald. H. E. Flanders, tendering his resignation as a member of the council,…

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Proposed Municipal Swimming Pool. Details of Scheme. Council to Apply for Approval to Borrow Balance of Money

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 1

THE movement to establish the long-desired public swimming pool in Muswellbrook has been advanced to such a stage that there is a good prospect of the utility being made available to the people by next October…

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'As Loyal As the Next' Mayor of Cessnock and Empire Day Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 4

At the Municipal, meeting last night the Mayor (Alderman Brown) expressed a definite tender on a press report of the absence of…

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Garbage Services. Railway Wants Exemption. Council Says "No."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 1

The garbage at the local railway station is disposed of by the railway officials. The council, however, charges for the service, and the Department…

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Aberdare Urban Area Council Will Publish Balance Sheet. South Cessnock Request

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 9

Correspondence dealt with at last night's meeting of the Municipal Council included a letter from the South Cessnock Progress…

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Greta Municipal Council. Fortnightly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 3

At the fortnightly meeting of the Greta Municipal Council held on Tuesday there were present: The Mayor (Aid. Jas Proudfoot), and…

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Flood Damage. in Kearsley Shire

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 9

At a meeting of the Kearsley Shire Council on 20th last Mr, Shine, the engineer reported that he had estimated a recent flood…

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Noxious Weeds. Shire Association's Report

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 8

A special report on the question of noxious weeds and their control was submitted to the annual conference of the Shires' Association…

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Abattoirs Conference. Kearsley Shire Discussion

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 9

Doubt as to whether the proposed second conference on the abattoirs question was worth attending, was expressed by some of the councillors of…

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Harbour Bridge. Council's Contributions

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 16

To defray one-third of the capital cost of the construction of the Sydney Harbour bridge and land resumptions, a land tax of 0 1/2d in the…

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