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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1927

1,816 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 49 of 91

Dungog Municipal Council Fortnightly Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 15 July 1927 · page 4

The Municipal Council held its usual fortnightly meeting on Tuesday night. Ald. J. A. Jones (Mayor) presided over an attendance of Ald…

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Engine Drivers’ Opinion. Resolution for Municipal Council

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 15 July 1927 · page 5

A resolution expressing disgust at the action of Cessnock Municipal Council In selecting a single man for the Aberdare garbage service was…

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Writ Against Blacktown Shire Clerk

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 July 1927 · page 7

Black town Shire Council has decided upon the casting vote of the president not to take up the defence of the shire clerk in the case in which…

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Dungog Municipal Council Special Meeting. Chichester Water Service for Dungog

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 15 July 1927 · page 5

A special meeting of the Municipal Council was held at the Memorial Town Hall on Monday night, when the question of obtaining water…

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Letter to the Editor. "A Solvent Shire."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 July 1927 · page 4

Sir.—I hope the Bolwarra Shire councillors will take those few words in the good spirit in which they are written. My reason for writing…

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Proposed Special Rate Kearsley Shire Roads and Bridges. (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 July 1927 · page 4

Sir,—Please grant me space in your paper to express my views on the proposed special rule, to be levied on the ratepayers of the…

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Cessnock Unemployed Work To Be Provided. Mr. Cruickshank Confers with Council

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 July 1927 · page 6

Yesterday the Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. Cruickshank paid a visit to Cessnock, and last night he conferred with the Mayor…

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Municipal Band. Successful Inaugural. Concert

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 July 1927 · page 1

Many people went to the School of Arts on Wednesday evening out of a sense of duty, and intending to spend an hour in listening to the Municipal…

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Municipal Electors

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 15 July 1927 · page 2

The attention of all persons desirous of applying for enrolment as electors in Dungog Municipality, is directed to advt. in this issue…

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Engine Drivers' Protest Municipal Garbage Service Appointment

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 July 1927 · page 7

At its meeting on Tuesday night the Cessnock sub-branch of the Federated Enginedrivers' and Firemen's Association passed the…

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Municipal Council Monthly Meeting

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 July 1927 · page 10

The monthly meeting of the "Singleton Municipal Council was held on Thursday night, the Mayor, Alderman G. S. O'Halloran presiding. All the…

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Greta. Municipal Council Meeting

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 July 1927 · page 6

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Greta Municipal Council was held on 5th instant, when there were present—The Mayor (Alderman Jas…

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Motor Car for Lord Mayor

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 July 1927 · page 8

The Lord Mayor of Sydney (Alderman Mostyn) has purchased with the council's money, an Armstrong-Siddeley motor car for his official use. For…

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Sanitary Service. Kearsley Shire Complaint. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 July 1927 · page 5

That the late sanitary contractor, because he had obtained council's assistance to collect debts, was wrongly levying certain ratepayers,…

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Main Roads. Works in Upper Hunter Shire

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 July 1927 · page 3

In connoction with the Main Roads grant, several tenders have been let by the Upper Hunter Shire embracing work on the Scone-Aberdeen…

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Mayor's Admission. Received £50 Cheque. After Giving Evidence Liquor Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 July 1927 · page 4

A stir was caused at the Parramatta Licensing Court, when Mr. Eric Howard Stephenson, Labour Mayor of Canterbury, under…

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West Maitland Council Fortnightly Meeting

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 July 1927 · page 3

The fortnightly meeting of the West Maitland Municipal Council was held There were present the Mayor (Alderman H. Fry), Aldermen…

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East Maitland Needs Council Decides to Borrow £15,000 Lively Discussion

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 July 1927 · page 7

A special meeting of the East Maitland Municipal Council was held on Tuesday to further consider the proposal to borrow…

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Muswellbrook Letter the Municipal Band

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 July 1927 · page 2

The recently-organised municipal band, in its first public performance in the School of Arts, proved, by its playing that in a…

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Muswellbrook Letter Municipal Baths Scheme

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 July 1927 · page 1

The proposal of the municipal council to borrow £3,500, in addition to the sum ot £2,000 contributed by the White family, for the…

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