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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1927

1,816 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 91

Tarro Shire Flood Damage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 4

Messrs. G. Booth and W. F. O'Hearn, Ms.L.A., arranged for a deputation to meet the Minister for Local Government at Parliament…

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Singleton Letter. Municipal Council. Works Committee's Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 4

The following recommendations by the Works Committee of the Singleton Municipal Council were adopted; (1) That Patrick Plains shire…

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Kearsley Shire Meeting of Administrator

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 2

The Kearsley Shire Administrator (Mr. J. Brown) held his usual monthly meeting in the shire Chambers yesterday…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle Friday, January 28, 1927. CR. J. C. White. Shire Council and P. P. Board's Sympathy

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 2

At to-day's special meeting of the Shire Council, Cr.Bell, who presided, moved a vote of sympathy with the family of the late Cr. White. All knew,…

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Shire Estimates General Rate of 3d in £

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 2

At the meeting of the Kearsley Shire Council yesterday the Shire Clerk (Mr. W. J. Grieve) submitted estimates for 1927, as follow…

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Repairing Roads and Streets. Ambitious Programme. at Wednesday's Meeting of the Municipal Council the Following Report From the Works Committee Was Adopted:—

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 1

Skellatar Street.—The footpath on the south side of the street requires gravelling and this work should be carried out when funds permit…

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"A Dirty Inference" Weston and the Garbage Service. Shire Administrator in Reply

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 5

Through sheer ignorance the Weston progress Association has inferred that the Kearsley Shire Council has used funds it should not have used…

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Nothing Doing Public Holiday for Maitland Show. Kearsley Shire Won't Have It

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 3

Correspondence dealt with at the Kearsley Shire Council meeting yesterday included a letter from the Chief Secretary's office, asking if…

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Chinese Crisis Military Action. Opposed by Labour Council. Position of Dominions. London, Jan. 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 5

The Australian Press Association learns authoritatively that all suggestions about Australia having been invited to send forces to China can…

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Municipal Elections A.L.P. Selection Ballot

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 5

The selection, ballot in connection with A.L.P. candidates who are standing for Municipal honours will take place at the Council Chambers…

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Municipal Overdraft Extension to be Applied For

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 4

Matters dealt with at last Tuesday night's meeting of the Provisional Municipal Council included the question of the overdraft. The…

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Greta. Municipal Council Meeting. New Rate Struck

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 3

The fortnigthly meeting of the Greta Municipal Council was held on Tuesday, when there were present:—The Mayor (Aid. James Proudfoot) and…

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'A Beastly Liar.' Alderman Ic Amenities at Waterloo. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 6

Lively proceedings characterised a meeting of the Waterloo Council last night. They began when Alderman Wilcox…

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Matter of Holidays. Kearsley Shire Officers. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 5

The Administrator of the Kearsley Shire (Mr. J. Brown) said at his meeting to-day that owing to the extraordinary amount of work, many of the…

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Maitland Show. No Holiday in Kearsley Shire. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 5

A public holiday will not be proclaimed iu the Kearsley Shire for the Maitland Show. This was the decision of the…

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Kearsley Shire Election. on March 12 OR 19. KURRI

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 16

Either March 12 or 19 next, will be the day of holding the election for councillors for the new Kearsley Shire…

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Cessnock Council. Bank Overdraft Increased. Cesrnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 6

The municipal council decided last night to increase its bank overdraft to £2,500, The Mayor (Aid. Brown) said that…

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Annexation. West Maitland Council's Proposal. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 8

Mr. J. Brown (Kearsley Shire Administrator) said to-day that several residents had raised objections against the move for detaching a…

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Huge Majority. Endorses Council's Action. London, Jan. 21

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 12

The voting of the affiliated unions on the question of the conduct of the general strike by the general council of the Trade…

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British Miners Federation's Report. On General Strike. T.U.C. Council Condemned. London, Jan. 19

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 12

"If we were deserted and forced to fight a Ione fight, it was not by the workers that we were abandoned." This sentence, at the outset,…

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