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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1928

1,944 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 44 of 98

Report Denied Kearsley Council Discussion. Councillor Scott's Statements. Branxton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1928 · page 16

At the annual meeting of the Branxton District Progress Association, held last night, the action of the executive in writing to Kearsley…

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Church and School Lands Exempt From Municipal Rating. Valuation Court's Decision. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 July 1928 · page 10

In the Land Valuation Court, to-day, Mr Justice Pike delivered judgment, finding that chruch and school lands were exempt from rating for…

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Municipal, Matters. the Gas Works

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1928 · page 3

The Municipal Gas Works were established in 1894, and not withstanding the big increase in consumption of the illuminant for…

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Upper Hunter Shire Council

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 July 1928 · page 2

Monthly meeting held on Thursday last. Present: Councillors A. A. McDonald (President), J. P. Abbott, W. C. Carter, F. W. Kennedy, W. H…

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Wallarobba Shire Council (Report Continued.) Hilldale's Church

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 10 July 1928 · page 4

The Clerk read a letter from H. O. Mealy asking if Council would receive a deputation on the matter of the recent expenditure on Hilldale…

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Peace in Industry. Offer by Trades Union Council. Employers to Consider

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 July 1928 · page 6

It is announced that the next meeting of the advisory committee of employers intends to discuss the offer made by the president of the…

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School Taxation. Exemption Granted. Test Case. Loss to Municipalities

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 July 1928 · page 1

A reserved judgment given in the Land Valuation Court by Mr. Justice Pike, and which will be regarded as a test case, confirms the principle that…

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The New Municipal Quarters

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 10 July 1928 · page 6

Tenders are invited for alterations to the building at the corner of Main-street and Allandale road, which has been purchased for…

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Red Cross Society. Work of the Joint Council of the Red Cross Society and St. John's in Connection with the V.A.D. SCHEME

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 July 1928 · page 4

Since the inauguration of the new scheme of V.A.'s the States have not been idle, but have been laying the foundations of the organisation, which…

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Hilldale Road. Deputation to Shire Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 July 1928 · page 4

Messrs. Healy, White and Parish Bros, waited on Wallarobba Shire Council as a deputation from Hilldale in regard to roads to in that…

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Kearsley Shire Election

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 July 1928 · page 6

Three nominations have been received by the Kurri A.L.P. to contest the D riding of the Kearsley Shire Council at the coming election…

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West Maitland Council Fortnightly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 July 1928 · page 8

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

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Abattoirs Inquiry Mr. Cramsie's Recommendation. Accepted by West Maitland Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 July 1928 · page 3

A letter from the Department of Public Health was read at the meeting of the West Maitland Municipal Council last night, forwarding copy…

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Outrage on Girl. Sefton Park Case. Bankstown Council Acts. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 July 1928 · page 7

The Bankstown Council has decided to ask the Government to issue a proclamation compelling all owners of owners within a…

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Port Stephens Shire Council

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 12 July 1928 · page 1

The ordinary monthly meeting of above Council was held on Friday last, when the full Council was present, Cr. Meredith, President in the chair…

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Wallarobba Shire. Council Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 July 1928 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Wallarobba Shire Council was held at the office, Dungog. The Uralla Municipality wrote,…

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Raymond Terrace Municipal Council

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 12 July 1928 · page 3

The monthly meeting was held on Monday night when Ald. Krohn, Feeney, Curtis, Windeyer and Hain were present. The Council received the letter re…

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Port Stephens Shire

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 12 July 1928 · page 4

At the Council meeting last Friday, the engineer (Mr. R. G. Payten), reported as follows:— 1—During the month an Inspecting…

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W.e.a. Council. Literature Ban

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 July 1928 · page 4

At the District Council meeting, held in Newcastle, considerable time was spent in the discussion of matter relating to the prohibition…

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Shire Boundaries. Petition for Alteration. Local Government Inquiry. Branxton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 July 1928 · page 5

The inquiry into the petition by Stanhope property owners to be transferred from Kearsley Shire to Patrick Plains Shire was continued at Branxton Courthouse yesterday afternoon by Mr. F. G. P. Neilley,…

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