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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1928

1,944 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 74 of 98

Award Varied. Municipal Council Employees

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 October 1928 · page 3

The award for municipal council labourers has been varied by the Municipal and Shire Council Employed Conciliation Committee adding to [?]…

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Lawn Tennis. Northumberland Tennis Council

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 October 1928 · page 11

The council met in Maitland on the 10th instant, when representatives were present from the tennis associations at Newcastle, Maitland…

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West Maitland Council Fortnightly Meeting

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 October 1928 · page 7

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

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Water Shortage Serious Position at Branxton. Deputation to Kearsley Council. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 October 1928 · page 6

In urging that action be taken to provide a water service for Branxton, a deputation told Kearsley Shire Council last night that, only for the…

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Tarro Shire. Meeting of Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 October 1928 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the Tarro Shire Council was held at East Maitland to-day. Councillor Niland occupied the chair and there were…

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Kearsley Shire Council. Fortnightly Meeting

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 October 1928 · page 7

The fortnightly meeting of the Kearsley Shire Council was held on Friday night, when there were present Crs. A. Burns (president), J…

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No Water Plight of Branxton People Deputation to Shire Council

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 October 1928 · page 1

On Friday night last a deputation representing the Branxton Progress Association, asked the Kearsley Shire Council to assist in securing…

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Dungog Municipal Council MEETING

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 October 1928 · page 3

The regular fortnightly meeting of the Dungog Municipal Council was held at the Council Chambers on Tuesday night last. The following…

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Getting Busy Shire Council and Broke Road. Unemployed Want Work Started

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 October 1928 · page 1

Among the correspondence dealt with at Friday night's meeting of the Kearsley Shire Council was a letter from the coalfields branch of…

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Shire Works Engineer's Progress Report

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 October 1928 · page 2

At the Kearsley Shire Council meeting on Friday night, the Shire Engineer (Mr. J. F. Shine) reported as follows on the progress of works…

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Gone Up Some Fees for Returning Officers Kearsley Shire Election

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 October 1928 · page 5

Matters dealt with at the Kearsley Shire Council meeting on Friday night included a report from the Shire Clerk (Mr. W. J. Grieve)…

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Municipal Politics Electrical Pumping. to the Editor

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 October 1928 · page 5

Sir,—It is pleasing and satisfying to get something intelligent at last on this matter, out of Mayor Jones, even if it is only "surprise and…

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Dairying in New Zealand. Delegation's Report. to Australian Dairy Council. [Report to Australian Dairy Council of visit to New Zealand by Messrs. J. Proud (manager and secretary of the Camperdown Cheese and Butter Factory Co., Ltd., and president of Federal, Council of the Australian Dairy Factory Managers and Secretaries Association) and A. E. Sweeney, manager and secretary of the Inverell Co-operative Butter and Bacon Company, New South Wales.] [Part Iiv]

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 October 1928 · page 1

The association has for its objective, "A Dominion average of 300 lbs. of butter fat per cow." Commencing operations in 1923-'24, when it was…

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Morpeth Council Regular Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 October 1928 · page 9

The fortnightly meeting of the Morpeth Municipal Council was held on Monday evening. There were present: Aldermen Connolly (Mayor),…

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East Maitland Council the Fortnightly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 October 1928 · page 4

The fortnightly meeting of the E. Maitland Municipal Council was held last night. There were present the Mayor (Ald. Pryor) and Alderman…

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Women Terrified by Grimacing Mental Patients. Leichhardt Alderman's Allegation. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 October 1928 · page 7

At a meeting of the Leichhardt Council last night, serious complaints were made regarding the freedom with made regarding the freedom with which it is alleged, inmates of…

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Cessnock Council's Losses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 October 1928 · page 6

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. J. M. Baddeley asked the Chief Secretary if he was aware that the Cessnock Municipal Council had…

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Port Stephens Shire Meeting To the Editor.—

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 25 October 1928 · page 3

Sir,—In your report of the last Shire Council meeting and regarding the request from Hinton Agricultural Bureau, your report may lead to the assumption that I…

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Apology Demanded "Mayor Only Thing of Paper." Mr. Bluett Offends. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 October 1928 · page 7

Speaking at the Local Government Clerks' Association last week, the secretary of the Local Government Association, Mr. Bluett, is reported to…

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Fire at Byron Bay Council Chambers Destroyed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 October 1928 · page 4

The most destructive fire that has happened in Byron Bay occurred on Sunday night, when the whole of the Byron Bay Shire Council office, stores,…

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