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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1930

1,561 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 79

Labour Council. Boilermakers' Attitude

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 4

Criticism of the secretary of the Labour Council, Mr. J.S. Garden, was made at a recent meeting of the Redfern boilermakers, which is the…

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Industrial Clouds Mayor Hopes They'll Soon Roll Away. New Year Wishes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 5

When the Municipal Council assembled on Tuesday night to consider the question of the estimates, the Mayor (Aid. Hunter) took the…

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Labour Council Criticism 01 State Government and Police. Rothbury Activities

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 4

At a meeting last night the Labour Council carried a resolution protesting against the recent actions of the State Government and…

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Muswellbrook Letter Age of the Municipality. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 7

Muswellbrook is now in the sixtieth year of its existence as a municipality, the town having been incorporated, in 1870, and with its highly…

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Letter to the Editor. Municipal Rating

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 3

Sir,—The reports of the meetings of West and East Maitland Councils, as published in your issue of the 8th inst., should form very interesting…

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Upper Hunter Shire Council

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 4

Monthly meeting held at Scone on Thursday last. Present: Councillors A. A. McDonald (President), T. P. Abbott, W. H. Bluford, M. S. Kennedy,…

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Shire Boundaries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 4

The Minister for Local Government has written as follows to Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., regarding proposed alteration of boundaries:…

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Blows Struck. Alderman and Electrical Engineer. Yass

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 5

An argument between Alderman Leonard and the electrical engineer, J. Robertson, at a meeting of the council last night resulted in blows…

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Morpeth Council Regular Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 3

The regular fortnightly meeting of the Morpeth Municipal Council was held, last evening. There were present—Aldermen Cutcliffe (Mayor)…

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League of Nations Meeting of Council. Police Take Precautions. Geneva, Jan. 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 5

Just as the League Council was assembling to-day, the police arrested a young Swiss, who, carrying a fully loaded revolver, was trying for force…

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Our Municipality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 3

The year 1930 marks the 60th. anniversary. of the incorporation of the municipality, the first Mayor having been Mr. William Bowman, of…

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Municipal Amalgamation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 6

Sir,—No further evidence is necessary in support of the amalgamation of East Maitland Morpeth Municipalities with West Maitland than a…

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Tarro Shire. Council Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 3

A meeting of the Tarro, Shire Council was held at the Shire office East Maitland, to-day. The president (Councillor McCarthy) presided, and…

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Bolwarra Shire Meeting of Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 6

Bolwarra Shire Council met yesterday: The president (Councillor E. Bowdon) occupied the chair, There were also present Councillors G…

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Drunken Motorist Deputy Mayor Fined

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 7

John lang Bruce, 51, a builder, Deputy-Mayor of the Canterbury Municipal Council, was fined £20, and was disqualified from holding a…

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Holidays for Bolwarra Shire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 4

Bolwarra Shire Council granted a holiday on Thursday, March 6, at its meeting yesterday, when an application was received from the…

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"Grossly Untrue," Premier's Reply to Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 6

At the meeting of the Lake Macquarie Shire Council on Tuesday night a letter was received from the premier (Mr. Bavia), in reply to a resolution…

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League Council's Notice. London, Jan. 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 2

The League of Nation Council has noted with satisfaction that order has been restored in Samoa, and has congratulated the New Zealand…

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East Maitland Council Economy in Administration. Garbage Depot

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 7

The Mayor (Alderman W. G. Raisbeck) presided at the meeting of East Maitland Council last evening. There were also present:—Alderman J…

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Native Disturbance. Municipal Restriction Resented. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Capetown

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 2

Significance is attached to a native disturbance yesterday at Carnarvon, a small town in the Cape, owing to the natives resenting a municipal…

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