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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1931

1,727 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 87

[?]Ion of Shire. [?]Ings

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 4

[?]dent, the Clerk and the [?] [?] of the Stroud Shire we[?] de[?] [?] into the question of a re[?] of ridings. The matter…

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GRETA Municipal Council Rate Fixed, Greta

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 8

The Mayor Alderman Jas. Proudoot, presided at a special meeting of Greta Muncipal Council. Others present were Alderman J. Berry, E…

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DUNGOG Municipal Council the Unemployed Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 8

At the fortnightly meeting of the Dungog Council a deputation was received from the Dungog unemployed who felt that the unemployed in the…

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Stroud Shire. Cr. Flannery Resigns

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 2

The following is a copy of a letter sent to Mr. H. H. Adcock, Shire Clerk, Stroud:— I hereby tender my resignation as a…

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No Outside Licenses Fish Trade in Cessnock Municipal Council Decision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 5

Several complaints have been received during the past week, by the Cessnock Municipal Council, from resident [?] traders in the Municipal…

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Tarro Shire Rates 2d in the £

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 8

Tarro, Shire Council, at its meeting at the Lands Board Office, East Maitland, on Tuesday, declared the following rates:—…

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Mayor's Boots From Relief Committee Prostituted Position Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 4

"It has been brought under my notice that both the Mayor and tlio Deputy Mayor got a pair of boots from the Cosanock Relief Committee."…

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Show Council Golf Links Sold Curtailing Expense

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 4

The President, Mr. William MClauchlin, presided at a meeting of the council of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural…

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Unemployment Loan Council Wants Amount Wiped Off

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 5

At the special meeting of the Cessnock Municipal Council, on Tuesday night, it was decided, on the [?] of Aid. Hunter, that a d[?]…

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South Cessnock Swings Council Agrees to Citizens' Requests

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 1

A meeting of the citizens of South Cessnock, held recently in the South Cessnock Hall, decided that the following resolution be passed in regard…

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Cessnogk Council Fish Licenses Traders Complain Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 5

Several complaints have been received during the past week from the resident fish traders in the Cessnock Municipality regarding the…

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The Present Crisis. Proposed Advisory Council. Meeting in Scone

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 2

In connection with the movement to form "Advisory Councils" throughout the State, whose purpose is to offer advice and to assist in dealing with…

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The Loan Council. Official Statement Three Years' Plan to Rehabilitate Finances

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 6

Continuing its deliberations on Wednesday, the Federal Loan. Council remained in session' until' the time arrived for Mr. Scullin to depart by…

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A Somersault ? Cessnock Council and Brick Area Question Move to Restore Regulation

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 4

It looks as if the Cessnock Council will throw s somersault from its recent decision to rescind the resolution introduced a…

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Municipal Rates Reduction for 1931

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 1

The Cessnock Municipal Council held a special meeting on Tuesday night to consider a report of the Town Clerk (Mr. G. H. Cooksley) in…

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Municipal Election

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 2

It is understood that efforts are being made to induce Mr. Ern. Gibson, secretary of the Aberdare Progress Association, to allow himself to be…

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Municipal Rate Notices

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 5

The Town Clerk (Mr. G. H. Coo[?]ley) reported at the Cessnock Council meeting last night that the rate notices for the year 1931 were now…

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L.G. Act Case Alderman Charged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 4

Reference was made in the Grafton Police Court on Monday before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., to a case in which…

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Grant to Shire

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 6

The Hon. W. Bennett has been advised by the Minister for Local Government that £200 has been allotted to the Gloucester Shire…

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MUSWELLBROOK Municipal Council Rates Reduced

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 4

At the fortnightly meeting of the Muswellbrook Council, official reports snowed that there had been very satisfactory progress in the electricity…

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