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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1932

1,295 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 65

Raymond Terrace Meeting of Council Relief Work Raymond Terrace

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 3

A meeting of the Raymond Terrace Municipal Council was held on Wednesday night. There were present, Aldermen…

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Comment by Alderman Jennings. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 January 1932 · page 1

Referring to the defeat of the Lang planners in Saturday municipal elections, Aldermart Jennings, M.H.R., declared: "The Government should…

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Lord Mayor Assumes Office Policy Later Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 January 1932 · page 1

The new lord Mayor, Alderman Walder. took up his duties to-day, Later he met the heads of the departments, and accepted…

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Beaten Again Lang Candidates Council Elections Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 January 1932 · page 4

The Lang Plan candidates received another setback on Saturday, when in only four out of 66 municipal councils In…

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Municipal Elections Contests In County Of Cumberland Few State Labour Candidates Returned

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 January 1932 · page 1

Of the 400 supporters of the State A.L.P. who contested the local Government elections in the Count y of Cumberland on Saturday, only a very small percentage was returned. The swing against Labour, as in the case of the recent Federal elections, was general…

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Council Meeting Postponed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 1

The regular meeting of the Municipal Council, to have been held on Wednesday last, was postponed owing to the holidays. Meetings of the Shire…

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City Municipal Election. Overwhelming Defeat of Lang Plan Candidates. Industrial Centres Vote Out "Reds."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 1

Lang Plan candidates met with overwhelming defeat in the metropolitan municipal and shire elections on Saturday. Even in…

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E. M. COUNCIL Last Night 's Meeting Little Business

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1932 · page 4

The aldermen of East Maitland did not have an extensive agenda paper at their ordinary meeting last night…

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Employing Unemployed Municipal Experiment in New Zealand

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 January 1932 · page 4

The Wairoa Borough Council (N.Z.) is conducting an interesting experiment. The unemployed have been set to work harvesting the grass on the…

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CESSNOCK Municipal Council the Finances Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 5

A special meeting of the Cessnock Municipal Council is to be held tonight to consider the position of the finances of the General fund…

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Sydney Municipal Elections

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 4

The result of the Municipal election for Sydney suburbs was another crushing defeat for the Lang planners and only in four councils out of 66 did they secure a major…

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Wallarobba Shire Council. Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 3

The first meeting of the year of the above Council was held on Tuesday last, there being present Crs. J. B. Carlton, President, H. J. Leake, W. J…

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Muswellbrook Shire Council. To-day's Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Muswellbrook Shire Council was held today, when there were present:—Crs. A. W. Thompson (President). J…

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Lang Government "Better Out," Says Alderman

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 6

"Mr Lang and his Government wish us a happy new year. Yes! On his miserable dole! Our people will be terribly, happy on that! If he only…

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Cessnock Council

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 3

Just prior to Xmas tho Cessnock Municipal Council decided to change its meeting nights from Thursdays to Tuesdays. The first ordinary meeting…

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Cessnock Municipal Council Financial Position and Estimates. General Rate of 4½d FORESHADOWED

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 3

Cessnock Municipal Council held a special meeting last night to deal with its financial position and consider the estimates for 1932…

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Baths Question Revived. Special Meeting to be Called. Cessnock Council's Decision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 3

At last night's meeting of the Cessnock Municipal Council, Ald. Smith moved that the question of establishing swimming baths in…

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WALLAROBBA Council Meeting Bad Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 2

Reviewing the finances at the first meeting of the year of Wallarobba Shire Council the Shire Clerk (Mr. S. N. Dark)…

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Happy Family Mr. Lyons's Cabinet Loan Council Meeting Canberra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 5

Whatever the future may hold the Lyons-Latham Cabinet is now a happy family. Mr. Lyons made that plain at the…

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Shire Valuations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 5

A meeting of Tarre Shire ratepayers will be held in the Popular Hall, Miller's Forest, of 8 p.m. on Friday next to appeal against [?]seasments by the…

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