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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1932

1,295 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 51 of 65

Aberdeeen Section Municipal

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 October 1932 · page 3

The ordinary meeting of the council was held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday night. Present: Alderman A. E. Hardy (Mayor), McLeod, Duff,…

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Aberdeen. MUNICIPAL

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 October 1932 · page 2

The ordinary meeting of Council was held on Wednesday night. Present: Ald. A. E. Hardy (Mayor), McLeod, Duff, Roughan, and F. Taylor. Minutes…

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Former Mayor Agent on Trial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 October 1932 · page 5

Slanley Abel Jones, 54 an agent formerly Mayor of South Grafton appeared before Judge Claney in the Sydney Quarter Sessions on two…

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Appeal Against Shire Assessment

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 October 1932 · page 2

A Land and Valuation Court, presided over by Mr Justice Pike, opened at Singleton Courthouse to-day. Rupert Moses and Leslie W. Friend are…

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Former Mayor Year's Imprisonment SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 October 1932 · page 1

Stanley Abel Jones (54), an agent, former Mayor of South Grafton, who on Friday pleaded guilty to having obtained £7/13/6 from…

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Scout Rally Camp on the Park Council Busy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 October 1932 · page 4

With 500 scouts, cubs and rovers In camp, Maitland Park will present a picturesque sight early next month, when the…

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Merriwa Shire Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 October 1932 · page 4

The regular monthly meeting of the Merriwa Shire Council was held on Tuesday, those present being:—Councillors Jennings (president), Edwards,…

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Shire Engineer. Interviews in Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 October 1932 · page 6

Crs. A. W. Thompson (president), D. M. Boll and Jas. White were engaged in Sydney yesterday in interviewing four applicants for the position of…

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One Up on the Shire

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 October 1932 · page 3

The Upper Hunter Shire Council unconsciously put a good one over itself the other day. From a certain centre complaints were being received about…

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News in Brief Morpeth Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 October 1932 · page 4

The regular meeting of the Morpeth Municipal Council, which was to have been held last evening, lapsed for want of a quorum. These…

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Kurri Lighting Agreement Council Accepts Company's Terms

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 October 1932 · page 3

Further details of the new lighting agreement for Kurri, explained by representatives of Kearsley Council at a public meeting in Kurri last night,…

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Big Commonwealth Loan Council May Discuss Next Week

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 October 1932 · page 1

Although the report that an attempt will be made to float a big loan is discounted in some quarters, it is none the less probable that the Loan…

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Ratepayers' Requisition East Maitland Council Sewerage Question Again

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 October 1932 · page 2

"As a business proposition it is rotten, and I cannot under-stand the Water Board running council into it." This strong criticism was directed by Alderman R. Compton against the proposed Maitland sewerage scheme at the…

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Land and Valuation Court Appeals Against Shire Assessment. Monday, October 17. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Pike)

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 October 1932 · page 3

Leslie William Friend, of Carrington, Jerry's Plains, appealed against Patrick Plains Shire Council's valuation of property…

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Raymond Terrace Municipal Council

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 20 October 1932 · page 1

The adjourned meeting of the Council was held on Monday night, when all the Alderman were present. Ald. E. L. Markey, Mayor occupied the chair…

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GRETA Municipal Council Electric Light Greta, Tursday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 October 1932 · page 10

The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday night, when there were…

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SEWERAGE Chamber of Commerce to Wait on Mayor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 October 1932 · page 6

The inactivity regarding the proposed Maitland Sewerage scheme was mentioned at the monthly meeting of the…

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SINGLETON Shire Assessments Appeals Court, Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 October 1932 · page 4

Mr. Justice Pike presided at a sitting of the Land and Valuation Court. Leslie William Friend, of…

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Council Clerks Valuation Appeals SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 October 1932 · page 4

At the conference of the Local Government Clerk's Association yesterday, a resolution was passed that the conference was of the opinion…

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MORPETH Council Sensation Ald. Connolly Resigns Morpeth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 October 1932 · page 4

Something of a sensation has been caused in the civic arena by the announcement of the resignation of Alderman J. E…

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