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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1933

1,531 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 24 of 77

Upper Hunter Shire Council

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 2

At yesterday's meeting of the Upper Hunter Shire Council, a motion was curried instructing the Engineer to prepare plans and specifications of the…

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Wallarobba Shire Council. Monthly Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the above Council was held in the Council Chambers, Dungog, on Tuesday last. There were present Crs. J. B. Carlton…

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Municipal Council Fortnightly Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 1

The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Wednes day evening, when there were present: Aldermen D. Jordan (Mayor,), H. A…

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Electric Light Contract. Company and Council Confer. Alternate Proposals Submitted

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 1

At Wednesday's meeting of the Municipal Council a letter was received from the Muswellbroolc Coal Co., Ltd., following the…

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Move to Secure Increase in Dole. ! Cessnock Conference Criticises Mayor of Newcastle. Mr. Biggers Says Aid. Shedden Showed Cowardice

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 5

At a meeting held in Cessnock last night to consider what action should be taken to secure an increase in the dole, the mayor of Newcastle was trenchantly criticised for his action in declining to…

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Saleyards Site and School Parents and Citizens' Association's Letter to Council. Asks that Minister for Education be Notified of Council's Decision. Ald Dobbin Refers to Misunderstandings

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 1

Further developments with regard to the council making available the saleyards site for school purposes resulted at Wednesday's meeting of the council, when in response to a letter from the secretary of the Parents and Citizens'…

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MUSWELLBROOK Municipal Council Rural School Site Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1933 · page 2

The Mayor, Alderman D. Jordan, presided over the usual fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council, when matters in…

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Positions Back Cessnock Council's Staff CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1933 · page 8

A few months ago the whole of the Cessnock Municipal Council's maintenance staff, numbering 37, was dismissed owing to the…

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Ray. Terrace Municipal Council Regular Meeting Raymond Terrace

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 May 1933 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Raymond Terrace Municipal Council was held in the Council Chambers, Raymond Terrace, on Monday night. The…

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Upper Hunter Shire Council

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1933 · page 4

Meeting of above held in Scone on Thursday last. Present : Councillors A. A. McDonald (President), J. P. Abbott, J. Riley, S. C. Collison, M. S. Kennedy,…

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Muswellbrogk Shire Council. Monthly Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 May 1933 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Shire Council was held yesterday, when there was a full attendance of councillors…

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Cessnock Electoral Council

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 May 1933 · page 3

At a meeting on Sunday, Cessnock Council completed arrangement the poll on Saturday. During the week outside centres will be…

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WALLAROBBA Council Meeting New Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 May 1933 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Wallarobba Shire Council was held at the office, Dungog. There were present Councillors…

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Re-employment of Council Men

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 May 1933 · page 1

The finances of the Ccssnock Municipal Council nave improved sufficiently to permit of the re-engagement of 14 of the maintenance staff, the…

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Electricity Contract. Again Before Council. Coal Company's Scheme. Submitted to Consulting Engineer

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 May 1933 · page 1

A special meeting of the Municipal Council was held last night to give further consideration to the two plans submitted by the…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle Tuesday, May 9, 1933. Ban Against Hoardings Council Rejects an Application. an Interesting Discussion

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 May 1933 · page 2

An interesting discussion on whether hoardings offended aesthetic tastes took place at the last meeting of the Municipal Council,…

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Municipal Works (To the Editor)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 May 1933 · page 4

Sir.—I beg to place before the ratepayers of West Maitland the wise-spending of unemployed relief money and local rates, by the West…

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UNEMPLOYED Shire Relief Work E.M. PROTEST

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 May 1933 · page 2

The East Maitland unemployed, at a well-attended meeting yesterday, presided over by Mr. A. R. Stuart, decided to protest through the local…

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Rate Collections Four Months' Increase Council Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 May 1933 · page 2

A report by the finance committee to the meeting of the West Maitland Municipal Council last night showed that rates, sanitary…

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Work for Dole Request by Council Mayors Minute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 May 1933 · page 4

In a minute to the meeting of the West Maitland Municipal Council last night, the Mayor (Alderman A. S. McDonald),…

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