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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1934

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SCONE Municipal Council Show Holidays Scone

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 5

On tho suggestion of Alderman Barton, the Scone Municipal Council will consider making the town approaches by rail more…

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QUIRINDI Graziers Meet Shire Rates Quirindi

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 5

At the annual meeting of the Quirindi branch of the Graziers' Association, Mr. Cecil Cadell was unanimously re-elected…

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Fish Refuse Bait for Sharks Council Blamed Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 1

Referring to a letter from the Broute Surf Club to the Surf Association suggesting that fish refuse, probably thrown overboard by travellers, had…

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Council Vacancy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 2

For the vacancy in the Murrurundi Municipal Council, caused by the resignation of Ald. Fox, two nominations have been received, those of…

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Miners' Central Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 2

The first meeting of the newly elected Miners' Central Council will take place at Sydney next week, commencing on Tuesday. Many matter…

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REFUSED Holiday for Show Warrah Shire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 2

At last meeting of Warrah Shire, Qurindi, P.A. and H. Association wrote asking that public holiday be proclaimed for that portion of the…

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Cessnock Loans Report to Council CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 5

The Town clerk, Mr. G. Cooksley, directed the attention of the Cessnock Municipal Council last night to the question of arranging for a loan to…

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Rate Fixed Must Unite Dairy Farmers SINGLETON, Wednesday. Morpeth Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 4

At a special meeting Morepeth Council decided that the municipal rate for the current year will, in the aggregate, be exactly the same as 1933. At a meeting of the Whittingham branch of the Frederated Milk Producers, the President, Mr. J. Cam, in the course of his remarks, urged the…

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W.M. Council Meeting Protest to be Made Remission of Fine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 8

The West Maitland Municipal Council, at its meeting last night, decided to make a protest against the Under-Secretary for Justice in remitting fines for riding bicycles without lights. Members of the council present were the Mayor (Ald. A…

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Tarro Shire

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 1 February 1934 · page 4

At the Tarro Shire meeting on Tuesday week, it was agreed to borrow £3000. The engineer informed the Council that for the purpose of getting better results from…

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CO-ORDINATION Agricultural Research Council's View

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1934 · page 2

In the opinion of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, it is very desirable that the Standing Committee on Agriculture should be…

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Kearsley Shire Council Fortnightly Meeting

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 3

The Keasrsley Shire Council met last night, when there Were present: Crs. J. Rose (President), T. R. Brown, A. Johnson, A. E. Collins, T…

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Municipal Council Fortnightly Meeting

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 6

The fortnightly meeting of the Cessnock Municipal Council was held on Tuesday night, When there were present: Aldermen R. Smith…

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Dungog Municipal Council. Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 2

The fortnightly meeting of Dungog Municipal Council was held on Tuesday last, there being present Ald. R. L. Fitzgerald (Mayor), O. Olsen, J…

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Merriwa Shire Council Appointment of Noxious' Weeds' Inspectors. THE £12,500 Range Road

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 4

The regular monthly meeting of the Merriwa Shire Council was held at the Shire Hall on Wednesday, 24th January, when there were present:—…

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A Shire in Difficulties

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 3

Reporting to the Oberon Shire Council, the shire clerk said that the financial statement did not indicate a very healthy state of affairs. Though it was…

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Relief Work Ceases in Bulli Shire

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 3

Bulli Shire Council yesterday ceased the emergency relief scheme. Councillors contend that they were compelled to abandon the scheme because they…

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Road Proposal Bucca Wauka Length Shire Attitude

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 4

The Hon. Walter Bonnett, Member for Gloucester, has been informed that the Main Roads Board have allotted a sum of £2500 for the…

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Relief Work Kearsley Shire Report Greta Section Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 7

During the past fortnight 2000 men worked under the emergency relief scheme within the Kearsley Shire. They were engaged in an average…

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Important Appointments Made by Executive Council

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 1

A number of important appointments were made at a special meeting of the Executive Council, including the members of a board under the Dairy…

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