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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1934

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Town Council. Problems to Be Faced

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 December 1934 · page 2

Now that the Municipal elections are over and the new aldermen are about to enter upon their duties, there are many important problems…

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Difficult Job New Council's Task Relief Works

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 December 1934 · page 7

The retiring West Maitland Municipal Council has not had a bed of roses in its administration of the emergency relief work schema since it…

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City Council Yesterday's Elections Probable Result Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 December 1934 · page 7

The president of the Citizens' Reform Association (Sir Arthur Cooks), and Reform alderman declined to comment to-day on the result of the…

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Against War Newcastle City Council Protest Letters Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 December 1934 · page 5

"Eighty per cent, of the people in New South Wales, including myself, are opposed to war," said Aid. R. G. Kilgour, Mayor of Newcastle, at the…

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Aberdeen Municipality. Proposed Amalgamation with Muswellbrook or Upper Hunter Shires

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 December 1934 · page 6

The Government Gazette of 30th. November contains notifications of considerable interest to the residents of the Aberdeen…

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Muswellbrook Municipality

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 December 1934 · page 2

xD. Jordon 523, xC. Morris 501, xW. Gentlemun 491, Dr. J. McArthur 468. xE. W. Shaw 468, xH. D. Fallick 453, H. M. Ridley 451, N. A…

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The Elections Scone Municipality

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 December 1934 · page 2

All the original members of the Scone Municipal Council who sought re-election were returned. Ald. C. J. Surman and P. Fincher did not seek…

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Municipal Elections Three Independents Returned. Ald. Horne Tops Poll

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 December 1934 · page 3

There was an extraordinary lack of interest and enthusiasm in the Cessnock Municipal [?]tions held on Saturday, and the…

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The Municipal Elections

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 December 1934 · page 2

The municipal elections are over, and the next fight will be for mayoral honors. The result of the local voting shows that the old residents…

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Details of Municipal Voting

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 December 1934 · page 4

Details of how the voting went at the various polling booths in the Municipal elections will be found in the advertising columns of this issue…

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Saving to Municipal Council

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 December 1934 · page 2

Mr Malcolm Brown, M.L.A., has received a letter from Mr E. S. Spooner. Minister for Local Government, regarding the Committee's report after…

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UNOPPOSED Ald. Mc Donald Mayor His Fifth Term

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 December 1934 · page 4

For the fifth successive year Alderman A.S. McDonald was last night invested with the robes of office of the chief citizen of West…

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Council Combats Fruit Fly

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 December 1934 · page 2

Now that the regulations concerning the measures to be taken for the eradication of the fruit fly pest have been made known, the Municipal Council…

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ALD. C. T. ABBOTT Mayor of Dungog DUNGOG

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 December 1934 · page 5

At Dungog municipal council meeting, hold last night, there were two nominations for the position of Mayor. The retiring Mayor (Ald. R. I…

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City Council Election Figures SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 December 1934 · page 1

Further returns in the municipal elections were announced to-day. The results indicated that those elected since yesterday were J. Armstrong,…

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New Groups Council Committees Opposing Views

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 December 1934 · page 4

The newly elected alderman carried the night when the question of the grouping of West Maitland Council Committee was…

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Council's Action Dismissal of Workers CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 December 1934 · page 5

Cessnock Municipal Council will be represented at the conference, arranged by the South Maitland District Council of Unemployed and Roll[?]f Workers to…

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Act of Grace Worker Reinstated Council Decision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 December 1934 · page 5

After deliberating for nearly three hours in committee, West Maitland Municipal Council last night reached a decision upon the…

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Funeral Fund Canvass Council Grants Permission Deputation Explains

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 December 1934 · page 2

After a deputation, compressing Messers G.F. Appleton G. Senior and C. Mortimer, had been questioned regarding the funeral fund inaugurated by the West Maitland Relief Worker's Association, the Maitland Municipal Council last night…

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Mayor of Hamilton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 December 1934 · page 8

Ald. C. G. Melville was elected Mayor of Hamilton at a special meeting of the Council last night. Ald, E.Richardson was appointed Deputy…

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