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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1935

1,670 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 36 of 84

Police Changes Council Perturbed Mayor's Minute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 June 1935 · page 6

Representations will be made to the Commissioner of Police, Mr. W. J. Mackay, to reconsider the claims of the West Maitland…

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Tarro Shire Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 June 1935 · page 6

The fortnightly meeting of Tarro Shire Council, which wan to have been hold to-day, was postponed until next Wednesday, owing to the fact that the…

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Longer Terms Sewerage Rationing Council Move

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 June 1935 · page 6

Representations will be made the Department of Labour and industry by West Maitland Council, and, if agreeable, East Maitland…

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Band Request Guarantee Uniforms Council Met

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 June 1935 · page 6

West Maitland Municipal Council wan last night approached by a deputation from the Maitland Municipal Band regarding the…

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Ratable Land "Soon be None Left" Shire Man's Complaint Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 June 1935 · page 1

Pointing out that the way things were at present there would soon be no ratable land, councillor Francis, of Blacktown, moved at the shires…

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Light Extension West Maitland Council Report Lochinvar District

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 June 1935 · page 2

The electric light committee of the West Maitland Municipal Council reported last night that consideration had been given the proposed extension of electricity to Lochinvar, the estimated cost of which was £2070. Annual expenses were…

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SCOUTING Finding Work for Boys Appeal to Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 June 1935 · page 8

At a meeting of the 1st West Maitland troop committee, it was decided to write to the District Council, pointing out the very…

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Shire's Conference

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 6 June 1935 · page 2

The Shires' conference commenced in Sydney on Tuesday. The Minister in addressing the gathering said he was in favour of restoring the…

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Noxious Weeds System of Control Shire Councils

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 June 1935 · page 10

Various motions aimed at more efficient control of noxious weeds were brought before the annual conference of the Shires…

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"Will Not Join" West Maitland's Move P. AND C. COUNCIL

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 June 1935 · page 6

Considering that no benefit could bo derived from the formation of a district council of Parents and Citizens' Associations in…

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Theft of Council TOOtS Kearsley Shire Complaint

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 June 1935 · page 5

At last night's meeting of the Kearsley Shire Council the Shire Engineer (Mr. J. F. Shine) reported that there had…

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Cessnock Municipal Council. Fortnightly Meeting

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 June 1935 · page 7

The fortnightly meeting of Cessnock Municipal Council, was held on Tuesday night, when there were present:…

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Mayor Caustic Centenary Meeting Small Response

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 June 1935 · page 6

"I had hoped that the meeting would be representative of the commercial, professional and business interests of West Maitland,…

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Council By—election

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 7 June 1935 · page 2

A by-election to till the vacancy on the Dungog Municipal Council, caused by the resignation of Ald. G. A. Dombkins, will take place on…

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SLAUGHTERING Kearsley Shire Butchers CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 June 1935 · page 6

At a meeting of Kearsley Shire Council last night the president reported that the council had met the master butchers in conference on the…

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Advance of £20 Tarro Shire Works

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 June 1935 · page 6

Mr. Arthur Howarth, M.L.A., been advised by the Ministr of Government that an advance of [?] has been made available to…

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Kearsley Shire Works Engineer's Progress Report

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 June 1935 · page 8

At last night's meeting of the Kearsley Shire Council, the engineer (Mr. J. F. Shine) submitted the following report on the progress of…

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Save Lives Lord Mayor's Appeal Mothers—children Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 June 1935 · page 1

The Lord Mayor of Sydney, Sir Alfred Parker, in a broadcast address to-day, issued an appeal for funds to save the lives of mothers and children…

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Relief Workers Statement Resented Kearsley Shire Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 June 1935 · page 2

Statements made at a meeting of the Weston branch of the A.L.P., a report of which appeared recently in the "Daily Mercury,"…

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Shire Councils Control of Noxious Weeds County Councils Favoured

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 June 1935 · page 6

The annual conference of the Shires' Association of N.S. Wales, which was continued at the Arts Club, Sydney, on Wednesday, carried a resolution…

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