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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1935

1,670 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 49 of 84

Municipal Council Wednesday Night's Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 1

The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Wednesday evening, when the following were present:-Aldermen T. C. Morris…

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Mayor's Daughter Missing From Home Man Remanded in Court

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 1

Brydie Nugent, the attractive 17- year-old daughter of the Mayor of Collingwood (cr. Martin Nugent), is missing from her parents' home…

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Lake Shire Withdrawal of Work Widespread Protest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 3

Although one councillor suggested that since the Government had lost faith in them they should resign, Lake Macquarie Shire…

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Shire Boundaries Inquiry on August 14 KURRI

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 4

Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., has been informed by the Department of Local Government, through the Under-secretary (Mr. H. E. Street), that…

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Criticism of State Railways. Politicians, Too. Letter to Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 1

The following letter was received from S. H. Rogers, of Hardy's Chambers, Hunter-street, Sydney, and read at Wednesday's meeting of the…

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100,000 Italian Demonstrators Hiss M[?] Notes From Italy and Abyssinia Received by League Council. Japanese Embassy Guarded. ROME

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 2

A pictorial representation of a Fascist axe rending the Union Jack was amongst the banners carried at a monster meeting of 100,000 to-day. Tremendous applause greeted the denunciation of Britain and Japan. There were hisses when the names of…

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Aberdeen Section Municipal

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 5

The ordinary meeting of the council was held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday evening. Present: Aldermen A. E. Hardy (Mayor), M…

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Municipal

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 2

The ordinary meeting of the council was held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday evening. Present: Aldermen A. E. Hardy (Mayor), M…

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MUSWELLBROOK Municipal Council Railway Proposal Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1935 · page 4

That Muswellbrook is fully behind other centres in the campaign for the construction of the Sandy Hollow-Maryvale railway…

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SCONE Municipal Council Fig-tree Gully Scone

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1935 · page 4

The Scene Municipal Council decided, at its fortnightly meeting, to ask Mr. H. C. Carter, M.L.A., to endeavour to obtain a…

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ABYSSINIA The League Council Special Meeting London, July 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1935 · page 1

It is announced from Geneva that the President of the League Council, M. Litvinoff, has convened a special meeting of the…

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ABERDEEN Municipal Relief Work Railway Business Aberdeen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1935 · page 4

At the last meeting of Aberdeen Municipal Council, the town clerk reported that in the past six months, £171/17/5 had been…

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Brisbane Council Seat Lost by Labour BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 July 1935 · page 6

The big majority enjoyed by Labour in the Brisbane City Council has been reduced by one as result of there municipal by- elections held on…

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City Council. Vacancies Filled. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 30 July 1935 · page 2

Mr. W. V. McCall, M.P., and Mr. W. N. Harding, Civic Reform candidates in Fitzroy and Macquarle ward divisions, were elected to the City Council…

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Tarro Shire Smoke Nuisance Protest Council's View

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 July 1935 · page 7

The view that a council could not prevent Blacks being erected at the Silica Brickworks at May-fleld, but could insist on certain…

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All Newcastle Tourist Proposals Mayor Critical

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 July 1935 · page 2

The fact that the recent tourist convention at Newcastle was all Newcastle was [?] by the Mayor (ALderman A. S. Mc Donald)…

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Rate Collections West Maitland Municipality Report to Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 July 1935 · page 8

It was reported to the fortnightly meeting of the West Maitland Municipal Council last night that collections of rates and fees for the half-year totalled £11,658/17/11, compared with £11,436/14/3 for the same period last year…

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Relief Works In Tarro Shire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 July 1935 · page 2

The engineer (Mr. W. R. Lindsay) reported to Tarro Shire to-day that relief workers were engaged on concrete footpath construction at Mayfield…

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Shire Buildings £25,867 to be Spent

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 July 1935 · page 6

Applications for buildings and extensions to buildings to an estimated value of £25,867, of which £24,965 would be spent at the Newbold Silica…

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No Council Meeting Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 July 1935 · page 9

Owing to the absence from town of the Mayor (Aid. J. Brown) and the Deputy Mayor (Aid. P. J. Ryan), and the illness of other members of the…

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