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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1936

1,683 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 24 of 85

Council Amalgamations. Raymond Terrace Municipality and Port Stephens Shire

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 5

At the regional convention of the United Australia Party held in Newcastle on Monday last, Mr. E. L. Markey submitted a motion from…

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Municipal-shire Merger

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 5

Mayor A. E. Hardy, and Messrs. L. W. Davies and G. F. B. Fitzhardinge, the deputation appointed by public meeting, waited upon Mr. Bruxner at…

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Municipal—shire Merger

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 5

Mayor A. E. Hardy, Mr. L. W. Davies and Mr. G. F. B. Fithardinge, the deputation appointed by the public meeting, waited upon Mr. Bruxner at…

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Financial Position of Kearsley Shire Council's Reply to Minister

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 10

The following statement has been issued on behalf of the Kearsley Shire council, in reply to the Minister for Works and Local…

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Municipal Council Wednesday's Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 1

The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Wednesday evening, when there was a full attendance of aldermen, with the…

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Merriwa Shire Council Monthly Meeting. Maintenance Programme Involving £7,132 APPROVED

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 8

At the meeting of the Shire Council, held on Tuesday of last week, approval was received from the Main Roads Board in connection with the maintenance programme for 1936, involving the sum of £7132, towards which the Board would contribute £5139…

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Scone Municipal Council the Sewerage Proposal

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 4

Regular fortnightly meeting of the above held on Monday night last. Present: Ald. B. G. Millard (Mayor), D. J. McLachlan, J. W. Joughin, W…

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Late Council Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 2

Wednesday night's meeting of the Municipal Council lasted from. 7.30 to 11.30 o'clock—nearly a record…

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Death of Mr. H. E. Harden. One-time Shire Clerk at Merriwa

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 7

The death occurred suddenly last week, at his residence, Rickard-road, Bankstown, of Mr. Henry Emmett Harden, aged 49, Town Clerk of the…

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Filtration Plant Scheme Approved by Council. £10,000 Undertaking

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 9

The Municipal Council on Wednesday night decided to request the Public Works Department to supply details as to the most favorable terms under which the council could finance a scheme providing for the installation of a filtration plant at the waterworks, the cost of the…

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Electricity Undertaking Substantial Progress Recorded. Council Makes Further Reduction in Charges. Consumers Benefit to Extent of Nearly £500

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 3

Although the council last year made substantial reductions in charges for current, the electricity undertaking yielded a proft of…

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Port Macquarie Municipal Election

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 2

An extraordinary election to fill seven vacancies in nine seats in the Port Macquarie Municipal Council took place on Saturday. The…

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Municipal Mergers

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 6

The Minister for Local Government (Mr. Spooner) is still pursuing his policy of having weak municipalities merged into adjoining shires…

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"SPOON-FEEDING" Municipal Bodies CANBERRA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1936 · page 4

Mr. E. Dwyer Gray, the Treasurer or Tasmania, informed the Commonwealth Grants Commission, which is inquiring into the claims of the…

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Sodeman's Execution Deferred Appeal to Privy Council

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 April 1936 · page 1

To give his legal advisers the opportunity to make an appeal to the Privy Council, the Victorian Cabinet has decided to defer the date of the…

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Bailed Up While Proceeding to Municipal Markets Marrickville Resident Robbed. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 April 1936 · page 2

While Walter Sogers, a resident of Marrickville, was proceeding to the Municipal Markets this morning he was bailed up by three men…

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Upper Hunter Shire Council

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 2

At the monthly meeting of the Upper Hunter Shire Council, held in Scone on Saturday last, the following tenders were accepted for roadwork:…

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Relief Work[?] in Kearsley Shire

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 5

The Minister [?] Industry (Mr. J. M. Du[?]ingham) has forwarded to a Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A. a communication which…

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Meetings of Protest Kearsley Shire Dismissals

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 5

Public meetings of protest were held at Bellbird on Tuesday, and at Paxton on Thursday. They were addressed by…

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Interest Rates. Loan Council MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 4

Mr. R. G. Casey the Treasurer, who is Chairman of the Loan Council, said to-day that he had telegraphed the State Premiers asking if a day…

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