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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1936

1,683 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 26 of 85

COST £4500 Baths at Nelson's Bay Council Report Raymond Terrace

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 8

The engineer of Port Stephens Shire, Mr. R. G. Payten, in his report for March, to the shire council, referring to baths Nelson's Bay, said:…

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Aberdeen Section Municipal

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 5

The ordinary meeting of the council was held in the Council Chambers on Wedneday night. The Town Clerk reported that…

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Aberdeen News MUNICIPAL

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 2

The ordinary meeting of Council was held in the Chambers on Wednesday night last. The minutes of the previous meeting were adopted…

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Aldermen Absent

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 April 1936 · page 2

The meeting of the Dungog Municipal Council scheduled to be held on Tuesday night last, lapsed for want of a quorum…

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ABERDEEN Relief Work Payments Report to Council Aberdeen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1936 · page 10

At a meeting of the Aberdeen Council the town clerk reported that relief work payments for the last period amounted to £ 45/5/5…

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Loan Council Canberra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 April 1936 · page 2

Tentative arrangements are being made to hold the forthcoming Loan Council meeting at Canberra on May 4 instead of at Adelaide on April 23…

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Conserve Fodder Another Competition Council Meeting Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 April 1936 · page 2

At the first meeting of the new executive of the New South Wales Council of Agricultural Societies the president (Mr. G. W. Walker)…

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Appeals Lodged Shire Councillors GOSFORD

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 April 1936 · page 2

Appeals have been lodged by Edward Powell Braithwaite and William Arthur Chapman, ex-councillors of Erina Shire, against their conviction…

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New Loan Loan Council Plan Finance Works Canberra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 April 1936 · page 8

A new loan of from £7,500,000 to £10,000,000 to finance the works programme of £2G,000,000 approved by the Loan Council for 1035-36, probably…

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Tarro Shire Recreation Reserves Report to Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 5

According to a report made to Tarro Shire Council to-day by the president, it seems likely that the proposed recreation reserves at…

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Council Finance East Maitland Figures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 4

The town clork (Mr, L. G. S. Markey) reported to East Maitland Council last night that since January 1, 1936, £1515/4/4 in rates had been…

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Not Lawful Brick Veneer Cottages Council Statement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 5

According to a statement made by the Clerk to Tarro Shire' Council, Mr. C. H. Hodson, at a meeting of, council to-day, a council cannot grant…

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Sewerage Workers East Maitland Council's View Award Rates Favoured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 4

That the aldermen of the East Maitland Council are in favour of award rates on the Maitland sewerage scheme, instead of the present relief conditions, was evidenced at last night's meeting, when a resolution to this effect was carried…

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New Buildings For Tarro Shire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 6

The following applications for per-mits to "build were granted at Tarro. Shire Council meeting yesterday on the recommendation of the inspector…

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Meeting Lapsed' Bolwarra Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 7

The monthly meeting of Bolwarra. Shire Council set down for this after-noon lapsed for want of a quorum It is understood that this is the first…

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Single Men Kearsley Shire Position Relief Scheme Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 6

Kearsley shires [?] at a special meeting last night, discussed the conditions imposed for the reinstetement of the 700 men…

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Fees Reduced For Picnic Parties Advice to Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 6

Recently Tarro Shire Council decid-ed to support Georgetown-Waratah South Progress Association in an ef-fort to secure a reduction in charges"…

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Shire Appeals

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 6

Before Mr E. A. Mahony, Police Magistrate, yesterday, the appeals against 1935 valuations of the Patrick Plains Shire were again mentioned. Mr…

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Municipal Council a Chance for Muswellbrook Gardeners

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 1

At the fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council on Wednesday night it was decided to cooperate with Sun Newspapers,…

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Reemployment of Single Men Kearsley Shire Relief Works Rumpus. Echo of Council's Deputation to Labour and Industry Department

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 9

Kearsley Shire Council held a special meeting on Wednesday night to consider the conditions imposed for the reinstatement of the 700 men dismissed. from the emergency relief scheme in the Shire…

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