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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1936

1,683 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 49 of 85

Municipal Council Wednesday S Meeting Drays on Relief Works—Gravel Permits—Gas Services. M.C./ F.

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 1

The fortnightly meeting of the council was held on Wednesday last, when there was a full attendance of aldermen…

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Government's Unemployment Relief Policy Criticised by Aldermen "Government Asked to Bear Full Cost of Local Works."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 3

A letter from the Dubbo Municipal Council, requesting co-operation in the terms of the following resolution, was read at Wednesday's…

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Primary Producers' Union. The Privy Council's Judgment

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 6

The anxiously expected Judgment in the James Case hag now been delivered by the Privy Council, and as a good many feared it has pronounced the…

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P.p. Union Weekly Notes the Privy Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 5

The anxiously expected judgment in the James case has now been delivered by the Privy Council and, as a good many feared, it has pronounced…

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Police Paddock for School Purposes. Not Favored by Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 3

A resolution, of which notice had been given, was moved by Ald. Halliday at the council meeting on Wednesday, providing for the rescission of…

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"Child Study" Competition Entries Scone's New Town Clerk Praised by Cowra Council. ("Cowra Guardian")

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 5

"An officer where work or cash had never to be checked is a great asset, is the way in which Town Clerk Holman referred to his assistant (Mr. J…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle FRIDAY, 24th. JULY, 1936. Written or Verbal Tenders? Question at Council Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 3

Alderman C. Morris asked at Wednesday's meeting of the council what that body's policy was with regard to verbal tenders…

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Municipal Band Weekly Concerts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 5

With the object of maintaining the public Interest already aroused, the Municipal Band has decided to conduct community concerts every…

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MUSWELLBROOK Municipal Council Relief Works Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1936 · page 4

That Municipal Councils are becoming alarmed at the possibility of having to find much money if the suggested relief work…

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Ray. Terrace Special Council Meeting New Sports Ground, Raymond Terrace

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1936 · page 3

A special meeting of Raymond Terrace Municipal Council was held on Monday night last, to discuss the report of the finance committee on the…

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Husband by Post British Girl's Request to New Zealand Mayor

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 July 1936 · page 4

The London girl who wrote asking this Mayor of Dunedin, the Rev. E. T. Cox, to find her a husband in New Zealand, may shortly be getting…

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A.H.C. GUILD Northern Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1936 · page 6

The annual meeting of the Central Northern Council of the Australian Catholic Guilds was held at Cessnock yesterday afternoon, Bro. W. F. O…

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Appeal for Funds The Municipal Band Collectors Appointed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1936 · page 6

Several schemes calculated to raise sufficient revenue to finance the baud for Tamworth contest, were discussed at a committee meeting presided over…

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PROFIT £11,107 Shire Finances Flourish

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1936 · page 4

Under the able management of Mr. B. C. Hughes, the finances of the Shire of Erina are In a flourishing state. This was indicated recently…

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Council's Appeal Muswellbrook Case SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 July 1936 · page 1

The action in which Mrs. Lily Latter, of Kayuga, near Muswellbrook, and her three children, Lily, Edgar, and Enid were awarded substantial…

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Miners' Silecosis Privy Council Decision Death of Appellant

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 July 1936 · page 4

As a result of the appeal to the Privy Council by Mr. W. Harvey, a south Coast miner, a Supreme Court decision against the miner appellant…

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Primary Producers' Union Weekly Notes the Privy Council

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1936 · page 4

The anxiously expected judgment in the James case has now been delivered by the Privy Council and, as a good many feared, it has pronounced…

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Heavy Damages for Widow Muswellbrook Shire Council's Appeal

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 July 1936 · page 2

The action in which Mrs Lily Latter, of Kayuga, 4½ miles from Muswellbrook and her three children, Lily, Edgar, and Enid, were awarded substantial…

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Claim Against Council

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 July 1936 · page 3

The Blue Mountains Shire Council has received notice of a claim against it by T. A. Scott, owner of a strip of land between the railway and New Manly…

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Breaches of Award Lismore Council Fined

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 July 1936 · page 2

Pleading guilty to eight charges of breaches of the gasmakers' award brought against it by George E. Callin, secretary of the union, the Lismore…

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