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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1937

1,509 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 52 of 76

Aberdeen Municipal Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 10

At the last meeting of the Aberdeen Municipal Council a further advancc was authorised to Contractor Hood on the reservoir installation. It was…

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Dungog Municipal Council. Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 3

The usual fortnightly meeting of Dungog Municipal Council was held in the Council Chambers, Dungog, on Monday evening last. Present were…

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Shire Building Applications

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 3

At last night's meeting of the Kearsley Shire Council the health inspector (Mr. J. G. McGilvray) reported that the undermentioned persons…

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Cessnock Municipal Council Fortnightly Meeting

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 6

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

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Missing Benzine Kearsley Shire Engineer's Report

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 5

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

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Kearsley Shire Works Engineer's Progress Report

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 3

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

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Charge Against Council Clerk

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 4

John Cameron Little, 41, a recently appointed A grade clerk to Yass Municipal Council, was charged at Yass Court on Wednesday with embezzling…

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Cessnock Council's Finances a Serious Position

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 1

Cessnock Municipal Council is in serious financial difficulties. It has reached the limit of its overdraft of £10,000, and since June the cost of…

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Council Employees' Salaries Question of Increase

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 5

Cessnock Municipal Council had before it on Tuesday night a letter from the Federated Municipal and Shire Council…

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Street Lights Gresford Agreement Council Proposal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 7

Following a protest by Wallarobba shire Council regarding the street lighting at Gresford, a letter was received by that body at its monthly…

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Memorial Baths Conference Makes Recommendation to Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 6

A conference of representatives of the West Maitland Municipal Council, the Maitland Business Men's Club, the Maitland Rotary…

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Bathers May Wear Shorts No Objection by Cessnock Council. "Not Indecent Says Ald. Brown

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 5

Stating that he [?] been informed that it was the intention of some of the members to wear shorts in the…

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Full-time at Award Rates On Kalnura Road Job. What Kearsley Council Stands For

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 5

The Kearsley Shire President (Cr. W. Varty) stated last night that he wished to give an emphatic denial to…

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Financial Position of Cessnock Council Is Desperate. Civil Fathers Send Out S.o.s. to Spooner

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 5

IT HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR SOME TIME that financially the Cessnock Council is in a precarious position, but it was left for the Town Clerk (Mr. G. H. Cooksley), in a report to the civic fathers on Tuesday night to reveal the real seriousness…

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Aberdeen. Municipal

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 4

The ordinary meeting of Council was held on 15th inst. Present: Ald. A. E. Hardy (Mayor), M. McLeod, M. Roughan, W. D. Robb…

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Loan Approved Wallarobba Shire Council Bridges and Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 September 1937 · page 9

The Wallarobba Shire Council was advised at its monthly meeting by the Department of Works and Local Government that approval had been given to council's proposal to raise a loan of £3000 for the construction of bridges and roads of…

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Dungog Municipal Council. Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 September 1937 · page 3

Following is the continuation of the report of the meeting of Dungog Municipal Council held on Tuesday night last, portion of which was…

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Kearsley Shire Meat Inspection

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 September 1937 · page 4

The reports of the meat inspectors at last. week's meeting of the Kearsley Shire Council showed that during the…

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Relief Works in Kearsley Shire. Report of Progress

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 September 1937 · page 5

The Shire Engineer (Mr. J. F. Shine), at last week's meeting of the Kearsle[?] Shire Council, reported as follows concerning the progress of…

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Primary Producers' Union. Central Executive Council Meets

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 September 1937 · page 1

At the quarterly meeting of the central executive Council of the Primary Producers' Union held in Sydney on Wednesday, at which Mr. M…

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