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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1938

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Baths Question Department Criticised Council Debate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 4

Reference to "departmental bungling" and opposition to the proposed site for baths in West Maitland were failures of a…

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Charges Fixed Cessnock Sports Ground Council Decides

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 12

Cessnock Municipal Council decided to fix a minimum charge of £2 for the use of the Sports Ground on Saturdays during the football season…

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Labour Council Demands Election "Disregard of Pledges" Insult to British People Alleged LONDON, February 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 1

A manifesto issued after to-day's meeting of the National Council of Labour, comprising representatives of the Labour Party, the Parliamentary Party, and the Trades Unions…

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Stroud Shire Council. Engineer's Report

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 4

The Engineer, Mr. F. G. D. Stone, submitted the following report to the meeting of Stroud Shire Council held on 11th inst.:—…

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Shire Councillors. Tour of Inspection

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 1

The Shire councillors made a tour of inspection of the Shire on Monday and Tuesday last. On the first day they inspected the Limestone-road and…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle FRIDAY, 25th FEBRUARY, 1938. Aberdeen and Show. Shire Council Grants Holiday ABERDEEN

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 3

Following the decision of the Upper Hunteer Shire Council, which negatived the proposal for a public holiday at Aberdeen for the principal day of…

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Cessnock's Municipal Affairs Fortnightly Meeting of the Council Many Matters Dealt With

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 8

The Cessnock Municipal Council met on Tuesday night, when there were present: Aldermen R. E. Emith (Deputy Mayor, in the chair),…

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Scone's Mayor Aid. W. J. O'Brien Appointment Gazetted

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 1

A notice appears in the current issue of the Government Gazette that, an election by Scone Municipal Council of one…

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Shire Roads. Estimated Expenditure For 1938. Engineer's Special Report. In a special report to the meeting of the Merriwa Shire Council last week, the Shire Engineer (Mr. H. R. Huntington) submitted a list of estimated expenditure on the district roads for 1938

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 5

In "C" riding, the estimated expenditure on Cattle Creek, Cooba Bulga, Eastern Brook, Llangollen, Comiala, Rotherwood, Darkwood,…

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Emergency Relief Scheme Kearsley Shire Seeks Government [?]Tentions

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 5

The Minister for Works and local Government (Mr. E. H. Spooner) has forward to Mr.J.M. Baddeley M.L.A. a…

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The Wool Market Wool Values Firm; York-shire Stron Gbuyer

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— The firmness of the wool market at our Sydney sale on Tuesday is shown by the fact that we sold at auction 94…

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Pet Parrot's Death Unusual Claim Against Council

Singleton Argus · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 2

As a sequel to the death of a pet parrot, an unusual, claim has been made against the Maryport Urban District Council, Cumberland…

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Cessnock Council's £50,000 Loan Department Clamouring for Payment of Arrears

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 5

Cessnock Council at its meeting last Tuesday night, received a letter from the Secretary of the State Superannuation Board…

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Infantile Paralysis Causes Concern in Cessnock Council Demands Closing of Schools Where Cases Occur

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 5

THE FUTILITY OF CLOSING DOWN ONE CLASS, and not the whole school at which a case of infantile paralysis occurs, was the subject of some outspoken comment at the Cessnock Municipal council meeting on Tuesday night…

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Primary Producers' Union District Council Meeting. Trading Agencies. Bacon Factory Proposal. Liens on Farmers' Cream Cheques. Water Conservation

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 5

The annual meeting of the Upper Hunter District Council of the Primary Producers' Union was held at Muswellbrook on Friday last…

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Relief Scheme Kearsley Shire Area CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 6

Although the Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. E. S. Spooner) has not given any definite indication that the emergency relief…

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Council of Sport Physical Welfare Act N.Z. INTENTIONS

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 5

The setting-up of the National Council under the Physical Welfare and Recreation Act is to be put in hand early this year, the Minister of…

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Deficit of £224,000 Sydney City Council's Rate SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 1

Because the city has an accumulated deficit of £224,000 and urgent city planning works are required, the City Council may decide to-day to budget…

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A Trip to Chichester Coalfields Aldermen and Councillors

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 8

At the invitation of Mr. W. Brown, Cessnock's representative on the Hunter Water Board, members of the Cessnock…

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Continuity of Relief Scheme. Shire Councils "Left in the Dark."

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 8

Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., stated that during last week he had endeavoured to interview the Minister for Local Government…

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