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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1938

1,472 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 42 of 74

Mayor M. D. Mychael

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 4

Lieut-Colonels D. Cameron, W. H. James, A. A. White, N. B. Loveridge, and J. R. C. Davies, and Major W. H. Murdock (Northern District…

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Dungog Municipal Council. Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 3

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of Dungog Municipal Council was held in the Council Chambers, Dungog, on Tuesday night last. Present were…

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Municipal Council Fortnightly Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 1

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

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Port Stephens Shire

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 4

The President of the Port Stephens Shire (Cr. G. J. Russell), accompanied by other members of the council and officers, will confer with the…

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Kearsley Shire Meat Inspection

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 8

Reports submitted by the meat inspectors at this week's meeting of the Kearsley Shire Council showed that Slaughterings during the past…

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Council Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 8

The annual meeting was terminated and those members elected to the council by postal ballot met to clect a further ten members to the council…

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Diphtheria Immunisation Campaign Commenced in Kearsley Shire

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 12

The diphtheria immunisation campaign in the Kearsley Shire was commenced on Tuesday at Kurri Kurri Public…

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Band Subsidy. Passed by Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 1

The council on Wednesday night decided, on the motion of Aldermen Dobbin, seconded by Ald. Thompson, to again pay the half-yearly subsidy…

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Water Conservation. Department's Reply to Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 1

In the course of a letter in reply to the Municipal Council's representations that the question of water conservation in the Hunter Valley be…

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Dungog's Fire Engine Decision by Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 2

Dungog Municipal Council, at its meeting on Tuesday night last, decided to ask the Captain of the local fire brigade, Mr. S. Jones, to…

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Self-Help, Ratepayer Commended by Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 7

The action of Mr. A. K. Blomfield, junr., in offering to carry out repairs to a crossing by voluntary labor was warmly commended by…

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Singleton District Shire Meeting Hebden Road Bridge the Saleyards Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 2

Cr. A. S. Pankhurst presided, and Crs. A. J. Dorsman, W. C. Sylvester, D. P. Shearer, W. H. Andrews, and A. C. Marshall were also present at…

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Kurri Electoral Council Meeting at Speers' Point Chambers

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 4

On Sunday last Kurri Kurri Electoral Council met at the Speers' Point Council Chambers, with Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., in…

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Cycle Road Racing. Applications to Council for Permission

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 7

Applications were received at the meeting of the Shire Council on Tuesday from the Merriwa Cycle Club and the Gungal Cycle Club for permission…

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Cost of Overtime to Sydney County Council Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 July 1938 · page 2

During last year overtime cost the Sydney County Council £32,454, or 3.8 per cent, of the total wages bill…

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Whittingham Parents and Citizens, Association Affiliation with District Council

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 July 1938 · page 3

A meeting of Whittingham Parents and Citizens' Association was held in the school. There was a fair attendance of members, two new…

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£32,454 in Overtime Cost to Sydney City Council SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 July 1938 · page 1

During last year overtime cost the Sydney Council £32,454 or 3.8 per cent, of the total wages bill. The Deputy-General Manager, Mr,…

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Upper Hunter Shire Council. Special Meeting

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 1

A special meeting, called by the President, of the Upper Hunter Shire Council, was held in Scone on Friday last. Present: Crs. A. A. McDonald…

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Press Disclosures Business Transacted in Committee Newcastle Alderman Demands Legal Action

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 6

Ald. G. W. Jenner, it was disclosed yesterday, has submitted a notice of motion for to-morrow night's meeting of tho Greater Newcastle Council,…

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Hearing Ends. Council as Defendant Dismissal Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 7

Evidence was concluded at the West Maitland Court to-day in the case in which West Maitland Council is defending an action…

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