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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1939

1,604 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 81

Sewerage in Maitland Council Seeking Information

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 4

Aid. W. D. Morgan made a move at last night's meeting of West Maitland Council to have the Government delay the gazettal of the…

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Box Culverts Report To Cessnock Council CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 1

At a meeting of Cessnock Municipal Council last night the foreman (Mr. J. Hawkins) reported that the 12th. pipe culvert at the intersection of…

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Tourist Bureau to Go New Arrangement by Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 4

West Maitland Council's tourist and publicity bureau, which was established about 18 months ago, will cease to function from June…

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New Hotel "Volunteer" To Go Advice to Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 4

The Volunteer Hotel, at the corner of High and Hunter-sts., West Maitland, is to be demolished and new premises erected. Tooth and…

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Tarro Shire Appoints Its Delegates Conference of Councils Local Government Boundaries Greater Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 5

Although the President (Cr. McCarthy) was opposed to it, and described it as "abortive to good results," Tarro Shire Council today decided to be represented at a conference…

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West Maitland Council Bus Stops and Rounding Off of Corners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 2

West Maitland Council last night reached decisions on two requests recently submitted to it by the Maitland and District Chamber of Commerce. The requests concerned the rounding off of corner allotments on which it was proposed to erect…

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Dungog District Unknown Objections Dungog Sewerage Treatment Works Delay 'Council Not to Blame' Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 6

Declaring that the Council was not to blame for the hold-up in the completion of the matter of the treatment works site for the sewerage scheme, and that it could accept no responsibility for the delay, the Mayor, Aid. R. L. Fitzgerald, stated at…

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Administrator for Glebe Municipality Appointment Announced. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 2

The appointment of an administrator for the Municipality of Glebe was agreed to by the State Cabinet to-day on the…

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News of the Day Tarro Shire Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 6

TARRO Shire Council yesterday decided to make an inspection on Wednesday next of roads in A riding. Morpeth Tree Planting…

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Tarro Shire Coal Mining Operations At Beresfield Terms Announced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 8

The conditions in respect to coal mining operations at Beresfield were contained in a letter from the Department of Mines to…

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Land Sale Recovery of Rates Morpeth Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 6

A sale of land is intended in Morpeth for the recovery of outstanding rates. At the fortnightly meeting of the council the Public…

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Glebe Council Affairs Inquiry Soon, Says Minister SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 1

The Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. Spooner) announced to-day that a full inquiry into the allegations made…

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Deputation to Minister E. Maitland Council's Requirements SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 7

The Minister for Works end Local Government, Mr. Spooner, to-day told a deputation from the East Maitland Council that a proportion of the…

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Winter Dangers Road Accident Causes Care Urged (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 6

Serious road accidents, many of them fatal, have been reported from almost all parts of the State in the last few weeks, and the…

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Municipal Council Fortnightly Meeting

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 4

The Cessnock Municipal Council met on Tuesday night. when there were present Aldermen J. Brown (Mayor), R. E…

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Dungog Municipal Council Tuesday Night's Meeting Retention Money Paid to Contractors

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 5

Accounts amounting to £200/6/- in the general fund, £47/16/11 in the water fund, and £1023/18/5 in the sewerage fund were passed for payment by Dungog Council at its meeting last Tuesday night. An amount of £1000 in the sewerage fund was…

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Bolwarra Shire Deputation Deferred Repairs to Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 7

Although Bolwarra Shire Council had hoped to meet the Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. E. S. Spooner), next week,…

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"Perfectly Safe!" Council's View of Swinging Bridge

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 2

"I have made an inspection of this bridge myself and 1 consider it quite safe." said the Mayor (Ald. J. Brawn) on…

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Council Dissatisfied Department's Refusal of First-Class Accommodation

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 2

Dungog Council received a letter on Tuesday night from the Department of Railways advising that investigations some time ago had…

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Contribution Refused Tourist Handbook Request to Dungog Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 3

At its' meeting on Tuesday night, Dungog Municipal Council declined to contribute towards the publication of a three-page article on Barrington…

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