Bolwarra Shire Belmore Bridge Repairs Not Satisfactory
Strong dissatisfaction at the unsatisfactory repairs carried out by the Department of Main Roads to the footway on the Belmore Bridge…
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Council & local affairs, 1939
1,604 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 68 of 81
Loan Council All States Satisfied Funds Allocated Canberra
New South Wales will receive the largest share of the £10,000,000 bank loan for defence and works which was allocated by the Loan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Polish Mayor Shot WARSAW, Nov. 12
A Nazi firing-squad executed the former Mayor of the town of Bromberg, in Poland, General…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Show Council Amendments to Rules
Representatives of the Maitland Show Council visited Sydney and interviewed the Under-Secretary to the Chief Secretary's Office in regard to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Upper Hunter Shire Council
The monthly meeting of the above Council was held on Thursday last. There were present Crs. A. A. McDonald (President), Jno. Riley, S. C…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Muswellbrook Shire Council Yesterday's Meeting
The monthly meeting of the Muswellbrook Shire Council was held yesterday, when there were present:—Crs. Jas. White (President), Jas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Karuah Ferry Department Suggests New Vessel Shire Council's Decision
On receiving advice from the Department of Main Roads that a new ferry might be provided for the Karuah crossing on the new main…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Main Road Works Shire Council Opposed to Outside Labour
At its meeting on Friday, Stroud Shire Council took keen exception to a suggestion by the Department of Main Roads that work on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accidents to Aldermen No Compensation by Councils Allowed
Expenses incurred by an alderman as a result of an accident while engaged on Council business may not be reimbursed to him by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shire Clerk's Report
Rates.—The balance of rates outstanding on 31/10/1939 was £219/1 out of £11,112 levied and arrears. Since then £6/2/9 has been paid…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Merriwa District News (Reprinted from The Merriwa & Cassilis News) Merriwa Shire Council Monthly Meeting
The monthly meeting of the Merriwa Shire Council was held on Wednesday, when the full council was present…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Forster to Tuncurry Crossing by Ferry or Bridge Department's Reply to Stroud Shire Council
After considering, at its October meeting, a proposal by the Main Roads Department for a crossing to partly bridge the Tuncurry-Forster…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Zealand's Exhibition. Lord Mayor Impressed. SYDNEY
The Lord Mayor of Sydney, Sir Norman Nock, who returned to-day from a visit to New Zealand, said Australia should watch the progress…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lord Mayor's Fund Recreation Huts And Clothing SYDNEY
Alderman Crick, administrator of the Lord Mayor's Patriotic and Waf Fund, stated that as a result of discussions with the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shire Engineer Congratulated. Improved Denman-Merriwa Road
The improvements carried out on the Denman-Merriwa road from Pickering gate to Hollydene were referred to by the President (Cr. Jas. White)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lord Mayor's War and Patriotic Fund. Branch formed at Merriwa
On Thursday night of last week in the Merriwa School of Arts the Shire President (Cr. H. O. Bensley) presided at a public meeting called for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Singleton and District Sewerage Connections Consulting Engineer's Scheme Rejected Council's Decision Singleton
Aldermen of the Singleton Municipal Council, at a special meeting last night, decided not to confer with Messrs. Haskins, Davey and Gutteridge with regard to the scheme for sewerage house connections in the Municipality…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Link to Mary Vale State to Ask Loan Council for Finance Sydney
Representatives of New South Wales at the Loan Council meeting at Canberra on Thursday intend to ask for sufficient finance to enable…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maitland Municipal Baths
Sir,—The fact that 10,000 or more men will be added to the population of the Maitland district for the duration of the war renders the building…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Permits to Build Tarro Shire Council
Tarro Shire Council approved the following applications for permits to build to-day:— Tooth and Co., hotel, Hexham…
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