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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1942

1,151 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 38 of 58

Municipal Councils’s Offices

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 August 1942 · page 2

The tender of F. and R. Compton at £238/10/ was accepted by West Maitland Municipal Council last night for alterations…

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Stroud Shire Council Monthly Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 3

Stroud Shire Council held its monthly meeting on Friday, 14th August. There were present Councillors Abbott (President), Zeininger, Miles…

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Dungog Municipal Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 3

A meeting of the Council was held in the Council Chambers on Monday, 17th August. Present: His Worship the Mayor, Ald. J. W. Scott, Ald…

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Shire Meeting’s Late Start

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 2

SINGLETON Friday.— The meeting of Patrick Plains Shire Council, which was to have commenced at 10.30 a.m. yesterday,…

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Municipal Council Prosecution for Straying Stock 10/- Fine Over Cow

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 5

Edmund Condon Donnelly was called in the local Police Court this morning on a charge of allowing a cow to stray in one of…

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Around the Council Table

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 6

The Mayor (Ald. G. Heery), at last Tuesday night's meeting of the Cessnock Municipal Council, reported that at a meeting of the Mayer's…

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Timber Traffic Heavy Damage to Shire Roads

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 4

Stroud Shire Council, decided, at its monthly meeting to ask Mr. R. L. Fitzgerald, M.L.A., to endeavour to secure assistance…

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Money From Waste for Patriotic Purposes Shire Man's Plan

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 1

Mr. Jim Lloyd has been employed by Wallarobba Shire Council for over 20 years, and there is not much about their work that he does not know…

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Councillors Discuss General Matters Yesterday's Meeting of Patrick Plains Shire

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 6

Members of Patrick Plains Shire Council experienced a long, and busy day yesterday, and during proceedings of the monthly…

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Council Lorry on Fire Valuable Rubber Destroyed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 1

A truck loaded with 100 rubber tyres and old rubber caught fire in Wollombi-road on Wednesday. The Cessnock Fire Brigade saved…

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C.U.SA. Rebuffs Council. Generous Gift Returned

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 1

There were several indignant remarks expressed by Aldermen of the Cessnock Council at Tuesday night's…

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Neglect of Returned Soldiers. Council to Take Action

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 6

At the Cessnock Council meeting on Tuesday night, Ald. S. Home said that many men had recently returned…

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Money Spent Would Be Money Wasted Shire Councillors Air Views on Mitchell Line

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 6

Councillors at yesterday's meeting of Patrick Plains Shire Council decided to inform the Denman-Singleton Pastures…

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Huts and Soldiers. Reply to Statements at Council Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 1

When a resolution was passed at the last meeting of the Muswellbrook branch of Cusa, that an application be made, to the council for a cheaper…

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Splendid Discipline of Visiting Troops. Cessnock Council's Appreciation Brigadier Fergusson's Tribute to Cessnock

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 1

During the past few months thousands of troops have visited Cessnock, and their exemplary conduct has been freely commented on by all sections of the community. From all sides there were heard tokens of…

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The Greta-cessnock Road Cessnock Council Perturbed. Co-ordinated Action Between Cessnock and Kearsley Councils

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 3

The Cessnock Municipal Council, at its meeting on Tuesday night, discussed the discontinuance of the this service between Cessnock and Greta, and the state of the road. The Mayor said the road had deteriorated to such, a marked…

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Road Transport Rationalisation In Stroud Shire

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1942 · page 4

Mr.. Beeson, representing the Director of Emergency Road Transport, attended the monthly and meeting of Stroud Shire Council,…

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Stroud Shire Council Report Continued

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 August 1942 · page 3

Further correspondence was dealt with as follows:—From J. L. Mason, Bullahdelah, drawing attention, to the bad…

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Legislative Council Election

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 August 1942 · page 3

The A.L.P. executive has received 81 nominations for selection as candidates at the election in November to fill 15 vacancies in the Legislative…

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A Council Highlight

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 August 1942 · page 1

Under discussion, last night, a leaking tap at the saleyards, thought to have been damaged after children had removed the protecting cover:…

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