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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1942

1,151 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 48 of 58

Use of Common Salt for Live Stock Interesting Notes (From the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Division of Animal Health and Nutrition)

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 November 1942 · page 4

These notes are supplied in answer to a request for information that may guide extension officers in allaying the fears of…

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Dungog Municipal Council Meeting

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

At the meeting of Dungog Municipal Council last week, there were present His Worship the Mayor (Ald. J. W. Scott), Ald. Marquet, Borthwick…

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Mayor's Appreciation of Sunday's Effort

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 3 November 1942 · page 1

The Mayor (Ald. Heery) wishes to express his thanks, as Chairman of the War Loan and Finance Committee, to…

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Kearsley Shire N.e.s

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

Neath N.E.S. members, represented at a presentation of awards held in the School of Area Hall. Mr. R. Whitson, president of…

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Mayor Criticises "A Readers." (To the Editor)

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

Sir,—In last Friday's edition of the "Eagle" there appeared a letter signed by "Reader" in which certain references were made to the…

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the £100,000,000 Austerity Loan Scone-Upper Hunter Shire v. Crookwell Shire QUOTAS : £21,000

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 November 1942 · page 1

A meeting held last night confirmed the action of the Mayor (ALd. O. Barton) in accepting a challenge on behalf of Scone Municipality and Upper Hunter Shire from Crookwell Shire anent the Austerity Loan, now open. The meeting sought and urged all…

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Cessnock "Eureka" Youth Club. Mayor and Miners' President Call for Support

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

The following letter has been sent by Mr. Harold Wells President of the Miners Federation and Ald. George Heery (Mayor of Cessnock)…

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Potato Growers' Council Election of Councillors

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 November 1942 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture and Forests has announced that at the recent election of members to the Potato Growers' Council of New South…

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Lt. Packer To Stay With Works Council

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 November 1942 · page 6

MELBOURNE Tuesday — The Director General of the Allied Works Council (Mr. E. G. Theodore) stated last night that under…

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Acquisition of Grader Minister’s Explanation To Kearsley Shire

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 November 1942 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Wed.—In a letter to Kearsley Shire Council last fight the Minister for the Interior, Senator Collings, said he…

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Governor's Itinerary Mayor's Appeal for Display of Bunting

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 November 1942 · page 2

The Mayor of West Maitland, Ald J. V. Kennedy, today appealed to all citizens, and in particular, all business houses in…

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Woy Withdraws From Country Council

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 November 1942 · page 3

GOSFORD Thursday. —The Country Council recently formed for the Gosford-Woy Woy area is meeting with early trouble…

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County Council Disputes

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 November 1942 · page 3

WOY WOY Friday —As a re suit of the decision of the Woy- Woy Shire Council to withdraw from the newly created [?]…

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Allied Works Council Appointment

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 November 1942 · page 5

CANBERRA Friday—Mr. A. C Fleetwood, a graduate In civil engineering at Melbourne University who has been associated…

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Vandalism at Baths Committee's Imputation Resented by Military Authorities. Aldermen, state "Imputation Not Intended."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 November 1942 · page 1

Major J. L. Maroney wrote as follows to the Municipal Council meeting on Wednesday: "In the issue dated October 23 of the Muswellbrook…

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Brownout Restrictions.. Minister's Reply to Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 November 1942 · page 1

Mr. D'Arcy Rose, M.L.A., has advised the Municipal Council that he had submitted the council's representations to the Minister for National…

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Council Rejects Contractor's Offer. Local Salvage Collection. Boy Scouts' Services To Be Sought

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 November 1942 · page 1

The problem of how to effectively attend to the work of collecting salvage for the war effort was again before the council on…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle Friday, November 6, 1942. News from the Council Table Business at Wednesday's Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 November 1942 · page 3

The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Wednesday when there were present:—Aldermen D. Jordan (Mayor), W…

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Municipal By-election

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 November 1942 · page 2

Ald. George Marquet and H. Pascoe have resigned from the local Municipal Council and an election to fill the two vacancies will be held on…

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Shire’s Opposition Alterations in Council’s Areas

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 7 November 1942 · page 2

In a minute which he read at the meeting of Bolwarra Shire Council yesterday afternoon, the President (Cr. F. Dutton) said he…

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