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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1942

1,151 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 54 of 58

Kearsley Council Elections

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 December 1942 · page 5

Kearsley Shire Council will elect its President. Deputy PreSident, and committees at a special meeting to be held at the Kearsley Shire Council…

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Election of Councillor Inquiries Sought From Bolwarra Shire

Maitland Mercury · Friday 4 December 1942 · page 3

Advice from the Under-Secretary of the Department of Local Government, read at Bolwarra Shire Council to-day, referred to…

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Re-elected President Cr. F. Dutton at Bolwarra Shire

Maitland Mercury · Friday 4 December 1942 · page 3

Cr. F. Dutton was re-elected unopposed as president of Bolwarra Shire Council his afternoon. This was the [?]…

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Bolwarra in Favour of County Council

Maitland Mercury · Friday 4 December 1942 · page 3

Reporting on the conference of delegates on redistribution of Local Government areas, last night, the president of Bolwarra…

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News from the Council Table Business at Wednesday's Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 December 1942 · page 1

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

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Kurri Girls and Kearsley Council Demand for Installation of Baths. Persistent Girls Win First Round

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 December 1942 · page 1

If the Kearsley Council thought they were going to put off the Kurri Kurri schoolgirls with the excuse that no manpower or material was available,…

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Election of Mayor

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 December 1942 · page 2

A special meeting of the West Maitland Municipal Council will be held to-night, before the ordinary meeting, to elect the mayor…

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U.H. Shire-Scone Municipality Austerity Loan Barometer Help It to Overflow. Quota, £21,000

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 8 December 1942 · page 1

CROOKWELL: 165 Subscribers, £21,500…

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Primary Producers' Union District Council Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 December 1942 · page 4

The quarterly meeting of the Upper Hunter District Council of the Primary Producers' Union was held at Muswellbrook on Thursday last. The…

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Hunter A.l.p. Federal Council. Meeting at Maitland

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 December 1942 · page 3

The principal motion enter discussion at the Hunter Federal Council on Sunday, at Maitland. at the controversial subject of the merging of…

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Tarro Shire Favours County Council

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 December 1942 · page 3

Following a report by the Precedent Cr. J. T. Butler, on the conference at West Maitland Ian week, Tarro Council to-day…

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Annual Report by the Mayor Effect of War on Council’s Services

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 December 1942 · page 4

The Mayor of West Maitland (Aid. J. V. Kennedy), in his annual report to the meeting of council last night, said that the extension of the war within striking distance of Australia has materially affected the responsibilities end duties of all…

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Aid. Dunlop Re-Elected Mayor

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 December 1942 · page 6

SINGLETON Wednesday.—Aid. C. H. Dunlop was unanimously re-elected Mayor tor his second term at a special meeting of the…

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President of Kearsley Shire

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 December 1942 · page 2

CESSNOCK, Wed—The election of resident of [?] Shirt Council was decided last night at a special meeting, by a…

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Tarro Shire sBUILDING

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 December 1942 · page 3

An application for permission to build a brick bathroom and change room at Richmond Main colliery ,at a cost of £2960, was…

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Council Committees

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 December 1942 · page 2

In conformity with Local Government regulations, standing committees were elected last night at a special meeting of the Municipal…

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Ald. Dunlop Is Again Mayor Unanimous Nomination

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 December 1942 · page 3

Aid. C. H. Dunlop, who occupied the Mayoral chair during th past 12 months—his first period in an aldermanic role.—…

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Chief Warden Contributions To Council

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 December 1942 · page 2

In His report to the meeting of the West Maitland Municipal Council last night on the work of the year, the Mayor (Aid. J…

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The Mayor Re-elected No Opposition to Aid. J. V. Kennedy

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 December 1942 · page 2

Aid. J, V. Kennedy was unanimously re-elected Mayor of West Maitland last night. All the members the council paid a high…

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Council’s Estimates Street Lighting Rate Reduced

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 December 1942 · page 2

The estimates of Income and expenditure for 1943 were submitted to the meeting of the West Maitland Municipal…

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