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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1944

1,032 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 52

Pathetic Facts of Road Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Maitland Mercury · Sunday 30 July 1944 · page 2

Here are come pathetic facts from road accident reports in New South Wales:— A five-year-old girl, together…

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Dungog Municipal Council Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1944 · page 3

At last meeting of Dungog Municipal Council there were present Ald. J. W. Scott (Mayor), R. L. Fitzgerald, M.L.A., J. A. Jones, J. B. Jones, A…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1944 · page 2

The General Secretary of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council, Mr. F. Sedgwick, reports that the Council's firm of cost accountants have been…

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Unrest of Council Employees

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 August 1944 · page 2

It Is rumoured that drastic action is contemplated by Cessnock Municipal employees if their demands regarding seniority are not acceded to at the…

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Two Years’ Service with Council

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 1 August 1944 · page 2

After two years in the employ of the Maitland Municipal Council as stenographer and secretary to the Town Clerk, Mr. E. W…

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Association Tennis Courts Council Asked for Assistance

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 August 1944 · page 2

Messrs. D. Mcllwain and C. A. Middleton, representing the Maitland District Tennis Association, attended the meeting of…

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Council Office at East Maitland To Be Opened Two Days Each Month

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 August 1944 · page 3

The provisional council of Maitland last night decided to keep the East Maitland office open on the second and fourth Tuesday each moth for a period of three months and that the position again be reviewed at the end of that period…

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Clergy’s Protest on Sunday Sport Council Refuses Use of Park For Football

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 August 1944 · page 2

Members of the Maitland Ministers’ Fraternal asked the Maitland Municipal Council last night not to grant permission for Sunday sport or Sunday night concerts in the Town Hall…

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Municipal Library at Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 August 1944 · page 3

CESSNOCK Wednesday.—At last night’s council meeting, the Mayor (Ald. Pendlebury, reported that he had interviewed the…

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Transferred Shire Area

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 3 August 1944 · page 3

The [?] of Kearsley Shire Council (Mr. W. J. Grieve) has notified Lower Hunter Shire Council [?] in the areas…

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Shire and Dairy Supervision

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 3 August 1944 · page 3

The health inspector (Mr. T. Atkinson) reported to the meeting of the Lower Hunter Shire Council this afternoon that some…

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Road Plant for Shire

Maitland Mercury · Friday 4 August 1944 · page 2

The president of the Lower Hunter Shire Council (Cr. L. F. Monkley) at yesterday’s meeting referred to the need of a power…

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Valuer to Gloucester Shire

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1944 · page 2

At a special meeting of the local Shire Council, held for the purpose, Mr. D. A. McDonell was appointed valuer to succeed Mr. J. A. Ross, who…

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Council's Charcoal

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 August 1944 · page 3

The Deputy Town Clerk (Mr. W. Leckie) submitted a report to Cessnock Council, at its meeting on Tuesday night, showing that the council's…

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Free Public Library Lower Hunter Shire Proposal

Maitland Mercury · Friday 4 August 1944 · page 2

On the motion of the President (Cr. L. F. Monkley) the Lower Hunter Shire Council yesterday afternoon instructed the shire…

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Council and Seniority. (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 August 1944 · page 4

Sir,—Re the dispute between the Council and the M. and S. Employees' Union, I at the time was fully occupied in organising C.A.S. Centres that I felt…

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Around the Council Table Pates Rebate for Memorial Hall

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 August 1944 · page 5

Messrs. Rickwood and Coburn approached Cessnock Council on Tuesday night with a request that consideration be given, to the trustees of the…

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Cessnock Council and library. Inspection of School of Arts

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 August 1944 · page 1

The proposed library for Cessnock was again under consideration at Cessnock Council meeting on Tuesday night. The Mayor reported that, with Mr…

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Milk Board Notes on Deputation From Milk Zone Dairymen's Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1944 · page 1

Mr. Sedgwick waited on the Board as arranged on Thursday, July 20. He was accompanied by Mr. A. E. Turtou, a vice-president of the…

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Pay for Milk on Test Move in Milk Zone Council

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 5 August 1944 · page 2

A discussion took place at the meeting of the Maitland branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council last night regarding…

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