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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1945

956 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 39 of 48

Merriwa Shire Council. Monthly Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 26 October 1945 · page 4

The usual monthly meeting of the Merriwa Shire Council was held on Tuesday of last week, when there were present: Councillors T. J. Houlahan…

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Dungog Municipal Council Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 October 1945 · page 3

At last meeting fo[?] Dungog Municipal Council, there was a full attendance of aldermen. The Mayor. Ald. D. R, Mackay, presided…

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Cessnock Council Employees

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 October 1945 · page 2

Mr. A. Hepplewhite, of South Cessnock, has been appointed honorary ranger for Baddeley Park, and Mr. Peters for West Cessnock Park…

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Stroud Shire Engineer Captain Frank Stone

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 October 1945 · page 3

Friends of Captain Frank Stone, of the Stroud Shire, may be pleased to Pear something of his recent experien[?] in the Pacific Islands…

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Kurri Homes Await Council Decision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 October 1945 · page 2

Mr. G. Booth, MLA, has been advised, that Kearsley Shire Council has not replied to the Housing Commission's letter asking if it would…

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Development of White Sporting Bodies Meet Council Suggested Direct Orate to Control the Area

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 October 1945 · page 2

There was a large and representative meeting at the S.M. School of Arts on Tuesday night to consider the development and control of White Park, and motions were subsequently carried that should go a long way towards the desired goal. The meeting was convened by…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Negotiations with Federal Government

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 October 1945 · page 2

A meeting of the executive of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council was held in Sydney last week, when the General secretary (Mr. F. SedgwicK)…

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Electing First Dungog Municipal Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 October 1945 · page 1

Mr. J. A. Jones, in his memoirs published last week, mentioned the first Municipal Council, but he might have told something of that first…

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Labour Council Report Maitland Becomes Industrialised

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 October 1945 · page 2

At the meeting of the West Maitland branch of the Australia Labour Party last night a report was received from the…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Executive Meets

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 October 1945 · page 2

A meeting of th Executive of the Milk Zone Executive Council was held in Sydney on the 25th inst., when the General Secretary (Mr. F. Sedgwick)…

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Have People Any Rights? Ask M.r.d. and Shire!

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 October 1945 · page 2

There are some thirty houses and a mill at Hawk's Nest, Tea Gardens, and to reach that locality a ferry runs across the Myall River. Stroud Shire…

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Five Days Week Dunging Council’s Employees

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 October 1945 · page 5

DUNGOG Wed. — The Dungog Municipal Council had decided to grant a a five-days’ Week, to inside and outside staff,…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Faults Explained by General Secretary Mr. F. Sedgwick. General Secretary of the M.Z.D.C., writes:—

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 October 1945 · page 4

The Federal Government knowing that producers were asking for 1/8 per gallon, the price that was found by the Milk Zone Dairymen's…

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Hunter Shire’s Finances Will Have to Work on Overdraft

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 November 1945 · page 3

In a report to the meeting of the Lower Hunter Shire Council to-day, the clerk (Mr. C. H. Hodaon) stated that after payment of…

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Municipal Honour Roll

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 November 1945 · page 2

The Maitland Municipal Council has appointed a committee to consider means of tabulating, for the purpose of providing an,…

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Aldermen Consider Electrical Applications

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 November 1945 · page 2

At last nighty adjourned meeting of the Municipal Council, aldermen considered applications for electrical mechanic and for electrical…

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Bolwarra Embankment Shire Decision

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 November 1945 · page 2

The secretary of the Bolwarra Embankment Committee, in a letter to ,the meeting of Lower Hunter Shire Council, asked for…

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Visitor From Nepean Shire

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 November 1945 · page 3

Cr. J. Scott, of the Nepean Shire council, paid a visit to Maitland to-day in connection with a Conciliation Committee…

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No Council Housing for Kearsley

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 November 1945 · page 2

After discussing a letter from the Minister for Housing ( Mr.r. McGirr) Kearsley Council has decided it would not undertake a housing scheme, but…

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Council's Committees. Reports Read at Wednesday's Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 November 1945 · page 2

The following reports were read and adopted at Wednesday's meeting of the Municipal Council:- COMMON COMMITTEE…

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