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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1946

1,162 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 31 of 59

Council Contract Extended

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 July 1946 · page 2

The Government Stores Department advised Maitiand City Council last night that the State Contracts Board had agreed to an…

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Sale of Council Chambers

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 July 1946 · page 2

“It seems to me that the fairest [?] would be to draw from the [?] said the Mayor (AID H. T. [?]) when Maitland…

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Port Stephens Shire Council

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 11 July 1946 · page 3

The Shire Council met on Friday 5th July. All the Councillors were present and presided over by Cr. Parish, President…

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Building Condemned by Council

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 11 July 1946 · page 4

The Lower Hunter Shire council yesterday adopted a recommendation by the Health Inspector (Mr. T. C. Atkinson) that a…

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Council Opposes Closing Of Platt’s Channel

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 11 July 1946 · page 4

Comprehensive plans submitted by Mr. W. G. Wileman (president of Newcastle Chamber of Manufactures) to Newcastle Regional…

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Sale of Land in High Street Rescission Motion For Next Council Meeting

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 11 July 1946 · page 6

“As aldermen of this Council we are here in the interests of the whole of the people of this area and if, in our investigations, we find certain matters crop up which indicate that the decision made may not be the right one, then it is for…

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Clash in Security Council Soviet Delegate Seeks To Apply Veto Application By Canada Arouses Warm Debate

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 11 July 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, July 11.—Dr. Evatt and the Russian, M. Gromyko, were again the principal figures in a clash in the purity Council when Canada applied for permission to sit in the Council without voting rights while matters concerning atomic energy…

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Parkville Progress Association Request to Shire Council

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 1

The newly-formed Parkville Progress Association, through its hon. secretary (Mrs. M. D. Pettett) yesterday requested the Shire Council…

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Straying Stock Menace at Aberdeen Shire Council To Take "Drastic Action."

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 1

In recent weeks there have been accidents in and near Aberdeen as the result of stock straying on the roads and the railway line. Attention to these matters…

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Soldier Wants Aberdeen Baby Clinic for Home Application to the Shire Council

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 1

At yesterday's sitting of the Upper Hunter Shire Council, Mr. A. Everest, of Aberdeen, who stated he was a returned soldier, wrote asking Council if it would consider selling or renting the building now being used as a Baby Health Clinic…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Scone Branch

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 2

A meeting of the above, held in Scone School of Arts last Friday evening, was attended by 40 members with the President, Mr…

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Town Hall Reserve and Carnivals Council Discussion

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 1

The question whether the improved Town Hall reserve should be used us a centrc for carnivals was debated at Wednesday's meeting of the council…

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No Room for Public Council, in Dilemma

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 2

There was a lot of opposition voiced at last meeting of Dungog Municipal Council to the closing to the public of the room…

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Proposed Sale of Hotels Labour Council Opposition

Maitland Mercury · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY Friday.— Unanimous and determined opposition to the proposed sale of 12 Sydney hotels owned by the City Council…

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Meeting Night Altered Council Returns to

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 1

A notice of motion in the name of Ald. Abbott appeared on the business paper for Monday's Council meeting. This set out in effect that the…

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Shift the Saleyards Council Favours New Site

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 1

A minute submitted by the Mayor (Ald. D. R. Mackay) to Monday's meeting of Dungog Municipal Council advocated the removal of the…

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News From the Council Table Business at Wednesday's Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 1

The fortnightly meeting of the Muswellbrook Municipal Council was held on Wednesday, when there were sent: Aldermen E. C. Humphries…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle FRIDAY, 12th JULY, 1946. Employment of [?]Chitect Advocated. Council's Housing Scheme. Conflicting View Expressed at Council Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 3

Should the council appoint an architect to supervise the construction of houses to he built by the council, was a subject debated…

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Councils' Financial Worries Straight Talk by Shire President. Advocates Greater Share of Petrol Tax

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 8

Speaking at Monday's meeting of the Shire council, Cr. R. Clendinning (President) said many of the 150 resolutions discussed at the annual…

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Meting Off for Second Time Insufficient Numbers to Conduct P. & C. District Council Affairs

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 1

The annual meeting of the P. and C. District Association was not held Wednesday evening on account of insufficient numbers…

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