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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1946

1,162 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 40 of 59

Merriwa District News Merriwa Shire Council. Notes From the August Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 September 1946 · page 4

The full council was present at last week's meeting of the Shire Council. A report by the finance committee on the proposed new fence around the…

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Cessnock Council Doings

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 3 September 1946 · page 3

Following an inspection of Aberdare Park yesterday afternoon, members of Cessnock Council deci[?]ed to apply ful a loan to enclose the area with a fence…

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National Fitness Play Centres New Proposals Stir Alderman Finney

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 September 1946 · page 3

A letter from the National Fitness Council of N.S.W. to Maitland City Council last night provoked Alderman Albert Finney into a brief, but emphatic,protest on a policy which, he declared, was “passing the buck to Local Government."…

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Council Appoints Librarian

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 September 1946 · page 3

Maitiand City Council last night appointed Mr. J. B. Alison, of Sydney, as librarian of the Maitland public library, which is…

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Lower Hunter Shire

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 September 1946 · page 5

When the Thornton Progress Association asked Lower Hunter Shire Council to meet its representatives to discuss various…

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Maitland City Council Briefs

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 September 1946 · page 4

Council has granted Maitland District Cricket Club permission close Lorn Park on Saturday, September 21. when a local team…

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Council Grader Bogged

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 September 1946 · page 7

On Wednesday last the Council grader collapsed through the sub [?]oll in East Cessnock. It apparently broke through the water main, as large pools of water…

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Kearsley Council To Sue Colliery Company

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 September 1946 · page 1

Kearsley Council decided on Tuesday night to take action through the District Court to recover £301 alleged to be owing to the Council by the…

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Briefs From the Council Meeting. Enrolment Granted

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 September 1946 · page 1

Albert and Joan Hornery were granted enrolment as commoners at Wednesday's meeting of the Municipal Council…

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Dispute Between Council and Employees. (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 September 1946 · page 3

Sir,—Please allow me space in the columns of your paper to comment on on item of Municipal Council news published in test Tuesday's issue of the…

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Clothing Relief For verseas Keasrley Council on Tuesday [?]

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 September 1946 · page 9

"received a [?] letter from the Australian Clothing Association for Overseas Relief in which [?] was made of an appeal for [?]ing…

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Water for Vacant Allotments Council in a Quandary

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 September 1946 · page 1

Several applications to the meeting of Dungog Council on Tuesday night for connection of unoccupied blocks of land to the water service led the Town…

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Kearsley Council and Play Centres Decision to Operate Deferred

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 September 1946 · page 1

Kearsley Council, on Tuesday night, decided to defer consideration of the establishment of a play centre in the…

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News From the Council Table Business at Wednesday's Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 September 1946 · page 1

The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Wednesday last, when there were present: Aldermen E. C. Humphries (Mayor),…

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Tell the Public! Council to Distribute Case for Works Loan

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 September 1946 · page 3

A small question started a big discussion at Tuesday night's Council meeting, and as a background there was a much bigger question—whether…

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Russia's War Of Nerves Against Greece Dramatic Accusation At Security Council Meeting

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 September 1946 · page 1

LAKE SUCCESS (New York),Sept. 6. — An accusation that Russia was carrying on a war of nerves against the Greek Government was made by the Greek representative, M. Dendramis, when replaying to the Ukrainian charges to the Security Council…

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One British Division To Leave Greece Ukrainian Charges Launched In Security Council

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 September 1946 · page 3

LONDON, September 6.—Withdrawal of one of the two British, divisions of troops in Greece by September 15 is announced by the British ambassador to Greece, Sir Clifford Norton, but it is claimed the move has no political…

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Milk Board Control Defended Factory Manager Replies to Council Criticism

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 7 September 1946 · page 2

Under Milk Board control, milk from T.B. free herds was hygienically controlled and handled, and it was subject to the rigid inspection that only a body like the board could give…

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Muswellbrook Shire Council. Monthly Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 September 1946 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Muswellbrook Shire Council was held yesterday afternoon, when there were present: Crs. R. Clendinning…

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Control of Noxious Weeds. Shire Council Adopts New Policy

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 September 1946 · page 1

The Shire Council yesterday gave attention to the question of taking measures to prevent the spread of stinkwort in the Shire…

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