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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1947

1,296 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 65

U.N. Trusteeship Council

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 8 March 1947 · page 6

NEW YORK (Associated Press): Member nations of the United Nations’ trusteeship council have been informed by acting…

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Milk Zone Council Officers of Branch Re-elected

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 8 March 1947 · page 5

Officers of the Maitland district branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council were re-elected at the annual meeting held…

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Muswellbrook Council Interested In Community Hotel

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 March 1947 · page 1

Muswellbrook Municipal Council is interested in providing a community hotel for Muswellbrook…

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P And C. Association District. Council

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 March 1947 · page 2

The quarterly meeting of the Maitland District Council of Parents and Citizens Associations will be held at the West…

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Annual Meeting of "Diggers," Council Election of Officers and Review of Year

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 March 1947 · page 2

Annual meeting of the Hunter Valley District Council of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A. was held at West Maitland yesterday, when a…

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Muswellbrook Shire Council. Yesterday's Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 March 1947 · page 1

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

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"Shire Roads Are Good" Praise for Muswellbrook Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 March 1947 · page 1

During a discussion at a meeting of the Singleton Graziers' Association on the condition of the roads in the Patrick Plains' Shire, Mr. Frank…

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Dungog Municipal Council Fortnightly Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 March 1947 · page 4

The regular meeting of Dungog Municipal Council, held on Monday 3rd inst, was attended by the Mayor (Ald. D. R. Mackay), Ald. F. Aldis…

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Stroud Shire Development Water and Electricity

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 March 1947 · page 1

The Grafton "Examiner" writes as follows:— Routine of the Press party inspecting coastal rivers was varied…

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Muswellbrook Council Interested in Community Hotel

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1947 · page 4

Muswellbrook Municipal Council is interested in providing a community hotel for Muswellbrook…

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Merriwa Shire Loan Approved. £3,000 for Purchase of Road Plant

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 March 1947 · page 1

Merriwa Shire Council's application to raise a loan of £3,000 for the purchase of road-making plant was approved by His…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle TUESDAY, 11th MARCH, 1947. Primary Producers' Union District Council Annual Meeting. Successful Year Recorded

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 March 1947 · page 3

The annual meeting of the District Council of the Primary Producers' Union was held at Muswellbrook on Thursday last. Mr. R. C. Gibson (General President), who was present, and was congratulated by the president (Mr. J. S. Haig) on the splendid work carried out by him in…

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Shire Matters

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 13 March 1947 · page 4

Mr. R. L. Fitzgerald, M.L.O. attended the last Shire Council meeting. Cr. Morgan said he had four matters he would like to bring before Mr…

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Council Positions

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 13 March 1947 · page 4

Maitland City Council received 14 applications for position of cadet engineer, six for gasworks engineer and 31 for working…

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Visitor to Council

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 13 March 1947 · page 4

A visitor to the meeting of the Maitland City Council on Tuesday was Aid. W. M. Brady, a. member of Lane Cove Municipal…

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Upper Hunter Shire Council

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 5

There was a long sitting of the Upper Hunter Shire Council in Scone on Thursday of last week, when the most…

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Complaints of the Season at Shire Council Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 4

At the meeting of the Council of Wallarobba Shire, held in the Chambers on Tuesday, when the time for "General Business" came, President…

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Death of Mr. R. W. Burke. Auditor to Merriwa Shire Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 10

The death occurred with dramatic suddenness at Crookwell on 25th February of Mr. R. W. Burke, who had been auditing the accounts for the…

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Proposed Amalgamation Cessnock Municipality and Portion of Kearsley Council to Form a Coalfields Council

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 9

The following proposals were placed before Aldermen at the Cessnock Council on Tuesday night by Ald. Brown, for the amalgemation of Cessnock and…

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Around the Council Table

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 3

The Mayor (Ald. F. H. Lovett), on Tuesday night reported to Cessnock Municipal Council on a conference with a representative delegation from the…

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