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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1947

1,296 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 44 of 65

Speeding Motor Vehicles. Council Concerned

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 10

Ald. Ivor Smith told the council that he had been requested by a number of mothers to draw attention to the speed at which some of the…

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Shop Assistants' Union and Kearsley Council

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 1

Kearsley Shire Council on Tuesday night heard an address by Mr. J. Hutton, Secretary of the Shop…

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Building Materials Inquiry Deputation By Kearsley Council

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 1

Kearsley Council on Tuesday night decided to send a deputation to the Minister for Building Materials, to…

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News From the Council Table Business at Wednesday's Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 1

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

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Council Office Staff. Request for 5-Day Week Rejected

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 1

Mr. J. P. Lundie, Deputy Town Clerk, wrote to the council on Wednesday, asking that consideration be given to a proposal to allow the…

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Deputation to Coal Board on Greta Mine Kearsley Council Not Satisfied

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 1

In an effort to have a new mine opened up in the Greta district, Kearsley Shire Council is arranging a…

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Scone Council Deputation Meets Minister for Public Works Subject: Electricity Franchise

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 4

Following are the notes of a deputation from Scone Municipal Council which waited on the Minister for Public Works and Local Government to discuss the electricity supply. The meeting took place on…

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Council and Commission's Housing Projects. Work in Progress. Contracts for Seven More Homes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 2

Advice received at the Municipal Council meeting on Wednesday was to the effect that Messrs V. Garlick and Sons had been…

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Scone Council Deputation Meets Minister on Local Electricity Proposal (Continued From Previous Page)

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 5

Mr. Brain: We will be against it in this case, because it will force the establishment of two organisations, to deal with electricity in…

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Joint Coal Board Calls for Second Shift. Housing Scheme at Open Cut Mine. Council Agrees to Proposal

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 2

The Join a Coal Board, with the approval of the Lands Department and the Municipal Council, will erect 61 homes, made from converted…

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Upper Hunter Trades Council

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 20 September 1947 · page 2

MUSWELLBROOK: The formation of a local Trades Council, and a proposal to nominate a team to contest the next municipal Council…

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Mr. La Guardia Dead Spectacular Life of Former New York Mayor Is Great History

Singleton Argus · Monday 22 September 1947 · page 1

Mr. Fiorello LaGuardia, thrice Mayor of New York and former head of U.N.R.R.A., died on Saturday night. He had been almost continuously in a state of coma since Tuesday, when he collapsed at his home…

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Wallarobba Shire Council Engineer's Report

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 September 1947 · page 3

Mr. J. Stewart, Engineer, submitted the following report to Council at Thursday's meeting:— Stubbs' Gang.—Construction of 3…

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Shire Elections. Landholders Restricted to One Vote

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 September 1947 · page 2

At the Local Government elections on 6th December next, no elector shall have more than one vote in more than one Local Government area. Advice to…

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Council Gets Authority To Get Gravel

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 September 1947 · page 2

On behalf of Singleton Municipal Council, Hector V. Deans, Town Clerk, made application to Mining Warden Lawler this afternoon for…

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Five-Day Week For Council Office Staff Rejected

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 September 1947 · page 1

Mr. J. P. Lundie, Deputy Town Clerk, wrote to the Muswellbrook Municipal Council meeting asking that consideration be given to a…

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Erection Of New Baby Health Centre Plans To Go To Department This Week, Council Told

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 September 1947 · page 2

Plans for the baby health centre at West Maitland would probably be sent to the Health Department and Building Control this week, the town clerk (Mr. E. W. Williams) told Ald A. Finney at Maitland City Council meeting last night…

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Shire Seeks Grant

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 25 September 1947 · page 7

STROUD, Thursday. — Strand Shire Council adopted a recommendation from the finance committee that a deputation wait on…

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Milk Zone Council

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 25 September 1947 · page 2

The Raymond Terrace Branch held a meeting on Tuesday night, at which there was a fair attendance, presided over by Mr. J Saunders, President…

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Gravel for Council

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 25 September 1947 · page 7

SINGLETON, Thurs.— On behalf of the Singleton Municipal council, the Town Clerk, Mr. H. V. Deans, was granted permission to prospect…

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