Elections for N.A.A. Council Getting Close
There are seven members of the Northern Agricultural Association Council ineligible for automatic nomination…
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Council & local affairs, 1948
1,198 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 60
Municipality of Singleton Labourer
APPLICATIONS, suitably endorsed, will close with the undersigned on FRIDAY, 9th January, 1948, for the position…
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At the end of last year. Lower Hunter Shire Council employed a staff-of 19, whose - total wages for the year amounted to £10,713/4/9/11…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lower Hunter Shire Increases Rate Beresford Local Fund Goes Up Threepence
Lower Hunter Shire Council to-day adopted a general rate of £2½ in the £ on the u.c.v., which is an increase of ½d on the year. The Beresfield local fund was increased by 3d to meet the cost of kerbing and guttering and the Hexham…
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Following yesterday’s meeting of Lower Hunter Shire Council, Miss Gwen Mutton was presented with a cheque on behalf of…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.— Four ALP members, including the Mayor of Dubbo and two other, aldermen, have been notified of their…
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Four A.L.P. members, moulding the Mayor of Dubbo and two other aldermen, have been notified of their expulsion from the party…
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The first meeting of Maitland City Council this year will be held on Tuesday next. The council did not meet during the holiday period,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bicycle Racks for Main Street. Council's Divided Opinion
A recommendation by Mr. J. S. Donaldson for the provision of bicycle racks- in Bridge Street was again before the council on Wednesday. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News From the Council Table Business at Wednesday's Meeting
The first meeting of the council for 1948 was held on Wednesday, when there was a full attendance of aldermen, presided over by the Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shire Electricity Franchise Takes New Turn Agreement to Company Deferred a Month Wingen Wants Light From Tamworth
AGAIN THE MATTER OF THE UPPER HUNTER SHIRE COUNCIL AND THE MUSWELLBROOK COAL COMPANY CAME UNDER NOTICE AT YESTERDAY'S MEETING OF THE NEW SHIRE COUNCIL, FIRSTLY, CONCERNING THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Exorbitant Charges at Holiday Resorts Labour Council Adopts Scheme To Build Centres For Workers
SYDNEY, Friday.—Prices charged at holiday resorts were exorbitant and often invoked three or four weeks’ pay of an average worker, said the assistant secretary at the N.S.W. Trades end Labour Council, Mr. J. D. Kenny, at a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stroud Shire Electricity
The supply of electricity to all sections south and east of Stroud will be interrupted between the hours of 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Sunday, 11th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gloucester Council Rejects Library Scheme
The Gloucester Shire Council at its last meeting decided for the present not to accept the proposal submitted by the N.S.W. Library Board for the…
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SINGLETON, Monday.— The 80th annual meeting of the Northern Agricultural Association will be held on February 14…
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The monthly meeting of the Muswellbrook Shire Council was held yesterday, when there were present:—Councillors R. Clendinning…
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Sir,—The recent Shire elections show a striking example of the injustice and absurdity in the method of election now in use. In "C" riding the successful!…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Road Plant Proposal for Shire Council Committee to Investigate Possibilities Cr. Dalton's Progressive Scheme
AT THURSDAY'S MEETING OF THE UPPER HUNTER SHIRE COUNCIL, A PROGRESSIVE SCHEME FOR THE PURCHASE OF MODERN ROAD MAKING PLANT WAS SUBMITTED BY CR. W. DALTON, WHO HAD THE SUPPORT OF CR. F KING…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Macleay Shire Rating Increase of 2d. to 5d
Macleay Shire Council, without dissent from the motion, adopted a rate of 5d in the £ u.c.v. —an increase of 2d. over last…
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Local Government bodies these days carry out many functions and duties, but even Dungog Council's staff got a surprise at Monday night's meeting…
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