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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1948

1,198 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 31 of 60

Shire Meeting Postponed

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 2

Wallarobba Shire Council's monthly meeting set down for to-day (Tuesday) had to be postponed because of the sickness of two of its Councillors…

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Shire Area in Board Area

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 2

Kearsley Shire Council decided last night to bring the shire into the area controlled by the Milk Board…

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Gallery At Council Meeting

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 3

Maitland City Council had its longest meeting and its biggest gallery for some time last night. The reason for both was the…

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Kearsley Shire Area to Come Under Milk Board

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 4

Kearsley Shire Council decided last night to bring the shire into the area controlled by the Milk Board…

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City Council To Appoint Costing Clerk

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 2

Recommending the appointment of a costing clerk to Maitland City Council meeting last night the town clerk (Mr. S. J…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Recent Milk Zone Extension

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 1

Mr. W. Elkin, Senior Vice-president, and L. C. Turton, General Secretary of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council, recently paid a brief visit to the areas…

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Gas Works Strike to Be Investigated Fact-Finding Committee Appointed By Council

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 2

Moving that a fact-finding committee be set up to inquire into the recent strike at Maitland gaslight Company, Ald. M. J. Clyde said at last night’s Maitland City Council meeting that council should know the answers to four…

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Council Urged To Use Force In Palestine Mediator’s Appeal For Firm And Quick Intervention

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 1

LAKE SUCCESS (New York) July 14.—Britain yesterday backed the United States in one of the strongest proposals ever placed before the United Nations Security Council demanding that the United Nations should oilier ah immediate end to the fighting…

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Port Stephens Shire Council Health and Building Inspector's Report for June, 1948

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 3

Mr. A. A. Conroy, Health Inspector, reported to the Council at last meeting, on the 2th July, as follows: Pure Food Act, 1908: Inspections revealed…

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Amenities for Kearsley Shire

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 2

CESSNOCK, Thurs. — Amenities approved in principle by the Coal Board for various towns and townships within the shire area were…

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Basketball, Cricket Dont Mix Special Report Before Aldermen

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 6

Following representation by South Singleton Parents and Citizens' Association for permission to erect a basket ball…

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Murrurundi Bushmen's Council

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 7

The annual general meeting of members of the Murrurundi Bushmen's Council and Show Association, followed by a general…

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Amenities for Kearsley Shire Coal Board Gives Its Approval

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 5

The Joint Coal Board has advised Kearsley Shire Council that it has given its approval in principle to a large number of amenities throughout the shire. These are approved upon certain conditions, which are:…

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Halt in the Palestine War Ordered Security Council Action

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 5

LAKE SUCCESS July 16 —The United Nations Security Council last night ordered the Jews and Arabs to half the Palestine war under penolty of having economic and military sanctions applied against them…

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L. & G. Portrait of One of Singleton's Discoverers for Council Chambers

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 4

A portrait of the late John Kennedy Howe, who led the party which discovered Singleton on March 17. 1820. is to be…

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Council Will Seek Flats, as well as Homes Applications Still Being Taken for Houses

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 1

Aldermen of the Municipal Council decided last night to make application to the New South Wales Housing Commission for erection of flats in Singleton, this being in addition to the application already made for erection of houses…

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Dungog Municipal Council Fortnightly Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 17 July 1948 · page 4

The Mayor (Ald. F. H. Robinson) presided at the meeting of Dungog Municipal Council held on Monday night. Others present were Ald. H…

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Briefs From Council Meeting Campbell Street Dome Still Troublesome

Singleton Argus · Monday 19 July 1948 · page 2

The traffic dome in Campbell Street, erected for the purpose of alleviating some of the danger presented by…

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Shire Building Applications

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 2

Building applications', valued £20,381 were approved by Port Stephens Shire council, as follows —Eighteen dwellings £18,…

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Convicted of Assault On Council Clerk

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 3

John Henry sharp, a member of the railway maintenance gang encamped at Telerah, was convicted at West Maitland court of having…

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