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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1948

1,198 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 60

Shire Rate

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 1

The Shire rate remains unaltered at 2½d in the £, and the Denman local rate at 4d in the £,…

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Water For Shire Towns

Maitland Mercury · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 4

Wallarobba Shire Council decided to adopt the scheme proposed for obtaining water for Clarence Town from the Hunter…

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Singletonians Make Regional Alderman Dunlop and Councillor Pankhurst again Elected

Singleton Argus · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 4

Result of the ballot for election of six Local Government nominees to the Upper Hunter Regional Development…

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Reduction in Shire Petrol Allowance

Maitland Mercury · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 4

DUNGOG, Friday—The Liquid Fuel Control Board notified Wallarobba shire Council that the allotment of motor spirit to the…

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Around the Council Table

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 10

The baths manager's report showed that for the fortnight 8079 persons had been admitted to the swimming pool. Revenue…

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Exemption From General Rate for Shire Pensioners

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 3

This week Kearsley Shire Council decided to grant exemption to old age pensioners from the payment of the general rate…

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Council Protest at Reduction in Petrol Supplies

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 10

Kearsley Shire Council's petrol supplies are to be reduced by 15 per cent, according to service received from the Liquid…

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Council to Apply for Loan or Road Work

Maitland Mercury · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 3

DUNGOG, Thursday.—The need for permanent improvements to roads was brought before a meeting of Wallsrobba Shire Council by Crs…

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Junior Farmer Club's Council of N.S.W. (To The Editor)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 3

Sir.—On 1st October, 1928, there was launched in N.S.W a movement which has been very popular in the rural parts of this State, and one…

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Wallarobba Shire Council Monthly Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1948 · page 4

The usual monthly meeting of the Wallarobba Shire Council was held last Monday in the Shire Chambers. Cr. J. B. Carlton (President)…

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Dungog Municipal Council Fortnightly Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1948 · page 3

The regular meeting of Dungog Municipal Council was attended by the Mayor (Ald. F. H. Robinson), in the chair, and Ald. F. Wood, R. Shelton, H…

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Regional Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1948 · page 4

Oxley Regional Development Committee wrote Council re formation of committee. Names of six persons to be representatives were required. In…

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Greek Defence Council

Maitland Mercury · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 1

ATHENS, Feb 16.—The Government announced that Major General S. B. Rawlins and Major-General W. G. Livesey chief of…

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Three Changes in N.A.A. Council 236 Ballet Papers Returned Out Of 497

Singleton Argus · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 2

When the result of the ballot for the Northern Agricultural Association Council was revealed at the annual…

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Regional Committee. Mostly Shire Representatives

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 3

Only two municipal representatives have been appointed to the Upper Hunter Development Regional Committee as a result of an election held…

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Alleges Loss, Misuse of Government Cars Sensational Charges At Canberra Advisory Council

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Government was investigating the disappearance of 50 Government cars and hundreds of number plates, Mr. A. T. Shakespeare alleged at a meeting of the Canberra Advisory Council…

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Shire Building Applications

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 3

Lower Hunter Shire Council to-day approved of the following building applications— R. A. and F. M. Brecht,…

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Rabbit Destruction on Shire Roads

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 3

The engineer (Mr. W. H. Lindsay) reported to the meeting of Lower Hunter Shire Council to-day that he had sent four men to dig…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 3

At a meeting of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council held in Sydney on the 11th February, the question of future prices, and the reports…

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Bruce’s Plan for Council of British Nations Motion Approved In The House of Lords

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 1

LONDON, February 18.—Viscount Bruce’s proposal for a “Council of British Nations,” and the creation of an Imperial secretariat, were reactionary and would tend to put Commonwealth arrangements into a strait jacket, declared the Government leader,…

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