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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1949

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Scone Municipal Council Rates Increased for 1949 Yesterday's Special Meeting

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1949 · page 1

AS THE RESULT COSTS OF RISING COSTS GENERALLY SCONE RATEPAYERS WILL BE FACED WITH AN INCREASED RATE OF ONE SHILLING IN THE POUND…

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City Council’s Next Meeting

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 January 1949 · page 3

Maitland City Council will hold its next meeting at the Town Hall on January 11. Council has been in recess over the…

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Pakistan’s Request to Council

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 January 1949 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—The Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Sir Zofrullah Khan, has cabled the Security Council urging it to…

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Inspection of Meat by Police Condemned By Council Health Officer

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 January 1949 · page 3

Condemning the practice of police inspecting meat, the health inspector (Mr. T. C. Atkinson) told Lower Hunter Shire Council to-day that it gave people a false sense of security…

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Recall of Council Delegate

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 January 1949 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—The United States hat recalled “for consultation” Merle Cochran, the United States delegate to the…

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Newcastle's Lord Mayor Got Strange Request

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 5

The Lord Mayor (Aid. H. D. Quinlan) has played some unusual roles during his term as First Citizen of Newcastle, but…

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Appeal by Brisbane Lord Mayor Brisbane

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 1

The Lord Mayor, Aid. Chandler, to day appealed for volunteer carters and drivers to help clear the dangerous…

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Council Table Briefs

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 1

The Deputy-Mayor, Ald. G. S. Adams presided at Wednesday's meeting of the Municipal Council. The Mayor (Ald. E. C. Humphries) is on leave of…

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New Shire Clerk Will Begin Monday Arrived Here Last Night

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 4

The newly appointed Patrick Plains Shire Clerk, Mr H. Troman, arrived in Singleton last night and will take up…

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Council Supports Railway League Public Meeting to Be Called

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 8

Correspondence from the secretary of the Sandy Hollow-Maryvale Railway Co-ordination League, informed the Municipal Council at its meeting on…

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Barefoot Boy and Lord Mayor

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 1

No man stands less on ceremony than the Lord Mayor of Newcastle (Ald. H. D. Quinlan). In his room at the City Hall, he is frequently seen…

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Muswellbrook Council Wilt Buy House

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 4

Muswellbrook Municipal Council resolved to purchase a house for accommodation of one of its officers…

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Muswellbrook Shire Council Monthly Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 4

Councillors present at the meeting of the Muswellbrook Shire Council, held yesterday, were Crs. R. Clendinning (President), Jas. Lonergan,…

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Municipal Council Notes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 1

In his report to the last meeting of the Municipal Council, Mr C. G. Edwards (electrical engineer) stated that current consumed for the…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Monthly Report

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 3

The recent rain has brought a measure of relief to dairyfarmers supplying milk to the Milk Board…

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To-day’s Leader: A Good Omen Cessnock Council Election

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 1

CESSNOCK, Tuesday.—The by-election to fill the vacancy on the Cessnock Municipal Council, caused by the death of Alderman…

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Council Loans Approved

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 2

Approval of Maitland City Council’s application for permission to raise a special loan of £2300 tor a caretaker’s cottage and plant…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 2

Mr. L. C. Turton, General Secretary of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council, last week issued the following statement:…

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Council Plans Riverside Street Behind Shops

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 1

A riverside street at the rear of shops in High-st., extending from St. Andrew-st. to the lane between McDonald Bros, and…

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Council Asks For Sports Ground Plans

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 2

West Maitland sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers’ League is to be asked to furnish the city Council with details of its scheme…

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