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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1949

1,262 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 64

Municipality of Singleton Interruption in Supply of Electricity

Singleton Argus · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 5

Advice has been received from the District Electrical Superinendent of Railways that interruptions in the electricity supply…

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Stroud Shire Council Monthly Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1949 · page 3

Stroud Shire Council held its monthly meeting- on Friday, 11th February, those present being Cis. Flannery (President), Blows, Abbott, Moore,…

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Welcome to New Alderman

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1949 · page 4

The Mayor extended a welcome to Aid. L. G. Gatty on first taking his scat at the Council table. He said the newcomer would find the job very…

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Dungog Municipal Council Fortnightly Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1949 · page 4

The regular meeting of Dungog Municipal Council was held on Monday night at the Council Chambers. The Mayor {Aid. F. H. Robinson) was…

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Stroud Shire Office Staff

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1949 · page 2

STROUD, Sat.—On the motion of Crs. Moore and Blows, Stroud Shire Council decided to reduce the office staff by 60 per…

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Forestry Royalties In Stroud Shire

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1949 · page 2

STROUD, Saturday. — Stroud Shire Council decided to make representations to the Minister for Local Government to have…

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Policy on Public Holidays Council Refuses Show Application

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1949 · page 1

At a meeting on Monday night, Dungog Municipal Council laid down a policy on the subject of granting public holidays for social…

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Closet for Tenants Too Council's Decision in Sewerage Argument

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1949 · page 1

Controversy arising from Council's order on a shopkeeper to connect his premises to the sewerage system was terminated at Monday night's…

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£12,000 Shire Roads Plan Approved Disclosure at Council Meeting

Singleton Argus · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 4

The Main Roads Board has approved a Patrick Plains Shire roads programme involving an expediture of £12,929, of…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 March 1949 · page 2

A meeting of the Management Committee of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council was held in Sydney on 16th February, Mr. E…

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Installation Work in Stroud Shire

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

The Electricity Committee of the Dungog Municipal Council have decided to agree to a proposal that this Council's Electricity Department…

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Milk Zone Council

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 2

SINGLETON, Wednesday. — The Singleton branch of the Milk Zone District Council at the annual meeting decided to forward…

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Merriwa Shire Council Monthly Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 6

Those present at the monthly meeting of the Merriwa Shire Council on Wednesday of last week were: Crs. T. J. Houlahan (President), J. A…

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Mayor's Announcement

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 1

The Mayor (Ald. E. C Humphries) announced on Wednesday that His Excellency the State Governor, Lieut-General Northcott,…

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The Housing Commission and Scone Aldermen Homes Must Be Built to the Council's Orders Mayor Cooper's Sentiments Towards Homeless Dam Workers

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 2

At Monday night's meeting of the Scone Municipal Council, the matter of the Housing Commission homes on the old golf course site came up for discussion and lively debate when a letter was tabled from…

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Stroud Shire Council Sacked by Minister “Finances In Parlous Condition”

Maitland Mercury · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—On the ground that the council was incapable of functioning properly, the Minister for Local Government, Mr. J. J. Cahill, has dismissed Stroud Shire Council from office…

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Correspondence for Council Meetings

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 7

Notice is hereby given that all Letters and Applications which are required to be dealt with at a Meeting of the Council, MUST…

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Stroy Horses Ruined His Dahlias. Complaint to Council

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 1

Straying horses had made n good Job of about two dozen dahlias at bis home at Greta, Mr. T. H. Humphreys told Kearsley Shire Council on…

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News From the Council Meeting Business at Wednesday's Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 1

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

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Primary Producers' Union District Council's Annual Meeting Retiring Officers Reelected

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 5

The 32nd annual meeting of the Upper Hunter District Council of the Primary Producers' Union was held at Muswellbrook last week. All retiring office-bearers were reelected. Mr. A…

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