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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1949

1,262 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 64

Scone Council Receives £800 Grant. to Be Spent on Liverpool Street Tarring and Reconstruction

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 1

The Scone Municipal Council received a windfall today, when the Minister for Public Works and Local Government (Mr. J. J. Cahill) approved of an £800 grant to carry out reconstruction and tar…

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Municipality of Scone Garbage Pans

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 7

In pursuance of a Resolution of the Council, the Occupiers of all Premises from which Garbage is removed by the Council's…

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Stroud Shire Electricity Installations Mr. Tyler Returns

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 2

Mr. Tyler, Electrician to Stroud Shire Council, who has been absent on sick leave, has resumed duties. Mr. Tyler and his staff will carry out…

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Govt. Dismisses Councillors of Stroud Shire "Parlous Finances"

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 2

The Minister for Local Government (Mr. Cahill) by proclamation in the Government Gazette on Thursday, removed from office all members of the…

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Wingham Council to Debate Support for New State

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 2

At last meeting of the Wingham Municipal Council the Mayor (Alderman L. J. Gleeson) gave notice of motion: "That this Council support the…

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Council of Europe

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 March 1949 · page 3

LONDON, March 8. —Denmark, Eire, Italy, Norway and Sweden have been invited to the London conference on the…

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One Man Meeting of Stroud Council

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 March 1949 · page 2

A special meeting of the Stroud Shire Council yesterday provided something unique in Local Government…

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Stroud Shire Council Employees Stay

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 3

None of the 12 employees of Stroud Shire Council is expected to be dismissed, despite the council's inability to meet all its salaries and wages…

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Council Seeks Better Telephone

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 2

When Aid. H. T. Skelton brought before Maitland City Council last night the need for improved telephone facilities,…

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Council Display At Show

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 5

In a report to Maitland City Council last night the electricity engineer-manager (Mr. E. Thorncroft) stated that consequent on…

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Council Seeks Land at Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 2

CESSNOCK, Wed.—The Municipal Council has teen advised by Tooth and Co., Ltd., that it was prepared to sell the land…

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One-man "Council" Adopts Own Report

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 2

At a "one-man" meeting of Stroud Shire Council, called by himself, the Council Administrator (Mr. H. W. Dane) on Monday adopted his own…

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Dog Owners’ Requests To Show Council

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 5

A meeting is to be held on Sunday next with the object of re-forming the Maitland branch of the Greyhound Breeders, Owners and Trainers’ Association. Mr. V. Peters, general…

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Government Dismisses Stroud Shire Council

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 2

By ukase of the Minister for Local Government Stroud Shire was dismissed last Thursday. Mr. H. W. Dane, Chief Inspector of Local Government Accounts has been…

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Council to Complain On Divorce Hearings, Coalifields Not Considered, Says Alderman

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 1

There were 126 undefended of vorce cases set down for hearing at Newcastic next week. and that suits…

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Tooths Should Have Presented Cessnock Aldermen's" View

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 1

Tooth & Co. was taking money out of the town and putting no-thing into it, Aldermen stated at a meeting Council on…

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Shire Matters of Interest

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 8

At the January meeting of the Merriwa Shire Council, Cr. J. A. Henderson submitted a number of questions on matters of interest to ratepayers,…

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EDITORIAL The County Council

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 4

IN yesterday’s discussions at the Northumberland County Council it was stated that the Council would delegate to constituent councils powers on buildings and subdivisions that would not affect the county plan…

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Cessnock Council in Brief

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 8

The Deputy Town lerk (Mr.W.H. Leckie) reported to a meeting of cessnock council on Tuesday night that in most cases ratepayers paying their rates by instalments paid 5/to 10/ per fornight…

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Loan for County Council Offices

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 4

Application for the approval of the Governor to the Northumberland County Council raising a special loan of £35,000 for the…

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