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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1949

1,262 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 64

Bran and Pollard for Dairy Farmers Producers’ Council To Ask For Increased Supplies

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 4

The president of the Lower Hunter and Gloucester District Council of the Primary Producers’ Union (Mr. R. L. Fitzgerald, M.L.A,) said at the quarterly meeting-held at Raymond Terrace yesterday that, in spite of the record…

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City Council Accepts Coal Board Grant of £5714 Homeville-Telarah Recreation Area To Cost £14,053

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 2

Maitland City Council lost night accepted a grant of £5714 from the Joint Coal Board as a contribution towards the construction of a recreation area for the Homeville Telarah area…

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St. Mary’s Clock Repair Fund Opened Spontaneous Response At Meeting Called By Mayor

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 4

A large and representative meeting called lest night by the Mayor (Ald. F. Fahey) inaugurated a public fund to raise £1000 for repairs to St. Mary’s clock. Spontaneous donations totalled over £140…

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Building Minister Ignored Cessnock Council. Aldermen Express Resentment

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 1

Aldermen of Cesenock Municipal Council expressed resentment at a meeting on Tuesday night because the Minister for Building Materials (Mr. Dickson) visited the town recently and inspected factories without letting council know of his visit…

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"Petrol Tax a Revenue Tax." Prime Minister's Reply to Shire Council's Request

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 4

In reply to a request made on behalf of the Merriwa Shire Council for a larger allocation of the petrol tax the Prime Minister has advised the…

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Alderman's complaint On Motor-Cycles Referred to Police

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 1

After Aid. Baillie had complained of the speed at which motor-cyclists travelled" along No[?]thcote and Cumberland Streets, and Aberdare Road…

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Council Table [?]

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 4

The Town Clerk (Mr. C. MacPherson) reported to a meeting of Cessnock Municipal Council on Tuesday night that during the last swimming…

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Council Finance

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 4

Since April 21 last outstandretes and fees owing to Singleton Municipal Council have been reduced by £2138/18 6…

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27 Applications For Shire Clerk

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 2

MUSWELLBROOK: The Shire Council held a special meeting to consider 27 applications for the position of shire clerk. Nine…

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County Council Joins Association

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 4

NEWCASTLE: When Northumberland County Councillors yesterday discussed joining the Local Government or Shires’…

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"Road Dangerous" Shire Men Agree Ratepayers' Protest

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 5

Patrick Plains Shire representatives admitted that Britlgman Road, a shire responsibility, was not only in…

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Kearsley Shire Seeks Extension Amenity Work Held Up

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 7

The Joint Coal Board is considering a request from Kearsley Shire Council that it extend the period for the financing of allcosts for earth…

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Zoning Plans Disputed At County Council

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 3

NEWCASTLE.—A recommendation by the County Planner (Mr. Stone) that applications to build houses in a tentatively…

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County Council To Meet At Maitland

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 5

Maitland will be the venue of the Northumberland County Council meeting on Thursday, June 16, when councillors will assemble in the…

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Serious Position of Milk Supplies Milk Zone Dairymen's Council

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 4

Unless the decline in milk production is arrested shortly, there is every possibility of milk rationing being enforced. This was stated at an executive meeting of the…

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Newcastle Council Criticised by County Councillor Dispute Over Cultural Centre Site

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 7

Northumberland County Council yesterday was faced with a dual situation over the proposed site for the War Memorial Cultural Centre, one being a motion deferred from last week that the King Street site was the most…

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Sharp Decline in Milk Production. Report to Milk Zone Dairymen's Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 4

An executive meeting of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council was held in Sydney on 12th May, Mr. J. B. Carlton, of Dungog, presiding…

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council Can't Force Gas Coy. to Shit Mains Must Bear Cost Itself If It Rebuilds John Street

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 1

An Act of Parliament passed 105 years ago may be the means of helping to delay the re-building of John Street, Singleton for a very long period, unless the advice of Aid. Dorsman be accepted by Council…

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Dungog Municipal Council Fortnightly Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 21 May 1949 · page 4

These present at tile regular meeting of Dungog Municipal Council on Monday night were the Mayor (Aid. F. H. Robinson, J. W Scott, R. and…

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Council's Grader

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 21 May 1949 · page 4

Industrial Sales Pty. Ltd. wrote that shortages of steel make it necessary to import steel for manufacture of "Greyhound" graders. This is…

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