Estimate of Flood Damage Mayor's Figure £82,450
In his Mayoral minute before Maitland City Council's meeting, Aid. F. O. Fahey listed estimates of damage caused to council's services and…
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Council & local affairs, 1949
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Mayor Sums Up Flood Services of Ald. Fahey and Town Clerk Placed on Record
"As the council is aware of the general details of the flood and its terrible results to the city and our citizens, I do not propose to traverse the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Muswellbrook Chronicle TUESDAY, 12the JULY 1949. Muswellbrook Shire Council Yesterday's Meeting
The monthly meeting of the Shire Council Was held yesterday, when there were present: Councillors R. Clendinning (President), R. Thornton,…
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MUSWELLBROOK, Tuesday.— The District Mining Engineer of the Joint Coal Board advised the Municipal Council that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drainage on Shire Roads. Engineer's Report
At yesterday's meeting of the Shire Council, the engineer (Mr. E. R. Brown) submitted the following report:—"At recent council meetings,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last Council Meeting For Shire Clerk Close of 43 Years' Service. Councillors' Tribute to Mr. W. R. Nowland
Yesterday's meeting of the Muswellbrook Shire Council was not a happy one for councillors, officers, the ratepayers and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cessnock Meeting Condemns Action of Government Mayor Says Miners Leaders Not Communists
CESSNOCK, Tuesday.—The Mayor (Aid. J. Brown) was one of the main speakers at a public meeting called by the Cessnock Strike Committee, and held in Vincent-st., Cessnock, this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Municipal Councill Committees. Reports Read at Wednesday's Meeting
The council on Wednesday adopted the parks and gardens committee's recommendation, that a grass cutting machine be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Takes Over Electric Supply
MERRIWA: Merrriwa Shire Council has taken over the control of the electricity supply from M. Campbell and Co. Pty. Ltd., which has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Council Lorry Overturns
When Mr. J. Uren, Singleton, Council's electrical engineer applied the brakes to a Council lorry before making a…
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There are now two vacancies in the Dungog Municipal Council, und an advertisement calling for nominations to fill the vacancies appears in this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strike Gaolings: Alp. Men Worried Over Sentences Situation Has “Deteriorated” Says Mayor of Cessnock
CESSNOCK, Wednesday. — The coal crisis situation had “greatly deteriorated following the imprisonment of miners' leaders," the president of Cessnock A.L.P., Aid. J. Brown, told a conference of coalfields’ branches last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Relief Claims Slow Coming In Singleton Figures Less Than 20; Shire Applicants Few and Far Between
Number of applications for financial assistance by share and tenant farmers in Patrick Plains Shire from the State Flood Relief Committee has been remarkably small to date…
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Wyong Shire Council has decided to raise two loans totalling £42,500. The money will be spent on amenities for campers and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Port Stephens Shire Engineer's Report
The Retiring Shire Engineer (Mr. Payten), submitted the following report to the Jury meeting of the Council: "I beg to submit the report of work…
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The Shire Engineer, (Mr. Cook), reported on the flood damage to the Shire roads at the last meeting of the Shire Council, as follows…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mayor’s Appeal on Verge of £20,000 Towns’ Efforts Nett Over £800
Up to lunch-time to-day, contributions to the Mayor of Maitland’s Flood Relief Appeal had brought the amount subscribed to a figure bordering on the £20,000 mark, a truly remarkable record of generosity from ell parts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian Country Party Paterson Electorate Council Meeting
There was a good attendance of delegates at the Electorate Council meeting held at West Maitland on Saturday morning last. Delegates were present from all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Council Correspondence
From Messrs. Clifford Bros., garage proprietors, Aberdeen, requesting permission to erect petrol bowser on the footpath…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Council Now Interested in ELECTRICITy County Council with Municipality Request Made to Minister for Local Government
Electricity matters were again discussed at last meeting of the Shire Council, when a report by the Shire Clerk (Mr. P. E. May) was read concerning the conference held between Municipal and Shire…
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