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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1949

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Address by Cr. Tate Views of Chairman of Cumberland County Council on Town and Country Planning

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 1 October 1949 · page 3

Cr. Tate, Chairman of the Cumberland County Council, gave a most illuminating address in the Council Chambers last Monday night…

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Junior Farmers' Council's 21st BIRTHDAY

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 October 1949 · page 2

Mr. C. R. McKerihan, President of the Rural Bank, cutting the cake at an afternoon tea party given by the bank in Sydney last week, to the State Council of Junior Farmers' Clubs of N.S. Wales, to commemorate the twenty-first anniversary of the formation of Junior…

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Proposed New Open Cut Route. Council Asked to Call Tenders

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 October 1949 · page 1

In a letter read at the last meeting of the Municipal Council, the Joint Coal Board asked that, following the observance of…

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New Chinese Regime in Peiping Recognition By Russia Will Bring Crisis In Council

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 October 1949 · page 4

LONDON, Oct. 4.—Observers in London and at Lake Success believe that the Russian action in granting recognition to the new Central People’s Government, set up by the Chinese Communists in Peiping, will precipitate a crisis…

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Shire Council Road Programme

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 October 1949 · page 2

SINGLETON, Wed. — Patrick Plains Shire Council intends to spend £118,715 on the roads during the next 10 years…

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Cessnock Mayor Says Open Cuts Are Menace

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 October 1949 · page 2

CESSNOCK, Wed—The Mayor of Cessnock said at the meeting of Cessnock Municipal Council last night that the way mining…

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£113,715 Programme Adopted for Shire Roads Work Will Extend Over Ten Years

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 October 1949 · page 1

Patrick Plains Shire Council adopted a £113,715 roads improvement programme at a special meeting on Monday afternoon. The plan, which was prepared and submitted by…

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To-day’s Leader: Transport Losses £11,054 Council Programme for Next Year

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 October 1949 · page 1

The Department of Main Roads advised Maitland City Council last night that council’s State highway maintenance and…

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Flood Damage Estimates Reduced By Half Departmental Figure of £11,931 Compares With Council’s £22,326

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 October 1949 · page 2

Maitland City Council’s estimate of £22,326 for damage caused in the disastrous June flood has been slashed by half as the result of the visit of investigating officials of the Department of Works and Local Government…

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Varied Activities of Youth Council

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 October 1949 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Thurs. — An employment bureau, conducted by the Youth Council of the Diocese of Newcastle, was assisting…

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Aldermen Refer to Open-cuts As "Eyesores" _ Council Objects To Further Development

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 October 1949 · page 1

Worked out open-cut mines were referred to as "eyesores" by members of Cessnock Municipal Council on Tuesday night and efforts to fill them in were regarded as "puerile and not sincere."…

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Around the Council Table

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 October 1949 · page 3

Arrangements had been made to withdraw the ground works for the bowling greens from the balance of the general tender for…

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Dangers of Level Crossings Council to Arange Conference

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 October 1949 · page 1

"If these people are not prepared to do something we will have to go further to protect lives in our area," said Ald. W. Brown at a meeting of…

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Sweet Cream Ban. May Be Tested. Melk Zone Dairymen's Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 October 1949 · page 4

A meeting of the executive committee of the Milk Zone Dairymens' Council was held in Sydney on 28th September…

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Dungog Municipal Council Fortnightly Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 8 October 1949 · page 3

The meeting of Dungog Municipal Council held on Monday night last was attended by the Mayor (Ald. F. H. Robinson), and Ald. Adams…

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Electricity Trading Council Increases Charges Again

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

Monday night's meeting of Dungog Council had before it a report from, the Town Clerk on the Electricity Undertaking's trading for the past…

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Mayor Arrived by Helicopter

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 October 1949 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.—The Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Councillor Disney, arrived by helicopter for a function held at…

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Open Cut Mines Unsightly Council Will Object to Further Development

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 October 1949 · page 1

Aldermen of the Cessnock Municipal Council will object to the further development of open cut mining in the…

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Municipal and Shire Library. Librarian's Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 October 1949 · page 1

Miss E. Hartley (librarian) reported at yesterday's meeting of the committee that during the four weeks from 3rd September to 1st October,…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle TUESDAY, 11th OCTOBER, 1949. Muswellbrook Shire Council Monthly Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 October 1949 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Muswellbrook Shire Council was held yesterday, when there were present: Crs. R. Clendinning (President), Jas…

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