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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1949

1,262 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 49 of 64

Canberra Advisory Council Is Futile

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 October 1949 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday—Mr. V. R. Ellis, one of the three elected members of the Australian Capital Territory Advisory Council,…

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Plan to Make Four Ridings in Port Stephens Shire

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 October 1949 · page 2

Port Stephens Shire may be divided into four ridings instead of the present three to fall in with a Local Government Department request asking for a more equitable distribution of voting power throughout the shire…

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Port Stephens Council Asks for Floodboats

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 October 1949 · page 2

If no notice is taken of an application through two local State members to the Government for the provision of two motor boats…

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Nominations for Board and Central Council

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 October 1949 · page 6

Thirty-two nominations have been received for the seven positions on the Northern Miners' Board of Management and 17 for the four vacancies on…

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[?]Ire Council and Ambulance Movement. Request for Share of Coal Grant Funds

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 October 1949 · page 1

The Shire Council yesterday gave sympathetic consideration to a request from Mr. C. J. Brown, hon, secretary of the…

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Stroud Shire Council Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 12 October 1949 · page 3

Mr. H. W. Dane, Administrator, hold a meeting on the 5th October:—TENDERS Resolved that the Department of…

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Kearsley Shire Council Approves Library Plan

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 October 1949 · page 2

CESSNOCK Wed.—Kearsley Shire Council at its meeting yesterday agreed In principle with the establishment of a free…

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Shire Council To-renew Claim for Flood Grant

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 October 1949 · page 3

Lower Hunter Shire Council is to. drop a reminder-to the Minister for Works and Local. Government over representation made in July for…

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Shire Clerk's Report

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 12 October 1949 · page 3

The following applications have been examined by the Shire Engineer and approved, and I now recommend that the required permits and licenses…

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Stroud Shire Electricity

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 12 October 1949 · page 2

Electricity supply in Stroud Shire will be interrupted on Sunday, 16th October, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 2 p.m…

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Shire Roads

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 13 October 1949 · page 2

At the October meeting of the Shire Council, the Shire Engineer, (Mr. Cook), reported, for September: Contract for Supply of Screenings…

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Councillors Clear Up A “Slighting” Matter Claim That Shire President Ignored

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 13 October 1949 · page 4

During the meeting of Lower Hunter Shire Council yesterday two members of council referred to controversy which had been going on in their areas—Tarro and Beresfield—over what had been termed the slighting of the Shire…

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Municipal Councils (To the Editor)

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 13 October 1949 · page 6

Sir,—The activities of the County Council—a Johnny-come-lately affair in local Government—reached during the past week to Raymond Terrace, in which everyone…

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Muswellbrook Shire Council

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 October 1949 · page 2

MUSWELLBROOK, Friday. — Muswellbrook Shire Council decided this week to advise the Railway, Department that it…

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Around the Council Table

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 October 1949 · page 9

A proposal By Kearsley Shire Council that the baby health centre at Greta be established on the same conditions applying to the…

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Immigration Council Members Appointed

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 October 1949 · page 5

The Prime Minister, Mr Chifley, has announced the names of the members aof the Immigration Planning Council…

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May Appeal to the Privy Council Convicted Communist

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 October 1949 · page 4

L. I. Sharkey, General Secretary of the Australian Communist Party, is considering seeking leave to appeal to the…

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Show Council Will Not Apply for Trotting Licence

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 October 1949 · page 4

Maitland Show Council last night decided not to apply for the re-issue of its licence to hold registered trotting meetings. Council came to this decision…

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Council Ordered to Reinstate Doberer Dismissal ’Shabby and Mean’

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 October 1949 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday.—A number of unions will meet at Newcastle next week to consider the question of working with an non-unionist following the order by the full Bench of the Industrial Commission yesterday that Greater…

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News From the Council Meeting Business at Wednesday's Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 October 1949 · page 1

The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Wednesday, when there were present:—Alde[?]an E. C. Humphries (Mayor), Aldermen…

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