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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1950

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Stroud Shire Council General Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 4

The General Meeting of the Stroud Shire, Council was held in the Council Chambers, Stroud, on Wednesday, 1st March, 1950. Present was Mr. H…

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More Shire Councillors

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 1

The Department of Local Government to-day advised Lower Humter Shire Council that the number of councillors to cons…

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Shire Clerk's Report

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 4

Mr. H. H. Adcock, Shire Clerk, reported as follows:—The following applications have been investigated and it is recommended that approval…

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Board Against County Council

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 2

SINGLETON, Wed. — Although the Denman Singleton Futures Protection Board Is not in favour of a county council being established…

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Shire Main Roads Work to Cost £8285

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 6

Engineer of Lower Hunter Shire Council (Mr. W. R. Lindsay. yesterday submitted to councillors the details of the…

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Opposition To County Council For Weed Control Growing Wild On Acres Of Cultivation Land

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 6

Expressing opposition to setting up of a county council to control eradication of noxious weeds and rabbits, members of Lower Hunter Shire Council yesterday agreed that formation of such an organisation would prove an…

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Municipal Council to Press for Local Airfield Alderman G.Hayes Re-opens Question Will Place Matter Before Civil Aviation Department

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 1

Alderman G. Hayes re-opened the question of an aerodrome for Singleton at a meeting of the Municipal Council last night. On his motion, the Council will ask the Department of Civil Aviation to consider the re-opening of the Bulga airfield for both commercial…

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Four Divisions for Muswellbrook Shire

Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 3

MUSWELLBROOK, Friday.— At the monthly meeting of the Muswellbrook Shire Council a letter was received from the…

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Hunter County Council

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 1

After very ittle discussion, Council decided to inform Patrick Plains Shire Council that it is not in favour of the…

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Milk Zone Council

Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 5

The annual and a general meeting of the Maitland district branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council will be held in the Pastoral…

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Around the Council Table

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 3

People were concerned with the coats of fares to factories in Maitland and they considered were too high, Cr. Butler told a meeting of…

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Germany in Wheat Council

Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 4

LONDON, March 17 (A.A.P).— The International Wheat Council has accepted Germany as a member of the International Wheat…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 7

The Executive of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council met in Sydney on 15th March to discuss the constantly recurring…

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Abolition of Legislative Council Unlikely

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY: There is little Possibility of Parliamentary Labor Caucus directing the Government to bring down…

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Council Congratulates 93-Year-Old

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 1

A letter conveying, birthday greetings and congratulations will be sent from Kearsley Shire Council to 93 year old Mrs. John…

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Kearsley Shire And Milk Board Control Letter to Health Minister

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 12

There had been a definite charge made by Cr. Slack that politicians had pulled strings to delay the Milk Board from coming into the Kearsley area,…

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Council Protects Permanent Men £500 Reserved for Wet Weather Work

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 1

Tne Engineer had no other alternative than to send the men home because he had never been allocated money for minor works, the President…

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The Muswellbrook Churnicle FRIDAY, 17th MARCH, 1950. News From the Council Meeting Business at Wednesday's Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 3

There was a full attendance of aldermen at Wednesday's meeting of the Municipal Council. Alderman E. C. Humphries (Mayor) presided…

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Maitland Imperilled by Breaks in Hunter River Bank Public Works Department’s Neglect To Co-operate With Council

Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 4

Maitland City Council reported to the Public Works Department last month the serious damage to the banks of the Hunter River, when flood waters breached levees that had been repaired after the disastrous June flood, and an estimate of the cost of…

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Wallarobba Shire Engineer's Report

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 4

Mr J. F. Stewart (Engineer) reported to Tuesdays meeting of the Shire as follows:— The following works have been…

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