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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1950

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Auditors Say; Shire Rates Increases ‘Unavoidable’

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 2

If the finances of the general fund were to be reasonably stabilised further increases In the ratings were unavoidable, Wallarobba Shire…

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Council Staff Ends Year

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 1

The staff of the Dungog Municipal Council signified the end of the working year by a party held on Friday afternoon, December 23rd. Some…

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Council Display at Show

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 2

For Maitland’s 1960 Show, there will be the usual electricity display by Maitland City Council, which last night agreed to the display, at an…

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To Re-form Tourist League Mayor Convenes Public Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 3

The Mayor (Ald. F. H. Robinson) has convened a public meeting for Tuesday, 17th January, at the Council Chambers at 7.30 p.m. for the purpose…

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Council Objects To Tragic Dome

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 2

CESSNOCK, Wed.—When, a letter from the Minister for Transport regarding a traffic dome at the corner of Allendale-road and…

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City Council Contribution To The Fire Commissioners

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 2

Maitland City Council has received a letter from the Board of Fire Commissioners, NSW, furnishing estimated expenditure…

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Council Action Against Offenders of Bush Fire Act

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 3

Wollarobba Shire Council at Dungog yesterday supported a re-commendation by the shire clerk (Mr. F. W. Aldis) to proceed…

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Bid to Avert Parking Ban Council Seeks An Interview With Minister

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 4

Aldermen of Mainland City Council are making last-minute bid to stay the hand of the Police Commissioner in his proposal to ban parking fit the busy port of High Street, and to exercise close control of other parking In the city…

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City’s Inadequate Fire Protection Council Resents Proposed Reduction In Brigade Staff

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 2

Citizens of Maitland and the City Council had been treated in e mean fashion by the Fire Boards it was stated at the city council meeting-last night, when aldermen supported the move by the mayor, Aid. A. S. McDonald, to…

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Mayor To Meet Police Commissioner On Parking Ban

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 3

The Mayor (Ald. A. S. McDonald) will ask the Police Commissioner in Sydney to-morrow to postpone the implementation of the proposed…

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Progress of Council Works

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 8

The Engineer (Mr. H. St. Watson) reported on the following works, at a meeting of Cessnock Municipal Council on Tuesday night…

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Around the Council Table

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 10

The Minister for Education informed Cessnock Council on Tuesday night that the erection of the Mining Technology building and the…

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Estimates for County Council

Maitland Mercury · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Friday, Expenditure by the Northumberland County Council for 1949 was £13,190, against an estimate of £19,494, the…

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Soviet Delegate Returns To Security Council

Maitland Mercury · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 5

LAKE SUCCESS ,January 13.— Soviet Union delegate Jacob Mailk, who walked out of the Security Council on Tuesday, resumed his…

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County Council Opposes New Coal Town

Maitland Mercury · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 1

NEWCACTLE .Friday.—Northumberland County Council yesterday decide to advise the Under Secretary for Lands that it did not agree…

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Shirk Council Moves for Harrington Development

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 1

Wallarobba Shire Council has decided on two steps towards the development of Barrington Tops as a tourist resort…

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Merriwa News Ulan County Council. Monthly Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 8

Those present at the monthly meeting of the Ulan County Council, held in the Town Hall, Gulgong, on 19th November were Councillors R. V…

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Council Wants Juries on Mining Fatalities Request for Amendment to Act

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 1

A request that the Coroner's Act be amended to provide for the compulsory empanelling of a Jury for allmining fatalities will be made by…

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Russin Again Walks Out Of the Security Council "Want to Make Propaganda Point"

Singleton Argus · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 1

Russia again dramatically walked out of the Security Council in protest against the presence of the Chinese Nationalist delegation at the Council. However, Council delegates forecast that the…

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Stabilise Shire Funds Increased Rating Necessary Auditors Advise Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 4

Wallarobba Shire Council's auditors (Short and McGee) advised last Tuesday's meeting of the Council that if the finances of the General…

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