Branxton Seeks To Change Shire
SINGLETON, Friday. — Branxton Progress Association wrote to Patrick Plains Shire Council asking what procedure it could adopt to…
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Council & local affairs, 1950
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Shire Loan for Road Plant
SINGLETON, Friday.—An application for consent to borrow £14,000 by way of ordinary loan for the purchase of road-making…
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The Joint Coal Board asked Kearsley Shire Council on Tuesday night to supply details and estimates of the required…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Sunday Football On Council Parks
Because approval would be contrary to regulations of Maitland City Council, Robins Oval. In Maitland Park, cannot be used…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mayor's Plea to Prevent Maitland Flooding "Should Have Higher Priority Than Snowy Scheme"
The Mayor of Maitland, Alderman A. S. McDonald, has suggested that to prevent future Maitland floods, a channel should be cut from Oakhampton to Morpeth to straighten out the course of the Hunter River…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Engineer's Answer to Criticism. Says Available Funds Never Been Sufficient
At the last meeting of Kearsley Shire Council criticism was levelled at the Engineer (Mr. L. Grattan) regarding lack of work on minor and country reads and the administration of his Department…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Works To Be Carried Out In Kearsley Shire To Cost £240
The Engineer (Mr. L. Grattan) reported to a meeting of Kearsley Shire Council on Tuesday night that the Stanford Merthyr-Heddon Greta…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News From the Council Meeting Business at Wednesday's Meeting
The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Wednesday, when there were present:—Aldermen E. C. Humphries (Mayor),…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crazy Pattern or Cement? Brook Street Steps. Council Discussion
In his report to the council on Wednesday, Mr. J. S. Donaldson (building inspector) asked that he be relieved of any furtherpon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council to Borrow £37,000 To Pay Share Of Joint Projects
To meet its share of the cost of projects to be carried out in conjunction with the Joint Coal Board, Cessnock Municipal Council decided at a special meeting on Tuesday night to seek the loan of £37,000…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Muswellbrook Chroniclejrmttde FRIDAY, 23rd JUNE, 1950. Committee Reports at Council Meeting
The following xr^6 reports were read at Wednesday's meeting of the Municipal Council:—WORKS…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland And Bell Streets Council Discusses Drainage Problem. Action to Relieve Position Decided Upon
The unprecedented wet weather conditions have caused serious flooding of premises in Matnland and Gyarron Strets…
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For many years Maclean Council has possessed Mayoral regalia, but it has never been publicly sighted during the past quarter of a century…
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SINGLETON, Saturday— The engineer of the Patrick Plains Shire Council (Mr. A. W. Mclntyre) reported to council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prevent Floods Mayor of Maitland's Suggestion
The Mayor of Maitland (Ald. A. S. McDonald) has suggested a way to prevent future Maitland floods. He said that a channel should be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two-way Radio for M.r.c Council Trucks
On the recommendation of its Chief Electrical Engineer, Mr. G. E. Smith, Manning River County Council, accepted the tender of A.W.A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Perilous Night in Maitland As Flood Waters Threatened Oakhampton Splendid Work By Employees Of City Council In Sandbagging Danger Spots Position Eases Slightly When Hunter Commenced To Fall To-day
Splendid work by employees of Maitland City Council appears to have saved Maitland from a major disaster, when a tremendous volume of water in the Hunter River yesterday and last night threatened to break through at Oakhampton and at the back of business premises in High-street…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Relief Fund Mayor Opens Appeal
The Mayor (Alderman E. C. Humphries) has opened a subscription list for the relief of those people who have suffered distress as a result of the floods at Maitland and North Coast towns…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Relief Mayor Opens Flood Relief Appeal £342 Subscribed Already
“Because to many of our people will need every penny of financial assistance that can be obtained for them, I am to-day opening a Maitland Flood Relief Appeal,” said the Mayor of Maitland (Ald. A…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council to Meet To-night
Maitland City Council will hold its regular council meeting to-night, despite the flood situation. This was stated to-day by the…
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