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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1950

1,356 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 37 of 68

Stroud Shire Council General Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 4

The General Meeting of the Stroud Shire Council was held in the Council Chambers, Stroud, on Wednesday, 5th July. Present: Mr. H. W. Dane,…

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Shire Clerk's Report

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 4

I have to report that the undermentioned applications have been examined and reported upon by the responsible officers and that as a result…

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City Council Receipts

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 8

In a report to a meeting of the electricity committee of Maitland City Council last night the town clerk (Mr. S. J…

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Homeless Stock Straying On Shire Roads

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 5

Health inspector of Lower Hunter Shire Council (Mr. T. C. Atkinson) reported to to-day’s meeting of councillors that he…

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City Council Building Applications

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 4

Building applications approved by the health committee of Maitland City Council last night Included seven new dwellings…

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Whole Council As Relief Committee

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 5

AU members of Lower Hunter Shire Council to-day resolved themselves Into a committee to act as a liaison body with the…

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Council's Works Report Submitted to Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 2

The Works Committee comprising Ald. Robinson (Mayor), R. Shelton, L. Gatty and H. Shelton, was presented to Monday's meeting of Dungog…

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Irish Motions For Council of Europe

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 7

The Department of External Affairs announced recently that the second session of the Consultative Assembly—the…

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Wet Weather Hampers Shire Works Three Roads Closed to Traffic

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 1

Because of exceptionally wet weather conditions, accompanied by flooding, very little progress has been made with works during the past…

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Govt. Proposals Stab in Back for Landholders Claim by Lower Hunter Shire Councillors

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 5

Proposals of the New South Wales and Federal Governments to finance flood restoration works on a £2 to £1 basis were to-day described by members of Lower Hunter Shire Council as a stab in the back for the landholder—the man…

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Difficulties of Milk Cartage During Flood Related Request to Council to Consolidate Road

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 5

Seemingly insurmountable difficulties under which milk was conveyed to the populations of Newcastle and Sydney during the recent disastrous flood- were related today by Mr. J. B. Timbs, manager of Bowthorne Butter…

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The Mayor’s Flood Fund

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 4

Members of the Pilton Women’s Committee have sent a donation of £5 to the Mayor of Maitland’s Relief Fund. In a…

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Mayor’s Address at Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. — The recent Hunter Valley floods had reduced the richest agricultural area in Australia, temporarily at least, to…

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Wallarobba Shire Flood Appeal Fund

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 5

Convened by Wallarobba Shire, in response to a special appeal to all shires by the Lord Mayor of Sydney, a public meeting was…

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Ratepayers Voice Flood Worries Letters to Works Committee of Council

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 5

Ratepayers vrote in some force to the meeting test night of the works committee of Maitland City Council, voicing worries which had been caused by the flood. Even people on the high hills have their complaints…

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Municipal Council Will Go to Premier on Bridge Threat "Most Extraodinary, It's Nobody's Baby" Comments Alderman "Minister of Responsibility" ?

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 1

If the urgent requests for action to arrest the river bank erosion threat to Dunolly Bridge do not meet with early response from Government departments, Singleton Municipal Council intends to send a deputation to the State Premier, Mr. McGirr, to find out which…

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Thanks To Council

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 4

SINGLETON, Friday.—The Chamber of Commerce wrote to last night’s meeting of Singleton Municipal council commending council…

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A[?] the Council Table

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 3

The Department of Building Materials advised Kearsley Shire Council on Wednesday night of a new procedure in regard to…

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Six Shire Councillors Under Fire Aberdeen Residents Dissatisfied Over County Council Proposal Protest Meetings Arranged to Bring Pressure to Bear on Representatives

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 1

Residents of Aberdeen, and some ratepayers of Blairmore and Dartbrook, are dissatisfied over the six Shire Councillors' action in voting for the formation of a County Council to take over the electricity undertaking from Muswellbrook Coal Company…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Special Meeting

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 3

A special meeting of the executive Committee of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council was held in Sydney on 12th July. Mr. J. B…

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