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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1950

1,356 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 54 of 68

From Front Page Council and the Hunter Trust

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 October 1950 · page 8

"I think there are tremendous possibilities," said Ald. Dunlop in conclusion, "and if we as a Council recognise them and…

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Minister to Visit Cessnock Council Asks for Talks

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 October 1950 · page 1

Aid. H. Neate told a meeting of Cessnock Municipal Council on Tuesday night that the Joint Coal Board was sponsoring a visit by the…

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Rest of the Council News Two Months Anti-T.B. Campaign Planned

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 October 1950 · page 4

Singleton is to have a visit from the mobile radiography unit of the Anti-Tuberculosis Association of New South Wales in December, 1950, and January, 1951. The association's offer of a mass…

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Tea Gardens News and Notes Deputation with Shire Officers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 21 October 1950 · page 3

Tea Gardens Progress Association had a deputation wait on the Shire Engineer and Shire Clerk at Tea Gardens on Thursday last to discuss…

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Power To Over-Rule U.N. Council

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 21 October 1950 · page 2

LAKE SUCCESS, Oct. 21—The United Nations political committee confirmed the seven-nation plan to give the general assembly…

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Port Stephens Shire Election

Maitland Mercury · Monday 23 October 1950 · page 4

RAYMOND TERRACE, Mon. —Mr. Lawrie J. Shearman has announced that he will contest D riding in the forthcoming Shire…

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Food Council Chairman

Maitland Mercury · Monday 23 October 1950 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (AAP), —Lord Bruce’s term as chairman of the World Food Council is expected to be extended when…

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More Council Briefs

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 October 1950 · page 1

At its monthly meeting on Thursday Singleton Municipal Council received a letter from the New England New State…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council. Milk Prices

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 October 1950 · page 1

On 12th October, there appeared in the Government "Gazette" of N.S. Wales Ministerial approval of milk prices to take effect from 13th…

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City Council Elections

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 October 1950 · page 2

The South Maitland Flood Mitigation Committee, at a meeting last night discussed the forthcoming municipal elections and…

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Flood Committee’s Case for Minister City Council’s Proposed Plan Criticised

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 October 1950 · page 2

The visit of the Minister for Works (Mr. J. J. Cohill) on Friday was discussed by a meeting of the South Maitland Flood Mitigation Committee last night and the ease to be put before him was finalised…

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Minister Cannot Meet Lower Hunter Shire Council

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 26 October 1950 · page 6

The Minister for Public Works and Local Government,, Mr, J. J. Cahill, has advised Lower Hunter Shire Council that it does not…

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Flood Mitigation Committee Rebuked For Criticism No Monopoly on Proposals, Says Maitland's Mayor

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 26 October 1950 · page 7

The Mayor (Aid. A. S. McDonald), in referring to-day to criticism levelled at Maitland City Council by South Maitland Flood Mitigation Committee over the decision to give consideration to a proposal for the use of pumps to discharge…

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Shire Elections

Maitland Mercury · Friday 27 October 1950 · page 4

SINGLETON, Friday.—All members of the Patrick Plains Shire Council yesterday intimated that they would again stand, if…

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Council Table

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 October 1950 · page 9

Kearsley Shire Council adhered to a previous decision on Tuesday night to pay an employee for day taken off to…

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All Shire Councillors Will Stand

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 October 1950 · page 4

All six councillors of. the Patrick Plains Shire Council intend to contest the triennial elections to…

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Advertising Sign On Shire Road

Maitland Mercury · Friday 27 October 1950 · page 4

SINGLETON, Friday. — A notice of motion by Cr. A. C, Marshall at the meeting yesterday of the Patrick Plains Shire…

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No Opposition In A Riding Kearsley Shire Nominations

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 October 1950 · page 1

A Riding in Kearaley Shire is the only one in which the present members of the council are unopposed for the forthcoming elections…

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Committee Reports at Council Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 October 1950 · page 4

The following reports were adopted at Wednesday's meeting of the Municipal Council:—School of Arts (position of…

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Hunter Trust Threat to Democracy Shire Should Guard People's Liberties

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 October 1950 · page 1

A LETTER having been read from the Shires Association of N.S.W. inviting Council's comments on a report regarding the proposed Hunter Valley Conservation Trust at the monthly meeting of the…

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