Rate Increase for Cessnock Decision of New Council
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 21 December 1950 · page 1
Due to increases in wages salaries and materials, the new Cessnock Municipal Council decided on Tu[?]d ay night to increase the general rate by 2d to 1/4d in the £. The decison to raise the rate was unanimous…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 December 1950 · page 1
The Mayor (Ald. G. S. Adams) was host at a Christmas party in the Council Chambers at the conclusion of Wednesdays meeting…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 December 1950 · page 2
Muswellbrook aldermen on Wednesday discussed the direction receive to impose a Conservation Trust rate of one halfpenny in…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 December 1950 · page 4
The newly-elected Council of the Shire of Merriwa met on Wednesday, when, at a special meeting, the officers and committees were elected…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 December 1950 · page 1
As was previously recorded in these columns, Cr. C. N. Flannery waa elected president of Stroud Shire Council, Cr. C. Wilson was defeated…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 December 1950 · page 3
At the Merriwa Shire Council meeting on Wednesday, Cr. J R Collins was elected President. Probably the youngest councillor,…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 December 1950 · page 1
Mr. Geo. Bailey (Shire Engineer) was welcomed by the Mayor (Ald. G. S. Adams) when he attended Wednesday's meting of the Municipal…
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Singleton Argus · Friday 22 December 1950 · page 3
When the Doughboy flooded during the winter part of the property belonging to Mr. W. L. Heuston near the military camp was under water—the flood causing a fracture in a water main feeding the…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 December 1950 · page 1
The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Wednesday last, when there were present: Aldermen G. S. Adams (Mayor),…
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The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 December 1950 · page 1
In an effort to limit the seriousness of injuries which will result from accidents during the holiday period, ambulance and Road…
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The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 December 1950 · page 7
At Monday night's meeting of Scone Municipal Council, an application was made on behalf of the Glenbawn Progress…
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Singleton Argus · Friday 22 December 1950 · page 2
Out of 2606 electors on the roll who were expected to vote in the municipal elections on December 2, 2044 voted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Muswellbrook Chronicle FRIDAY, 22nd DECEMBER, 1950. Council Committees' Reports Parks and Gardens
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 December 1950 · page 3
The parks and gardens committee reported to the council on Wednesday the results of its inspection of Bowman, Gerald and Victoria Park. The…
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Maitland Mercury · Saturday 23 December 1950 · page 2
The Mayor of Maitland (Aid. J. Harvey) has sent the following Christmas message to the residents of Maitland: “It gives me the greatest personal pleasure, as your Mayor, to extend to all our citizen, very good wishes for…
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Maitland Mercury · Saturday 23 December 1950 · page 2
Mr. R. T. Brownell, who has been shire clerk to Byron Shire Council for nearly 40 years, will resign as from December 31…
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Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 December 1950 · page 2
Cr. J. R Collins, the new president of Merriwa Shire Council, is the youngest councillor to have been appointed to the office…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sire Council Recedes £4,353 Grant to Repair Flood Damaged Roads It Was Announced To-day That the Upper Hunter Shire Council Would Receive a Grant of £4,353
The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 December 1950 · page 1
This money has been made available to make repairs to roads damaged by flood rains experienced during the year. Representations to the Minister for Works and…
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The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 December 1950 · page 4
The Glen Innes Municipal Council will hand over its electricity undertaking to the North-West County Council on January 1,…
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