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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1951

1,180 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 59

Milk Zone Dairymen's Council

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1951 · page 5

On 26th January, the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council presented a submission to the private prices inquiry being conducted by the…

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Paterson Electoral Council Australian Country Party

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 4 April 1951 · page 2

Branch Secretaries are asked to call their members together, with a view to securing the return of Mr. Allan Fairhall, according to the…

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Strongly Worded Letter Before City Council

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 April 1951 · page 2

Maitland City Council received fast night with practically no comment, a strongly worded letter from South Maitland Flood Mitigation Committee relative to events which taken place during recent weeks…

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Council Seeks Film of Jubilee Show

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 April 1951 · page 2

The Cinesound Newsreel Company has been asked by the Singleton Municipal Council to make a film of the planting of a Jubilee tree in Burdekin Park by the State Governor Lieutenant General Sir…

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Council Entertains New Zealand High Commissioner

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 April 1951 · page 2

Maitland City Council entertained the High Commissioner for New Zealand (Rt. Hen. G. L, Alderton) and Mrs. Alderson at dinner last night The gusts called in a…

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Paterson Electoral Council

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 6

The annual meeting of the Paterson Federal Electorate Council of the Australian Labour Party wag held in Maitland on Sunday, 18th inst…

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Road Safety Council Meeting

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 4

A meeting of the Maitland branch of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales only the third since IM formation here…

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Around the council Table

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 5

Cessnock Council on Wednesday night adopted the following recommendation form the Baths committee for…

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Muswellbrook Shire Council. Monthly Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Muswellbrook Shire Council was held yesterday, when there was a full attendance of councillors, presided over by…

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Milz Zone Dairymen's Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 2

An executive meeting of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council was held in Sydney on 4th April, Mr. J. B. Carlton presiding. The secretary…

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Petition Fails. Merging of Aberdeen in Muswellbrook Shire

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 1

A letter received from the Local Government Department and read at yesterday's meeting of the Shire Council, stated that the Minister had…

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Off to a Good Start Road Safety Council Reformed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 3

The Cessnock branch of the Road Safety Council, reformed on Friday night, is off to a good start…

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Alderman Submits Invention

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 2

Aid. J. Brittliffe 'will submit a mechanical devise for giving traffic hand signals to the…

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Shire Clerk Loses Leg

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 5

Mr. C. H. Hodson, Lower Hunter Shire Clerk, has had his left lea amputated by doctors at Royal Prince Alfred…

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Plant Purchase By Port Stephens Shire

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 4

Plant and equipment to cost £8789/17/0 has been ordered by the Fort Stephens Shire Council This was reported by the shire…

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Council To Pay £2500

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 2

Denis Nolan, 62, of Quriindi, in the Supreme Court secured £2500 damages from the Tamarang Shire Council…

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Merging of Aberdeen in Muswellbrook Shire Petition Fails

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 1

A letter received from the Local Government Department and read at last meeting of the Muswellbrook Shire Council, stated that the Minister had decided to leave in abeyance for the time being the request by…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Executive Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 1

An Executive meeting of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council was held in Sydney on the 4th April, Mr. J. B. Carlton presiding…

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Taxi Fares Increased Council Realises Rising Costs — Justify Claim

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 2

Taxi proprietors met Dungog Municipal Council on Monday night to discuss hiring rates. Without consulting Council they…

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Council To Protest Against Proposed Resumption of Ash Island

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 5

Lower Hunter Shire Council to-day decided to protest to the Newcastle Regional Development Committee against the proposed resumption of properties Ash Island. The resumption would take away, not only the land of…

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