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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1951

1,180 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 59

Cost of Municipality at Kurri Figures to be Prepared

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Saturday 26 May 1951 · page 1

There was a good deal of misconception on the cost and organisation of a municipality, said Cr. P. Saxton…

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Town Streets Council Discussion

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 29 May 1951 · page 1

Aid. Thompson claimed at Wednesday's meeting of the Municipal Council that not one of the existing tarred surfaces had been resurfaced…

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Mayor’s Appeal to Occupiers

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 2

In the course of Mayoral minute presented at last night’s meeting of Maitland City Council, Ald. J. Harvey…

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Men Avoiding Church Says Mayor

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 3

The Mayor of Singleton, Ald. A. J. Dorsman, said today that men did not take enough interest in the…

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Singleton Municipal Council Proposed Special Loan, £4,000

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 3

THE Singleton Municipal Council hereby notifies in pursuance if the provisions of Section 181 of the Local Government Act,…

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Lower Hunter Shire Clerk Dies

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 1

Mr. Charles Henry Hodson, Lower Hunter Shire Clerk, East Maitland, for the past 29 years, died last Saturday morning in Maitland Hospital…

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Junior Farmers’ Club Council

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 2

MUSWELLBROOK: At the annual meeting of the District Council of Junior Farmers’ Clubs the following office-boarers were…

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Council Expresses Its Sympathy

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 2

Before commencement of business at last night’s meeting of Maitland City Council, the Mayor (Ald. J. Harvey) referred to the…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Registration

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 1

The Milk Zone Dairymens' wishes to advise its members that the M. Z. D. C. is registered under the new Commonwealth…

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Municipal Hall and Boys' Club Town Clerk Instructed to Take Legal Proceedings Scone Council Demands Return of Property

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 1

All is not well between the Scone Municipal Council and Scone Boys. Girls and Citizens' Club it was learned at Monday night's meeting of the Scone Aldermen…

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Council Will Raise £4,000 To Repair Roads

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 1

The Singleton Municipal Council proposes to raise a special loan of £4,000 for the reconstruction of roads and to buy plant. The Town Clerk, Mr. H. V…

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Departmental Reply On Recreation Reserve Council Awaits Word From Local Government Minister

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 2

Last night’s meeting of Maitland City Council had before it a letter from the Department of Lands relative to use of the recreation reserve at the corner of Brunswick and Lawes streets, East Maitland, by the Bureau of Mineral…

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Shire Council’s Sympathy

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 3

SINGLETON: At Patrick Plains Shire Council meeting yesterday a motion of sympathy was carried with the family of…

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Shire Council Rejects Plan For Bushfire Conference

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 1

The Patrick Plains Shire Council is not in favour of holding a conference of the surrounding Shire Councils to discuss the bush fire danger. Council decided this after a…

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Shire Council Makes Scathing Attack On Electricity Administration

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 4

The Patrick Plains Shire Council yesterday made a scathing attack on the Municipal Council's administration of electricity extensions to Shire districts. It claimed that the Municipal Council had outraged the franchise…

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Former Mayor Returns

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 4

Mr. John Searl, who has been away at Tea Gardens for some years, has now returned to live in Singleton. Mr. Searl, who…

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Sewerage for Shire Areas

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 4

SINGLETON: At the meeting of Patrick Plains Shire Council yesterday Cr. A. C. Marshall asked that a report be prepared…

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Cessnock Council In Brief

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 5

If the National Fitness Council will agree, Cessnock Council will use a balance of £135 in the local National…

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Mayor's Most Pleasant Task Welcome to Visiting English Players

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 5

The Mayor of Cessnock (ALd. F. Hallam) told members of the visiting English professional soccer team at a civic reception at the Council Chambers on Wednesday morning, that of the many pleasant things he had been asked to do…

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Council Alleges Breach Of Agreement

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 4

SINGLETON: Speaking at Patrick Wains Shire Council meeting, Cr. A. C. Marshall ,accused the Singleton Municipal…

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