Motor Accident. Shire Engineer's Son Injured
Mr. W. Bailey, only son of Mr. G. S. Bailey, Muswellbrook Shire Engineer, was involved in a unfortunate accident last week. Mr. Bailey…
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Council & local affairs, 1951
1,180 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 59
"Impertiment Letter" to Municipal Council Form Shire Alderman Opposes Joint Management of Electricity Undertaking
Electricity caused sparks to fly in the Singleton Municipal Council Chamber at the monthly meeting of the Council last night when a letter from the Patrick Plains Shire Council seeking a conference on matters connected with the local electricity supply was described by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stroud Shire Council Meeting
At the Ordinary Meeting of the Stroud Shire Council held in the Council Chambers, Stroud, on Friday, 19th January, 1951, present were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council's Electricity Undertaking Singleton
A letter from Patrick pialns Shire Council was received at the meetins of singleton Municipal Council last night asking for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Alderman Sets an Example to the Government Remedial Measures On River Bank
Unable to make a grant of £15,000 towards remedial measures designed to prevent further serious erosion to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Councillors Decide That Shire is 'Not Exactly a Tourist Area
ALTHOUGH stating that the Patrick Plains Shire was not exactly a tourist area, Councillors, at the last meeting of the Shire Council, decided to refer the Upper Hunter Regional Development…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire May Get Its Own Road Making Equipment After Default By Contractor
"If we want to continue with our tarring programme it might be advisable to procure our own plant," stated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire to Get £5340
Mr. R. L. Fitzgerall, M. L. A has been advised by the Minister for Public Works, as follows: 'I have pleasure in informing you that I…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Defends Action In Excavating Field
Lower Hunter Shire Council, at its meeting yesterday, defended Its action in excavating the cricket field at Beresfield to build…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day’s Leader: Double-Headed Penny Murder Appeal To Privy Council LONDON
A petition for leave to appeal to the Privy Council against death sentence on three Australians was presented yesterday by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tamarang Shire Rates To 5d QUIRINDI
In considering the settlements for 1951 Tamarang Shire Council had before it the clerk’s estimate of expenditure as £70,813 for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arts Council. Muswellbrook Branch
At a meeting of the above organisation held on Wednesday last it was decided to confirm tho booking, made by the executive officers, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Around the Council Table
Kearsley Shire Council decided on an increase in fares for the Rover Motor Bus Company at its meeting last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Council Brevities Seven More Houses Going Up
Approval has been given by the New South Wales Housing Commission to the acceptance of a tender for the erection of seven two-bedroomed timber-framed houses in Loder and Buchan Avenues,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Glennie's Creek Petition on Cape Tulip Shire "Not"Blind" To Problems
BECAUSE of the high cost involved, the Patrick Plains Shire Council had taken the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Muswellbrook Chronicle FRIDAY, 2nd FEBRUARY, 1951. Around The Council Table Business at Wednesday's Meeting
Aldermen G. S. Adams (Mayor), S. C. White, D. C. Webster, L. J. McRitchie, O. F. Anderson, D. Jordan, A. C. Shirvington, and E. H…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Singleton Inspector Tells Council 47 Houses Approved During 1950 But Only Two Of Them Were Completed
Of 47 dwelling houses approved by the Singleton Municipal Council during the past year, only two have been completed. Two of the remaining 45 have been completed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stroud Shire Council Regular Monthly Meeting
Those present at the regular monthly meeting of the Stroud Shire Council were Crs. C. N. Flannery (President), A. C. Moore, R. E. Zeininger, and W. Lowrey. Other Councillors were absent on account of the floods. with at the meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Municipal Council Committee Reports
The following committee reports were adopted at Wednesday night's meeting of the Municipal Council:—WORKS COMMITTEE…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Officers' Reports
The following reports were made by council officers at last Wednesday's Municipal Council meeting. The Health Inspector (Mr. S. J…
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