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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1951

1,180 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 59

Shire President to Interview Executors over Wallarobba Air Strip

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 4

The President of Wallarobba Shire: Council (Cr. J. B. Carlton) said on Tuesday at Dungog that he would interview both Executors in the…

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Milk Prices Are Inadequate Dairymen's Council Wants Profit Margin..SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 2

The Milk Zone Dairyman's Council management committee meeting agreed to press for e profit margin in the of milk. It was felt that his was needed to stabilles the industry…

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Municipal Council Committee Reports Parks and Gardens Commitee's Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 4

Vocational Play Centre and National Fitness Hut.—The Deputy Town Clerks report of 15th January and the supervisor-in-charge's report of…

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Gas Supply for Aberdeen Muswellbrook Municipal Council to Proceed with Scheme. Capital Cost £12,400

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 1

Already the centre for the generation of electricity in the Upper Hunter, Muswellbrook will shortly enter the field of gas distribution and reticulation in the township of Aberdeen. This decision by the Municipal Council is recognised in Departmental circles as one of the…

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Kashmir Dispute In Security Council Lake Success

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 3

The Security Council will meet tomorrow to discuss the Kashmir question, including an Anglo-American motion the terms of…

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Pupils Attend Council

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 4

Thirty-five boys from the Mafist Brothers’ School, under the supervision of Brother Nestor, [?] In the public [?] of Maitland…

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Council Shied-off Item No. 13 County Council Matter "For Consideration"

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 2

Item No. 13 in the list of Correspondence before the Singleton Municipal Council meeting last night was a…

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Producers Seek County Council . Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 2

Singleton Municipal Coun[?] last night discussed a proposal from the Primary Producers’ Union for setting up a county…

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Council’s Borrowing Proposals Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 4

The town clerk (Mr. H. V. Deane) reported to the meeting of Singleton Municipal Council last night that the Department…

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Council Donation To Surf Club

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 5

Maitland City Council agreed to assist financially Cook’s Hill Surf Club, whose boat was damaged while helping with Maitland…

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Maitland Council Changes Electricity Tariff

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 4

Maitland City Council on Tuesday informed Wallarobba Shire that as a result of the constantly increasing costs of bulk electricity purchased…

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Works Programme Endorsed by Council

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 1

Maitland City Council, after a detailed inspection by aldermen of the proposed works, late night approved a programme for the year. It provided for the expenditure…

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TB-Free Milk Supply for Singleton ? Municipal Council Approves But Action Delayed "price Will Rise" Say Opposition

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 1

Singleton Municipal Council last night agreed to make representations to the Milk Board that the Singleton Municipality be declared a distributing area—which would give the town tuberculosis-free or pasteurised milk of the same qualitv as that supplied to Sydney…

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Council Wants One City Telephone List

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 2

The 200 telephone subscribers listed on fast Maitland telephone exchange should be included under one Maitland heading, not separately, according to aldermen of Maitland City Council, which discussed the subject last night…

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Small Profits From Council Gas, Electricity

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 2

Maitland City Council’s operations for 1950 showed small profits in both the gas and electricity departments, It was…

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Milk Zone Dairymens' Council Management Committee Meets

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 4

A well-attended meeting of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council was held in Sydney on Wednesday last, 14th inst…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 3

The Raymond Terrace Branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council has received £35 from Head Office for flood relief…

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Shire's Road Bill Was £30,150 Last Year Clerk Tells Council

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 4

J)URING 1950, the Patrick Plains Shire Council spent £30,150 on roads and bridges in the Shire,…

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Municipality and Shire Confer Power Supply Complaints Investigated

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 4

At Tuesday's meeting of the Singleton Municipal Council the Mayor (Ald. A. J. Dorsman) reported on a meeting…

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Council's Decision Welcome

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 5

THE DECISION by Cessnock Municipal Council to take over the Memorial Hall in Vincent-street should be welcomed…

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