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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1952

1,182 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 60

Council To Sponsor Home Garden Scheme

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1952 · page 1

Dungog Municipal Council decided on Monday to investigate the possibility of sponsoring a home garden scheme with a view to beautifying the town. Other towns such as Gloucester…

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Bulahdelah Progress Association Will Ask Shire to Extend Parking Facilities

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1952 · page 2

The Bulahdelah Progress Association decided at its annual meeting to request Stroud Shire Council to extend parking facilities in the business…

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Arts Council Presentation

Maitland Mercury · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 3

SINGLETON: More than 600 men and women and 600 children attended the presents of “Let’s Make an Opera”…

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Council to Try Local Markets

Maitland Mercury · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY: Randwick Council shortly will test a system of local fruit and vegetable marketing…

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Junior Farmers Form National Council

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Representatives of all Young Farmer organisations throughout the Commonwealth, meeting at the…

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Essex Council To Labour Party

Maitland Mercury · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 1

LONDON: The Labour Party wrested control of Essex Council from the Conservatives yesterday as they…

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Areas On P.P. Shire Boundaries Striving For Inclusion

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 2

Dissatisfaction with treatment received by their own local government bodies is leading organisations in…

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Council Men Urged To Resume Work

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 2

NEWCASTLE.—The assistant general secretary of the Shire Employees' Association, Mr. W. Lewis, has…

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Bounty Council “To Stay”

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 2

NEWCASTLE: Northumberland County Council had no intention of going out of existence, a member of…

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Upper Hunter Electricity Supplies. Move to Enlarge County Council District Electricity Authority to Meet Parties At Muswellbrook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 1

Advice has reached Muswellbrook to the effect that a party of eight members and officers of the Electricity Authority in New South Wales will visit the Upper Hunter districts on 28th and 29th April for the purpose…

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Council Congratulate Mr. Cahill

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 3

Kearsley Shire Council decided on Tuesday night to send a letter of congratulation to Mr. Cahill on his appointment…

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Around the Council Table

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 3

The Health Inspector (Mr. J. McBlane) reported to a meeting of Kearsley Council on Tuesday night…

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May Day Holiday Question. Mayor's Notice of Motion Defeated

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 1

A motion, of which notice had been given by the Mayor, was defeated at the council meeting last night. The motion was: "That council's decision to ask the Chief…

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Variation In Tenders To Council

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 3

Tenders ranging from 8/ to 15/ a cable yard were, received by the Lower Hunter Shire Council to-day for 2000 cubic…

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Junior Farmers. Form National Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 5

Representatives of all young farmer organisations throughout the Commonwealth, meeting at the Sydney Showground,…

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Briefs From Council Meeting. Financial Aid

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 1

The Minister for Public Works and Local Government wrote, regarding council's request for financial assistance towards the…

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County Council Question. Authority's Pending Visit

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 1

The Municipal Council was advised last night of the visit of the Electricity Authority to Muswellbrook on the 29th inst.,…

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Bridge at Payne's Crossing Council Protest on Delay

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 1

A protest against the delay in the provision of a bridge at Payne's Crossing will be sent to the…

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No "Warning" Signs Near Kurri Baths Council President's View

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 3

"It seems that we have to wait for someone to be killed before we can get anything done…

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Noxious Weeds Inspector For Shire

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 April 1952 · page 2

SINGLETON: Mr. J. Sheppard at meeting of Singleton Denman Pastures Protection Board said that…

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