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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1952

1,182 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 60

Municipality of Scone Garbage Service

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 6

NOTICE is hereby given that Ashes, Stones, Liquids and Lawn Clippings shall not be deposited in Garbage Pans and also that the…

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Municipality of Scone Sanitary Service Charges

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 6

NOTICE is hereby given that commencing on 1/1/1952, the Charges for Sanitary (Nightsoil Removal) Services shall be two…

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Municipality of Scone Pump Well and Pump House

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 6

TENDERS, closing with the undersigned at Noon on 29/1/1952, are invited for the Construction of a Reinforced Concrete PUMP…

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Absent Alderman's Home Robbed

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 5

Maitland Detectives are searching for thieves who broke into Aid. C. H. Dunlop's Kent Street home…

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Gosford Council Dismissals Upheld

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 6

GOSFORD.—The dismissal of 38 outdoor employees by the Brisbane Water County Council, which controls…

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Wallarobba Shire Council Engineer's Report

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1952 · page 4

Mr. J. F. Stewart (Engineer) submitted his report to last meeting of Wallarobba Shire Council as follows:—…

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Mosquitoes Checked in Port Shire

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1952 · page 3

Stocking pools with the mosquito larvae-eating fish gambusia affinis in Port Stephens Shire in the past six years was having a most satisfactory…

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Atlantic Council Meeting

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1952 · page 1

A meeting of the Atlantic Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation was held in Rome under the chairmanship of Mr. Pearson, the Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs. This picture shows Signor de Gesperi, the Italian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, addressing the meeting of the Atlantic…

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Wallarobba Shire's Areas Will Be Revalued This Year

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1952 · page 4

Wallarobba Shire Council's areas will be revalued this year the Department of Valuer General, NSW, informed Council which met in Dungog…

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Department Approves Shire Grant Urges Close Watch on Expenditure

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1952 · page 4

The Department of Main Roads advised Wallarobba Shire Council on Tuesday that a grant under the Main Roads Maintenance Programme…

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New Mayor For Quirindi

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 3

A special meeting of the Municipal Council was held last week at Quirindi for the purpose of electing a mayor,…

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County Council Chairman

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 2

NEWCASTLE: Cr. S. Butler, of Kearsley Shire Council, was elected chairman of Northumberland Country…

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Commission Homes for Kearsley Shire Little Hope for Outlying Centres

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 1

Following his visit to the area last year, the question of Commission Homes for Kearsley Shire had been very fully investigated, the Minister for Housing (Mr. C. A. Kelly) has informed Mr. G. Booth…

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Cessnock Film Council Screening First Full Length Film

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 1

The first full length feature to be presented to members of the Cessnock Film Council will be shows at the Cessnock…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle TUESDAY, 15th JANUARY, 1952. Milk Zone Dairymen's Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 3

The following is an account of an executive meeting of the M.Z.D.C. held in Sydney on the 10th January, Mr. E. J. Noble,…

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Shire Building Applications

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 3

Five building applications submitted to the Lower Hunter Shire Council were approved at this morning’s…

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Dungog Municipal Council Barrington Tops

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 2

A suggestion toy Ald. R. C. Bacon that arrangements be made to have photographs of Barrington Tops placed in railway carriages for publicity…

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Building Applications in Kearsley Shire

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 2

CESSNOCK: More building applications were approved by the Kearsley Shire Council last year than in 1950, but the total value was lower. During 1951 813 applications…

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Bus Driver Cited by Council

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 5

CESSNOCK: The driver of a bus between Maitland and Kurri Kurri on Christmas Eve will be asked by the Kearsley…

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County Council Should Await Recommendation From Constituent Body

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 3

The Northumberland County Council will be asked not to deal with any application which courses before it that was not accompanied by a recommendation from a constituent council…

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