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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1952

1,182 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 51 of 60

Around the Council Table

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 2

Cessnock Council decided on Wednesday night to co-operate with Rover Motors Pty. Ltd. in an…

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Shire Applies For Grant For Camberwell Centre

Singleton Argus · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 6

The Shire Clerk, Mr. H. Troman, today applied to the Joint Coal Board's Welfare Fund for a grant toward the building of an amenities centre at Camberwell…

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Loan for Ulan County Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 2

The assistant Minister for Local Government, Mr. J. B. Renshaw, has approved, under the Government's rural…

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Council to Meet Taxi Men

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 2

Cessnock Council decided on Wednesday night to accede to a request from the Newcastle branch of the Transport…

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Cessnock Council To Take Own Census

Singleton Argus · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 3

Cessnock—The population of Cessnock has never been accurately determined…

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Main Roads Boards Contribution Reduced by Two-Thirds Shire Protest in "Strongest Possible Terms" Merriwa

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 6

The Engineer (Mr. J. Hammerton) reported to the monthly meeting of the Merriwa Shire Council that…

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Primary Producers' Union District Council Meeting Mr. John Moore Succeeds Mr. A. J. TAYLOR

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 5

At the quarterly meeting of the District Council of the Primary Producers' Union, Mr. John Moore, of Scone, was elected to fill the position of secretary, which office became vacant on the recent death of the former…

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No Amalgamation Shire-Municipality Minister gives decision

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

Dungog Municipality and Wallarobba Shire have been disturbed about the proposal to amalgamate both bodies. The idea originated from a small petition forwarded to the Minister…

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Local Arts Council Needs More Support for Its Ventures

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 November 1952 · page 2

The mission of art, which the local entrepreneurs, the Singleton branch of the Arts Council, is…

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Merriwa Electricity Undertaking Shire Council Negotiates Loan Mbrriwa

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 November 1952 · page 2

The Shire Clerk (Mr. F. Phillips) reported to last meeting of the Shire Council that the Commonwealth Bank had agreed…

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Objections to Plan of County Council

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 November 1952 · page 2

NEWCASTLE: The Main Roods Department is the only Government deportment which has net yet made representations to the Northumberland County Council on the county plan…

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Definite Limit Set to Council Contribution £6000 Set For Desalting Wallis Creek

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 November 1952 · page 3

Maitland City Council would not be required to contribute more than £1500 towards the cost of removal of sit from Wallis Creek, Hunter valley Conservation Trust said to-day…

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Flood Damage in Shire

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 November 1952 · page 3

Lower Hunter Shire Council’s engineer (Mr. W. R. Lipdsay) submitted to to-day’s meeting an estimate of £20,778…

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Kearsley Shire Flood Damage

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 November 1952 · page 2

CESSNOCK: . . Damage., to minor roads end bridges in the Kearsley Shire during the August floods totalled £67,678…

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Council’s Loan Fully Subscribed

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 November 1952 · page 2

The Mayor (Aid. J. Harvey) this morning announced that the City Council's debenture loan for the general works programme had been fully subscribed. The loan, which was for £22,500, will be…

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Basis For Levying Shire Rates

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 November 1952 · page 4

SINGLETON: The Whittingham Agricultural Bureau will ask Patrick Plains Shire Council if it intends to leavy…

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Mayor Tells Rotary Of Municipal Services

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 November 1952 · page 4

Addressing a meeting of Rotary members at the Werona Bowling Club last night, the Mayor (Ald. A J. Dorsman) said that when Municipal water was carried to the Peleriri…

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Cessnock Mayor’s Nose Broken

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 November 1952 · page 4

The Mayor of Cessnock (Alderman Raymond Cla[?] had his nose fractured when his car [?] and [?]…

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Film Council Screening

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 November 1952 · page 3

The Cessnock District Film Council will conduct a screening of films on art in various parts of the world at the…

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Kearsley Council in Brief

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 November 1952 · page 9

The Hunter District Water Board advised Kearsley Shire Council on Tuesday night that water…

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