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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1952

1,182 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 56 of 60

The Muswellbrook Chronicle FRIDAY, 5th DECEMBER, 1952 Around the Council Table Business at Wednesday's Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 December 1952 · page 3

There was a full attendance of aldermen at the fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council held on Wednesday night…

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Suggestion for Municipal Theatre Could Be Finest in Australia

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 December 1952 · page 10

Apart from having the richest coal bearing seams in the Southern Hemisphere, being the producer of some of…

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Valuations Up 61 Per. Cent. in Wallarobba Shire

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 6 December 1952 · page 1

A notification just received by Wallarol a Shire Council from the Valuer General's Department, shows an…

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Berlin Mayor’s Appeal to Refugees

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 December 1952 · page 1

BERLIN West Berlin’s Lord Mayor Brust Renter, yesterday appealed to East Germans not to come to West…

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Show Council Entertainment

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 December 1952 · page 4

BRANXTON: The entertainment committee of the Branxton Show Council arranged a barbecue and…

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Show Council Plans For Improvement

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 December 1952 · page 1

SINGLETON: The Northern Agricultural Association planned a big improvement drive and the organisation sould…

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Council Staff Holds Annual Dinner

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 December 1952 · page 2

Members of the staff of the Singleton Municipal Council and their, wives held their annual dinner on…

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Dungog Mayor

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 December 1952 · page 2

DUNGOG: Alderman F. Rohinson has been re-elecyed Mayor of Dungog. This Is his sixth successive term…

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Flood Relief Grant Cut Shire Council Seeks Increased Allocation

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 December 1952 · page 1

An informal meeting of Shire, Councillors, held on Friday, considered a letter of advice from the…

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Hunter Regional Council Of Junior Farmers’ Field Day

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 December 1952 · page 3

Junior farmer activities in the area from Scone to Gosford reached their climax to-day with the holding of the first combined regional field day. Club champions from the five district councils…

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Wallarobba Shire Council Presidential Election

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 10 December 1952 · page 1

At Tuesday's meeting of Wallarobba Shire Council, Cr. J. B. Carlton was re-elected President and now enters his…

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Youngest Mayor

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 10 December 1952 · page 1

Ald. Cuth Richardson, who was unanimously elected Mayor of Cessnock, last week, has the distinction of being…

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Sixth Term As Mayor Council's Confidence in Ald. Robinson

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 10 December 1952 · page 5

Dungog Municipal Council on Monday night unanimously re-elected Ald. F. H. Robinson as mayor for his sixth…

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Maitland Mayor Elected

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 10 December 1952 · page 5

Ald. M. J. Clyde, replying to congratulations on his election as Mayor of Maitland, said he found comfort…

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Grafton's Youngest Mayor

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 10 December 1952 · page 8

Ald. J. I. Moorhead, vice-president of the New England New State Movement, has been elected Mayor of…

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Mayor of Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 December 1952 · page 4

SINGLETON: Aid. A. J. Dorsman was last night unanimously re-elected Mayor of Singleton…

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Dorsman Re-elected Mayor Unanimously Give Bourke Elected Deputy Mayor After Ballot

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 10 December 1952 · page 1

A special meeting of the Singleton Municipal Council last night re-elected Aid. A. J. Dorsman to serve his third successive year as Mayor of Singleton…

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Council Approves Rises in Municipal Rates

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 10 December 1952 · page 2

A special meeting of Singleton Council last night approved the estimates for 1953 "involving a rate…

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Shire Appeal on Valuation

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 December 1952 · page 4

CESSNOCK: Kearsley Shire Council will appeal against the valuation made by the Valuer-General’s…

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Port Stephens Shire Rates Increased

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 December 1952 · page 4

RAYMOND TERRACE: Port Stephens Shire Council yesterday raised its general rate by a halfpenny to 5d in the £. Councillors were divided on…

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