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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1953

1,234 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 62

Trust Opposed To News County Council

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 3

A suggestion by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham) that a hew county council be formed as the best means of eradicating water hyacinth in the Hunter River was opposed by the Hunter Valley…

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Claimed County Council Exceeded Its Authority. Pertinent Questions Asked By Mayor

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 4

In a mayoral minute, which remmmended the asking of pertinent questions, Ald. M. J. Clyde stated last night that he considered the Northumberland County Council had exceeded the requirements of the…

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City Council Briefs

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 2

Maitland City Council decided last night to “take no further action” in connection with f[?]urination of domestic…

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Call Of County Council Wanted

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 7

NEWCASTLE: Newcastle City Council delegates to the Northumberland County Council had been requested…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Management Committee Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 7

A meeting of the Management Committee of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council was held in Sydney on the 26th…

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Road Safety Council Deplores attitude of traffic authorities

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 2

Singleton branch of the Road Safety Council last night deplored the attitude of the traffic authorities in ignoring any suggestions made by the branch as to where traffic signs…

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Council’ Powers For Building Permits

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1953 · page 4

CESSNOCK: Cessnock Municipal Council will [?]pport the Newcastle City Council’s moves for the [?]oration to constituent councils of the power over [?]lding permits now held by the Northumberland…

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Having "Shot" at Council, Says Alderman

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 5

"This is just a 'shot' at [?] Ald. B. Endersby at a meeting of Cessnock Council on Wednesday…

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Council Wants Powers [?]

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 7

Cessnock Council on Wednesday night instructed its representative on the North-umberland County Council, Ald…

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Hunter Trust undemocratic says Shire President

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 1

The Shire President (Cr. A. C. Marshall) said to-day that the Hunter Valley Conservation Trust as at present constituted was "undemocratic" and therefore cannot do much to…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 1

A meeting of the Management Committee of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council was held in Sydney on the 26th February…

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Cessnock Council in Brief

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 3

The Government Statistician advised Cessnock Council on Wednesday night that the census taken in Cessnock on…

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Arts Council of Australia Personal Notes on the Bodenwieser Ballet

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 5

MOIRA CLAUX.—A dancer of outstanding dramatic ability. One can call her a dancing actress or an acting dancer. Whilst…

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Sympathy for "Squatters" at West End Council Wants Minister's Approval

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 5

People who had "squatted" in vacant homes at West Cessnock all knew they had do[?] something strictly…

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Move on County Council Rejected Port Stephens Shire Outvotes Its President

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 2

RAYMOND TERRACE : A presidential [?] calling upon Port Step[?] Shire Council to support Newcastle City Council in its adva[?] for return of certain power from North[?] Country was…

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Street Nameplates in Shire

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 3

The electricity committee of Maitland City Council last-night approved an application by Lower Hunter…

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Council Move For Cleaner Beer Glasses

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 2

Kearsley Shire Council Will [?] tighter Government control to ensure the proper washing of glasses on licensed…

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N.a.t.o. Council Meets in Paris

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 5

The ministerial meeting of the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation was recently opened in the headquarters at the Palais de Chaffiest, Paris, by the President of the Council, Hr. Ole Bjorn Kraft, the Foreign Minister of Denmark. This picture shows the President of the Council making his opening…

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Port Stephens Shire Not to Support Newcastle on County Council

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 2

The Port Stephens Shire Council on Tuesday rejected a Presidential minute that the representative of the…

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Building Applications In Shire

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 4

Building applications approved by Lower Hunter Shire Council were: W.B. dwelling, 6 rooms etc.,…

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