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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1953

1,234 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 62

Six Months to Instal Meters Council Direction To Taxi Owners

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 1

Owners of taxis in the Cessnock Municipality are to be given six months by, Cessnock Council to instal…

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Council wants to raise £89,000 -£ 15,000 for John Street

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 1

The Singleton Municipal Council will seek permission from the Department of Local Government to raise loans totalling £89,000 for the financial year 1953-54…

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The Superb Bodenwieser Magnificent Dancing at the Municipal Hall

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 8

Highlight of the porformance at the Bodenwieser Ballet at the Municipal Hall on Wednesday? There was none. The dancing…

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Lord Mayor of Newcastle Opens Flower Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 21 March 1953 · page 4

"Looking to the north, we regard Dungog as the "front garden" of Newcastle," said the Lord Mayor, Ald. Purdue…

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Newcastle Council Critical: Finnan's Post Called Unwise

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 21 March 1953 · page 3

Newcastle City Council decided on Thursday night to ask the State Government to reconsider the appointment of Mr. Finnan as president of the Hunter District Water Board…

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Australian Labor Party Patterson Federal Electoral Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 21 March 1953 · page 6

At its annual meeting, Paterson Federal Electorate Council of the Australian Labor Party elected the…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Dungog Branch's Annual Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 21 March 1953 · page 8

There was a large attendance of members, wives and friends at the annual meeting of Dungog Branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council held in the Parish Hall on Wednesday night…

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Mayor opens tennis season at Howe Park

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 2

Howe Park Tennis Club's 1953 season was officially opened on Satin-day by the Mayor of Singleton,…

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Complimented by Mayor Cessnock Dahlia Show

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 5

Members of the Cessnock Horticultural Bureau were complimented by the mayor of Cessnock (Ald. C. Richardson)…

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Film Council Screening

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 1

The Cessnock District Film Council will conduct a film programme in the Y.W.C.A. Hall, Main-street, Cessnock, to-night…

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P. Council Wants Electricity Extensions

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 1

The Central Hunter District Council of the Primary Producers' Association decided at its last meeting to approach…

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C.W.A.'s Request to Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 4

The Country Women's Association has asked Dungog Municipal Council to waive payment of rates on property…

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Municipal Election Next

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 1

A poll of electors will be held at the Council Chambers next Saturday, 28th March between 8 a.m. and 8…

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The Lord Mayor's British Flood Victim's Appeal Fund

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 5

Mrs. R. Manners-Johnson announces that the collection towards the above, amounted to £25 and wishes to sincerely thank, all those who helped to make the appeal a…

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Farmers Ask Council For Road

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 4

Eleven Miller’s Forest residents applied to Lower Hunter Shire Council have aroad formed from…

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Shire Council Bariefs

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 March 1953 · page 5

Council, on the recommendation of the Health Inspector Mr.(W. P. Hall) granted Mr. P. Foster, permission to…

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Merriwa Shire Council Monthly Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 March 1953 · page 9

Those present at the March meeting of the Merriwa Shire Council were: Councillors J. R. Collins (President), N. E. Wright (Deputy President), T. J. Houlahan, B. J. Hegarty, S. J. Hunt and A. J. B. Bettington. Officers present were the…

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Shire to Amend Road Works Plan

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 March 1953 · page 4

At the meeting of the Shire Council yesterday, Cr. A. F. Pankhurst urged Council to increase by…

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Around the Council Table

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 March 1953 · page 2

Cr. T. Fell told a meeting of Kearsley Shire Council that the police had asked him when the "Watch for…

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Two objections to Shire plan for Payne's Crossing

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 March 1953 · page 1

The Patrick Plains Shire Council yesterday received two objections to its plan to batter down the creek…

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