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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1953

1,234 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 62

Deputation to Council Church Requests Refund in Rates

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1953 · page 6

A deputation representing St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, waited on the Dungog Municipal Council last…

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Council Agrees to Pay Higher Rental School of Arts Room

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1953 · page 6

The town clerk (Mr. W J. Macken) reported to Dungog Municipal Council on Tuesday that Mr Fitzgerald, MLA…

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Shire receives letter from Palace

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 2

The Shire Clerk, Mr. H. Troman. announced to-day that the following letter was received to-day from…

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Two More Council Men Sacked

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: The administrator of the Leichhardt Council (Mr. H. W. Dane) has tacked two senior officers…

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Discipline lacking in Scone Council

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 2

At a special meeting of Scone Municipal Council the Mayor Ald. B. A. Armitage, told the Aldermen that…

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Council Committee Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 2

The following reports were made by the various committees to last Wednesday's meeting of the Municipal Council:—…

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Junior Farmers Form Own Council

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 2

Junior farmers is the Hunter Valley have formed their own district council which will meet quarterly and pass on its recommendations to the Control Hunter District Council…

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New Floor On County Council Office

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 6

NEWCASTLE : Constituent councils in the Northumberland County Council win be asked to approve a [?]…

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Hunter Council Asks Government To Help Junior Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 2

The Central Hunter District Council , of the Junior Farmer Mover tent is urging government assistance in formulating a scheme to place selected trained young people from the movement directly into…

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Cessnock Municipal Library

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 5

Adult non-fiction: Australian Biology, by B. A. King; The Amazon, by H. Mielche; Jall [?], by J. Mitchell;…

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Shire Election

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 1

SINGLETON: The shire clerk Mr. R. Truman announced to-day that an extra ordinary election would…

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Mayor Thanked for Role

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 2

At the night’s meeting of Maitland city Council aldermen placed on record then appreciation of the…

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Council Officers Sacked

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 1

Mr. H. W. Dane, the administrator of the Leichhardt Municipal Council has sacked two more officers…

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Council Loan For Abattoir

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 2

Maitland City Council decided to sffix its seal to an application for the raising of a loan of £9508 for the…

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District Council for Valley Junior Farmers

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 2

Junior farmers in the Hunter Valley have formed their own district council, which will meet quarterly…

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Investigations Of County Council May Take Three Years

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 1

Aid J. V. Kennedy, who is Maitland’s selected representative to the Northumberland County Council told last night’s meeting of Maitland City Council that the chairman of the County Council had recently…

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Use of Ground for Sunday Sport Matter Referred To, Council For Decision

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 2

’cause the matter could not be determined by the parks committee, the question of allowing use of portion of Maitland pork for a Sunday hockey exhibition match arranged by South Newcastle…

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Shire Buildings

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 5

The Port Stephens Shire Council at its last meeting accepted the tender of A. R. Cox, of Raymond Terrace…

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City Council Briefs

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 4

The Department of Main Roads advised Maitland City Council that preliminary investigations and tentative…

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Mayor Says High Street Not Credit to City

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 4

In view of the possibility of a Visit by the Queen to Maitland next year. It would be Inadvisable to press for a…

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