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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1953

1,234 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 62

Cessnock Council in [?]Ff

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 5

When the Cessnock [?] of the Road Safety Council [?]…

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Labour Party State Council

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 6

The annual meeting of Mrs Maitland State Council of the ALP was attended by delegates of all branches In the…

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Council's Footpath and Garden Competition

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 5

Cessnock Council will conduct another footpath and garden competition this year. The competition will be…

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No Good Purpose in Deputation Council's Opinion On "Squatters"

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

The British Migrants' Association at West Cessnock will be informed that Cessnock Council is to the…

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Awning Posts Must 60 Before July Council Decides On Legal Action

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 5

Unless awning posts in Vincent-street, Cessnock, are removed before July, owners will be prosecuted…

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Council Claims Rebuffs

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 1

SINGLETON: Singleton branch of the road Safety Council will ask the Police Traffic Branch to instruct the…

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Found In Council’s Depot

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 May 1953 · page 7

KURRI : The loss of petrol from the Kearsley Shire Council’s sanitary depots was causing the council…

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Shire Council Vacancy

Maitland Mercury · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 2

SINGLETON: Three nominations — two from —Jerry’s Plains and one from Gonld[?] ville—have been, received for…

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Candidates for Shire Council election

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 4

An extraordinary by-election to fill the vacancy on the Patrick Plains Shire Council for "C" Riding,…

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Shire Road Work Suspended

Maitland Mercury · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 3

SINGLETON: The road programme planned by the Patrick Plants Shire Council for this week has been…

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Road Safety Council

Maitland Mercury · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 3

SINGLETON : Singleton branch of the Road Safety Council farewelled its secretary (Mr. W. A. Paton))…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 2

The ninth annual meeting of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council was held in Sydney on 30th ult., a record attendance being recorded. Mr. J. A. MePhail presided. Mr. MePhail, in moving the…

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Court Against Council’s Order

Maitland Mercury · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 3

PARKES: The Licensing Board refused to allow Tocbeya [?] to remove verandas from Tattersall’s and…

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Around the Council Table Business at Wednesday's Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 4

Ald, G. S. E. Adams (Mayor D. C. Webster, E. E. Cousins, S. C. White, L. J. McRitchie, O. F. Anderson, and D. Jordan were…

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Kurri Cricket Grounds Below Standard. Deputation To Kearsley Council

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 7

Over the years cricket teams visiting Kurri Kurri had spoken rather disparagingly of the grounds in the area a deputation from the Weston-Kurri Kurri Cricket Club told Kearsley Shire Council on Tuesday night…

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Muswellbrook Loses Quarter Sessions to Scone Afforney-General's Reply To Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 1

At Wednesday night's meeting of the Muswellbrook Municipal Council, a reply was received from the Attorney-General, indicating that he had refused council's request for the establishment of…

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Cessnock Council's Action Commonwealth Homes "Hard To Understand," Says Miners' Leader

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 5

The attitude of the Cessnock Municipal Council in refusing to participate in a conference sponsored by Kearsley Shire Council to meet [?]tal [?]ds on the question of Commonwealth houses, was hard…

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Cessnock Municipal Library

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 5

The following books are now available at the library:— "110 C[?]cheted [?] by [?]amford and Walker…

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Stroud Shire Council Electricity Matters

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1953 · page 6

The electrical engineer submitted his report to Stroud Shire Council as follows:—Council's decision in…

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Stroud Shire Council Opposed to Three Ridings

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1953 · page 3

The Department of Local Government proposes to divide Stroud Shire into three ridings in place of the present seven ridings with one councillor to each. Three ridings would have three…

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