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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1953

1,234 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 44 of 62

Council Move To Recover £10,000 Rates Overdue

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 October 1953 · page 3

Lower Hunter Shire Council to-day decided to take immediate action to recover £10,000 in outstanding rates. The shire clerk (Mr. J…

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Soldiers' Point Ownership Suggestion That Council Purchase

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 8 October 1953 · page 5

In Canberra today Mr. Allen Fairhall, M. P. for Paterson, said that following the…

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Lower Hunter Shire action on rates

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 October 1953 · page 7

Legal proceedings will be taken on Lower Hunter Shire Council overdue rates. The Shire Clerk (Mr. J…

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Grant for Guernsey St. Council Offered £700

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 October 1953 · page 1

The Minister for Public Works and Local Government (Mr. J. B. Renshaw, M.L.A.) has made an offer of £700 to…

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Dramatic Club Wants Own Home Request to Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 October 1953 · page 9

The following letter from the Dramatic Club was read at Wednesday's meeting of the Municipal Council:—…

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Urban Land Rating Legal Position Explanined by Council's Solicitors Department's Opinion to Be Sought

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 October 1953 · page 9

The question whether certain lands within the municipality should be rated as urban farm land as dealt with in a report from the council's olicitors, Messrs E. W. Doust and W. J. Curtis,…

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The Musmellbrook Chronicle FRIDAY, 9th OCTOBER, 1953 Around the Council Table Business at Wednesday's Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 October 1953 · page 3

The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Wednesday night, when there were present: Aldermen G. S…

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Cessnock Municipal Library

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 October 1953 · page 4

Books now available at the Cessnock Municipal Library include— Adult non-fiction: Von…

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Stroud Shire Council Recent Decisions

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 10 October 1953 · page 8

At last meeting of Stroud Shire Council the following decisions were made:— That the Council purchase…

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Alderman on S.p. Charge

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 10 October 1953 · page 1

In the Court of Petty Sessions a Barraba alderman was fined £10 on a charge of starting price betting…

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Street Lights 'On' Too Early "Wanton Waste," Says Alderman

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 10 October 1953 · page 1

"The turning on of street lights when men were still playing cricket in the park was wanton waste," Ald. W…

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Council's Trading Profit Pleasing

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 10 October 1953 · page 8

Total trading income for the four months ending August was £11,637 and the expenditure was £10,064, leaving…

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Council to Recover Overdue Rates

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 10 October 1953 · page 1

At a meeting of Lower Hunter Shire Council it was decided to take immediate action to recover £10,000 in…

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Council to apply for Public Phone Boxes

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 10 October 1953 · page 2

Dungog Municipal Council last Tuesday night decided to make representations to the Postmaster-General's Department through Mr. Allen Fairhall, M.P., asking that public telephone…

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Shire Valuation Increased

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 October 1953 · page 3

RAYMOND TERRACE: The Valuer-General has forwarded to Port Stephens Shire Council the valuation of land…

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Shire Librarian’s Report

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 October 1953 · page 2

Port Stephen, Shire Council librarian’s report for September. revealed that there were 1078 adult borrowers and…

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Council Has Few Unrecovered Rates

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 October 1953 · page 6

The clerk M Port Stephens Shire Council (Mr. C. L. Monkley) told council that very little of the outstanding…

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Council Against Poll On New State

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 October 1953 · page 6

No poll will ,be taken by Port Stephens Shire Council at the triennial elections in December next in connection…

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Commonwealth Eighteenth Security Loan 51 Municipalities and Country Towns Already Exceed Allotted Quotas

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 October 1953 · page 4

"Fifty one suburban municipalities and country towns in NewSouth Wales have now either attained or exceeded their quotas…

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New Shire Clerk

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 October 1953 · page 5

GLOUCESTER: Mr. T. Marshall, the newly appointed shire clerk, has taken up duty. He was given a welcome by…

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