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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1954

1,176 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 59

Changes In U.N. Security Council

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 January 1954 · page 3

NEW YORK : New Zealand, Turkey and Brazil will replace Pakistan, Greece and Chile on the [?]ted Nations Security…

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Our Shire Roads

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 2

A "Chronicle" representative has just completed a run of about 600 miles throughout the North-west, and has returned…

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Council Expects Work on River Banks To Be Finished In March

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 3

Work on Wallis Creek and the new levee bank on Mudd’s Farm, East Maitland, is expected to be Finished early in March by Maitland City Council Workmen will then transfer to complete repairs…

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Lord Mayor’s Allowance

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY: The City Coubell decided to recommend that an allowance of £7500 be paid to the Lord Mayor, Aid P. D…

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Upper Hunter County Council Electricity Interruption

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 4

Weather permitting, there will be an interruption to electricity supply in the Rural Areas of Halcombe Hill,…

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Privy Council Decides on Plashett Case

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 1

Dismissing an appeal by the N.S. Wales Stamp Duties Commissioner, the Privy Council held that the Supreme Court had power to review the Commissioner's assessment of the…

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Aid Kenned Chairman Of Country Council

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 2

Ald. J. V. Kennedy, men[?]ed his third term chairman of the Nother[?] land Country Council, when…

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Tribute to Alderman

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 1

Aid. A. S. McDonald, of Maitland, had done a marvellous job for local government over the years, the president…

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Always Happy To See Aldermen

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: The Minister for Mines (Mr. Buckley) will tomorrow make an inspection of the Lithgow state coal…

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Summonses Follow Alderman’s Charges

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: Police to-day served summonses on two men following an investigation into allegations made by a former…

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Diphtheria In Kearsley Shire

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Diphtheria is Kearsley Shire increased from one case la 1962 to 16 list year, the health inspector…

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Council Sympathy

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 3

Councillor L. Clements, on behair of Lower Hunter Shire Council, moved an expression of sympathy at the council’s…

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Nesca Controls Stroud Shire Electricity

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 1

The transfer of Stroud Shire electricity undertaking to Nesca took effect on 1st January and Nesca's electrical engineer, Mr. A. S. Campbell, wrote to consumers as follows:—…

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Council Asked To Deal With Grasshopper Hatchings

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 1

Maitland Pastures Protection Board has asked Lower Hunter Shire Council to take measures against…

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First Privy Council In New Zealand (A.A.P.-Reuter)

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 1

WELLINGTON: Queen Elizabeth made history when she held a Privy Council here to-day—the first ever to be held by the sovereign of New Zealand. The Queen held the…

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Port Stephens Shire Council

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 1

The usual monthly meeting of the Port Stephens Shire Council was held on Tuesday…

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Karoola Subdivision Sewerage Problems Aldermen State Everything Being Dene To Ease Position Council Deletes Word From Inspector's Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 7

The Municipal Council on Wednesday night excluded the word "but" from the health inspector's report, which dealt with the steps taken to deal with the drainage problem at Housing Commission…

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Kearsley Shire To Extend Offices

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 1

Kearsley Shire Council decided on Tuesday night to extend their offices in Vincent Street, Cessnock, at a…

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Council Opposed to Flats

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 1

Cessnock Council will inform the Minister for Housing (Mr. C. Evatt) that it is opposed to the construction…

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More Diphtheria Cases in Shire Last Year

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 1

The incidence of diphtheria rose steeply last year compared with 1952, the Health Inspector (Mr. J. McBlane)…

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