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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1954

1,176 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 59

Council Grants Cuts Mr. Renshaw Challenged

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 1

The N.S. Wales President of the Liberal Party (Mr. Lyle H. Moore) has challenged NSW Local Government Minister Mr…

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Did Not Like Aldermen’s Statements

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 3

Maitland City Council should not waste Its time discussing protests by residents on statements made by…

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Council’ s Plan For Hire Purchase

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 3

Maitland residents will be able to pay electrical installation costs by hire purchase under a plan approved by the…

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Mayor Says Not Duty Of Council To Guarantee Deficiency In Rate

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 3

Maitland City Council end most other councils had quite enough difficulty in raising their own loan finance without having to undertake the job for a board which should be able to raise its own loans…

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Muswellbrook Shire Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the Muswellbrook Shire Council was held on Monday, when there was a full attendance of…

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Merriwa District News Merriwa Shire Council Monthly Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 10

Cr. J. R. Collins presided at the monthly meeting of Merriwa Shire Council held on Monday. Other councillors present…

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Presidential Minute to Shire Council Report on Recent Shires' Conference

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 10

Councillor J. R. Collins, Deputy Shire President, who attended the annual Shires' Conference in Sydney this month,…

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Shire Engineer Welcomed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 10

At Monday's meeting of the Merriwa Shire Council, the deputy president (Cr. J. R. Collins) extended a welcome to Mr…

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Weeds on Roads May Become Landholders' Responsibility Shire Council Discusses Increasing Spread

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 12

There is the possibility of noxious weeds on the roads becoming the responsibility of the landholder whose property. adjoins the road. This matter caused some lively discussion at…

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Municipal- Shire Public Library Newly-Appointed Committee's First Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 9

At Monday's meeting of the Municipal-Shire Library Committee, there were present for the first time members elected…

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Important Shire Roads to Have New Signposts Engineer's Suggestion Discussed At Shire Meeting

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 12

When the Shire Engineer, Mr. S. Chirgwin, recommended in his report that £250 be spent on signposts for the Rouchel roads, his suggestion was discussed at length by the Council…

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Shire's Plant Causes Engineer Chirgwin Concern Report Comes as Bombshell to Council Work Output Has Dropped Back Council Will Spend £6000 on New Plant

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 1

THE SHIRE ENGINEER (MR. STAN. CHIRGWIN) IN HIS REPORT AT YESTERDAY'S SHIRE COUNCIL MEETING SHOWED THAT THINGS ARE ANYTHING BUT SATISFACTORY SO FAR…

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Shire seeks guidance on letter boxes

Singleton Argus · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 2

The Shire Council has decided to seek a direction from the Shires' Association on the question of liability…

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Primary Producers' Union Quarterly Meeting of District Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 4

The quarterly meeting of the Upper Hunter Primary Producers' Nnion was held in the C.W.A. Rooms on Thursday. Mr. J. S. Haig presided over the meeting…

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Councillor Carter Bucks at Hire Charges Wants Council to Have Own Compressor Unit Engineer's Report on Compressor

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 1

Reporting with regard to the work being done by the compressor, the Engineer said:…

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To-day’s Leader The Size Of The Cake GUATEMALA : Failure To Secure Emergency Meeting Of Security Council

Maitland Mercury · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 1

NEW YORK: Although it alleged an anti-Communist threat to mass-bomb Guatemalan cities, Guatemala yesterday failed to secure an immediate emergency meeting of the Security Council to deal…

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Confidence In Dairy Farm District Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 26 June 1954 · page 1

A reported move that the Paterson-Vacy Branch of the M.Z.D.C. would request the Management Committee in Sydney to reprimand all Branches for electing delegates to the…

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Shire Council’s Road Programme

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 2

A suggested road works programme, estimated to cost about £40,000, will be submitted to the Main Roads…

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Shire Concil business

Singleton Argus · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 4

The Shire President (Cr. Marshall) was elected by Council as its delegates on the Education Week committee…

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Shire seeks extra finance for Local Government

Singleton Argus · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 1

The Shire Council will ask the State member for Upper Hunter (Mr. D'Arcy Rose) to bring before the…

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