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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1954

1,176 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 35 of 59

New Council Chambers for Gloucester

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 4

Gloucester Shire Council plans to erect new Council Chambers. At a special meeting on…

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Council Inspection Of Economy Homes

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 2

Economy homes which the N.S.W. Housing Commission plans to build in Maitland will be inspected by City…

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Police praised by Road Safety Council

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 2

Singleton police last night were highly commended by members of the Road Safety Council for their…

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Dairy Farm Council to Seek Loan for Tractors

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 1

The Central Hunter Dairy Farm District Council at Singleton will ask the Government Agency Department of the Rural Bank to make provision for loans for the purchase of tractors…

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Council Employees Entertained

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 2

Officers and employees of Singleton Municipal Council made presentations to two of their number…

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Spastic Centre Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 1

The first meeting of the Muswellhrook and District Spastic Centre Council will be held in the Council Chambers on Monday…

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Grant to Repair Flood Damage £760 for Muswellbrook Shire

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 12

The Hon. Roger Nott, M.L.A., member for Liverpool Plains, advised this week that he had received word from the Minister…

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Deputation to Premier on Kulnura Road. Cessnock Council Move

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 1

Following a report by the Deputy-Mayor (Aid. R. Brown) on a recent conference at Gosford which discussed the Kulnura Road, Cessnock Council decided on Tuesday night to ask Mr. J. W. Crook,…

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Extracts From ‘Mercury’ Files 50 Years Ago August 6, 1904. West Maitland Borough Council

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 2

The regular fortnightly meeting of the West Maitland Borough Council was held in the Council Chamber, Town…

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Dungog Municipal Council Fortnightly Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 7 August 1954 · page 8

The regular fortnightly meeting of Dungog Municipal Council was held last Tuesday night…

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Council Seeks Loan For Street Tarring

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 7 August 1954 · page 1

Dungog Municipal Council decided last Tuesday night to ask the Commonwealth Bank for a loan of £3,000 for bitumen surfacing of streets in the Municipality…

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Erosion in Municipality

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 7 August 1954 · page 3

In a report to last Tuesday night's meeting of Dungog Municipal Council, the town clerk, Mr. E. D. Buchtmann…

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Council May Prosecute Department Of Education

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 3

Port Stephens Shire Council is considering prosecuting the Education Department for the…

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Cessnock Municipal Library

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 6

A "Forgive and Forget" week will be held at the Municipal Library from August 9 to 16. No overdue rentals will…

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Shire Library Report

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 2

The librarian (Mrs. M. Moody) reported to Port Stephens Shire Council that an average of ‘84 books, a day…

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Mid North Coast Cricket Meeting of Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 8

A meeting of the Council of the Mid North Coast Cricket Association was held at Taree recently. Mr. Eric Martin…

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Council Threatens Action Over School Lavatories

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 1

Members of the Port Stephens Shire Council exasperated over the dilly-dallying and…

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Claim Of “Raw Deal” From City Council

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 3

An East Maitland resident told the works committee of Maitland City Council fast night that residents in the Pitnacree-road, East Maitland, area were “heartily sick of the raw deal handed out” by the…

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How Business Of Maitland City Council Is Conducted

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 2

Attendants each month pull back the white converse of the well-uphalstered seats in the public gallery of the Maitland City Council chambers. Rarely, however, does the general public show…

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Low Level Bridge for Payne's Crossing Decision of Shire Council

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 5

The bridge at Payne's Crossing, which was destroyed by a flood some years ago, is to be replaced with a low level structure. This was decided at a meeting of Kearsley Shire…

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