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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1954

1,176 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 36 of 59

Reports Read at Municipal Council Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 5

The following reports were [?]ealt with at Wednesday's meeting of the Municipal Council:—…

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Around the Council Table

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 9

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

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Lower Hunter Shire President predicts big flood disaster

Singleton Argus · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 4

The president of Lower Hunter Shire Council (Cr. L. F. Monkley) said that unless some scheme of flood mitigation for the whole of the Hunter Valley was evolved quickly a big…

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Spastic Centre Council Enthusiastic Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 1

Oil Monday last the first meeting of the Muswellbrook and District Spastic Centre Council was held…

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Request For Market Street Site For Hall Proposed Site for Girl Guides and Brownes Council Submits Alternative Sites

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 5

Muswellbrook Rotary Club is seeking to assist the Girl Guides and Brownies to obtain their own hall, and on Wednesday its representatives conferred with the Municipal Council regarding the…

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Municipality of Muswellbrook Supplementary List of Electors (1954)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 10

NOTICE is hereby given that a Supplementary List of Electors for the Municipality of Muswellbrook is being compiled, and will…

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Muswellbrook Shire Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 August 1954 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Muswellbrook Shire Council was held on Monday, when the following were present:—Crs. R…

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Spastic Centre Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 August 1954 · page 1

The success of the street stall held on Friday last speaks for the wholehearted sympathy of the Muswellbrook people for…

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Upper Hunter County Council Positions Vacant Meter Reader

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1954 · page 6

Aged 17 to 35, with or able to obtain driver's licence prior to appointment; good handwriter, capable of…

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Wallarobba Shire Council Engineer's Report

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 18 August 1954 · page 3

Mr. J. F. Stewart, engineer, reported to last meeting as follows:— Works Progress:…

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Municipal Council business

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 August 1954 · page 2

The Mayor (Ald. C. M. Bourke) was approved as Council's delegate to attend the first ordinary meeting of…

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Stroud Shire Lorry Taken to Attend Dance

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 18 August 1954 · page 2

A man had unlawfully taken and used a lorry because he wanted to go to a dance and had no transport, police…

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Briefs From City Council Meeting

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 August 1954 · page 2

Maitland City Council will ask the Department of Railways to allow it to build convenices at the disused…

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Council To Seek Traffic Lights For High Street Crossings

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 August 1954 · page 2

Maitland City Council last night decided to seek a conference with the Transport Department to discuss “dangerous” pedestrian crossings. It was decided to recommend to the department…

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Shire Building

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 19 August 1954 · page 5

There were 17 building applications ... involving £34,000 made to the Port Stephens Shire in…

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Shire Health Matters

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 19 August 1954 · page 5

There were no infectious diseases reported in the Port Stephens Shire in July…

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Shire Road Matters

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 19 August 1954 · page 5

At the August monthly meeting of the Port Stephens Shire Council the Engineer, (Mr. A…

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Ratepayer's Threat to Shire Council Gravel on Property or Road?

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 August 1954 · page 1

Unless the Shire Council removes a heap of gravel from its present site before the end of this month, a ratepayer, in a letter to the Council, v threatens to impound and sell the gravel…

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Mayor Praises Donation From Colliery

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 August 1954 · page 1

Liddell colliery's gift of £50 to the Rotary Club's public subscription list for the Singleton and District Youth Centre Appeal was a splendid gesture and has set an example for others…

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More and Better Type Commission Homes Sought Aldermen To Confer With Minister

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 August 1954 · page 1

The number of Commission Homes being built in Cessnock was small compared with the number being built in other and smaller towns, Aid. J. Barrett said at a meeting of Cessnock Council on Tuesday night…

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