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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1954

1,176 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 39 of 59

Shire Buys Naval Base Lands

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 September 1954 · page 2

Following a Federal Cabinet decision on the matter, Executive Council approval has now been given to the sale of the…

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Hunter Valley Cricket Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 September 1954 · page 3

The recent meeting of the Hunter Valley Cricket Council was informed by the N.S. Wales Cricket Association that the…

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Council Buys Naval Base Land

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 September 1954 · page 2

Following a Federal Cabinet decision on the matter, Executive Council approval has now been given to the sale of the…

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Spastic Council Meeting Next

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 September 1954 · page 2

Members are asked to note that a meeting of the local branch of the Spastic Council will be held in the Municipal…

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Minister Will Not Meet Conference Muswellbrook Mayor Stresses Defence Angle of Sandy Hollow Railway

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1954 · page 1

The Minister for Transport has regretted that he will not be able to meet a conference of…

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Shire buys naval base lands

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 September 1954 · page 3

Following a Federal Cabinet decision, Executive Council approval has now been given to the sale of…

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Council To Sell Allotments

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 September 1954 · page 2

The clerk (Mr. J. Stephenson) reported to Cessnock Municipal Council last night that arrangements were being…

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Council Committees' Reports Municipal Hall Committee

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 6

Application for permanent booking: The Old Time Dance Committee advised Council that they were foregoing its…

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Around the Council Table

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 7

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Muswellbrook Municipal Council was held on Wednesday night. Present were: Ald…

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Port Stephens Shire Buys Naval Base Lands

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 6

Following a Federal Cabinet decision on the matter, Executive Council approval has now been given to the…

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Council and Golf Club Confer

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 1

At the Municipal Council meeting on Wednesday night last the Council met a delegation from the Muswellbrook…

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70 Per Cent. Greater Road Grant Shire Councils to Benefit

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 7

The Minister for Public Works, Mr. J. B. Renshaw, this week announced that he had approved the distribution of £2,702,000 for rural roads during this financial year. He said this amount, available under the Commonwealth Aid…

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Council Officers' Reports Deputy Town Clerk's Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 5

The Deputy Town Clerk, Mr. A. Stewart, submitted the following report to Wednesday's meeting of the Municipal…

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Daily Council Wants meeting called by Hunter Trust

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 2

The Lower Hunter Dairy Farm District Councii wrote Hunter Valley Conservation Trust that the Cessnock-Wollombi Area Committee wished the trust to call a meeting of landholders of the watershed of Wollombi Brook to start some steps to form a river improvement…

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County Council Discussion At Meeting Conference to be Called

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 1

At Wednesday night's meeting of the Municipal Council considerable discussion took place on the likelihood of Muswellbrook and district becoming a unit of the Upper Hunter County Council…

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Opposed to Low-level Bridge at Payne's Crossing. Plains Shire Wants High-level Structure

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 10

Following the receipt of an objection from Patrick Plains Shire Council to the erection of a low level bridge at Payne's Crossing, Kearsley Shire…

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Mayor gives views on secret discussion at Council meeting

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 September 1954 · page 3

The Mayor of Singleton (Ald. C. M. Bourke) said today that he was opposed to aldermen taking Council business into committee unless it concerned personnel matters, finance or…

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Arts Council to Present "Cosi Fan Tutte"

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 September 1954 · page 1

The Singleton branch of the Arts Council will present the opera company of the Victorian National Theatre Movement in the comic opera, "Cosi Fan Tutte," on September 22…

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Sidelines County Council

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 September 1954 · page 2

Muswellbrook Municipal seems very worried because they may be shoved into the Upper Hunter County…

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County Council Discussion at Muswellbrook Council Meeting Conference To Be Called

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 September 1954 · page 3

At Wednesday night's meeting of the Muswell-brook Municipal Council, considerable discussion took place on the likelihood of Muswellbrook and district becoming a unit of the Upper Hunter…

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