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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1954

1,176 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 44 of 59

Municipal Co[?] Shorts Information on Housing

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 2 October 1954 · page 1

Dungog Municipal [?] last Tuesday decided motion of Ald. J. W. ask Wingham. Municipal…

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£6000 In Shire Rates Outstanding

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 October 1954 · page 6

SINGLETON More than £6000 in rates is outstanding in Patrick plains shire, and the council has instructed its…

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Council warns taxi drivers

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 October 1954 · page 2

At last week's meeting of Dungog Municipal Council. Aid. J. W. Scott bitterly complained about a…

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Council Told To Look For Parking Area

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 October 1954 · page 1

SINGLETON: At a representative meeting of Singleton Municipal Council, Patrick Plains Shire Council,…

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Shire Seeks to Remove Misunderstanding County Council Question (To The Editor)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 1

Sir.—In connection with the revival of the County Council controversy, the members of the Shire Council are not happy…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 3

A meeting of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council was held in Sydney on 29th September, at which 51 delegates…

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Victorian Opera at Muswellbrook Arts Council's Presentation Brilliant

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 3

The brilliantly-presented Arts Council production, Mozart's opera, "Cosi Fan Tuttee", played to a small but appreciative…

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Expenditure Of Grant On Shire Roads

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 October 1954 · page 3

Council should endeavour to provide more decent roads in the area to give residents some,…

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Council to tackle parking problem

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 October 1954 · page 1

The problem of providing public car parking space in Singleton would be dealt with by the Municipal Council at an early date, the Mayor, Alderman Clive Bourke, said today…

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Dairymen's Council Approves Individual Quota in Principle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 6 October 1954 · page 1

M.Z.D.C. management committee at a meeting in Sydney on Thursday, approved in principle some method of applying an individual quota system in the dairying industry…

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Shire Building Applications

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 October 1954 · page 2

On the recommendation of the Inspector (Mr. T. C. Atkinson), Lower Hunter Shire Council granted the following…

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Shire Bridge and Roads

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 October 1954 · page 2

SINGLETON: A three-span bridge, 90 feet long, is almost completed at Apple-tree Flat, on the Doyle’s…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 7 October 1954 · page 5

At the meeting of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council held on 29th September, the…

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Privy Council Decision Will Apply Here

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 October 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: A decision by the Privy Council in London on Monday on compensation for illness would be binding in…

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Alderman Speaks Of Lack Of Appreciation Of Responsibilities

Maitland Mercury · Friday 8 October 1954 · page 2

Alderman J. Kennedy, Deputy Mayor’ of Maitland, in an address to the Rotary Club of Maitland on community service, said he knew Rotary’s motto was “Service Before Self.”…

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Muswellbrook Shire Seeks to Remove Misunderstanding County Council Question (To the Editor, "Muswellbrook Chronicle")

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 October 1954 · page 5

Sir,--In connection with the revival of the County Council controversy, the members of the Shire Council are not happy in finding themselves at cross-purposes with the Muswellbrook Municipal Council, a body with whom the…

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Spastic Centre Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 October 1954 · page 1

The next meeting of the Musweilbrook and District Spastic Centre Council will be held in the Council Chambers on…

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Council Committees' Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 October 1954 · page 7

The baths committee reported to Wednesday's meeting of the Municipal Council:—The tentative plan, prepared by the…

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Cessnock Council in Brief

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 October 1954 · page 8

The Deputy-Mayor (Aid. R. Brown) reported that at a meeting of the Hunter Valley Railway Advisory…

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Children at Council Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 October 1954 · page 1

A group of South Muswellbrook Primary School pupils attended a council meeting followed witft crose interest the…

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