Council Holds Emergency Meeting Movemade to Secure Relief
Theb Municipal Cornell met on Sunday morning fa tale stock of the Seed damage, and determine its adtion towards…
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Council & local affairs, 1955
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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Reports on Individual Quotas
The recent meeting of the Milk Zone Dairyman's Council heard a report from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Central Relief Committee Appointed Municipal and Shire Councils Combine Aid for Muswellbrook and Shire Residents
Responsibility for the welfare of everyone in the Shire and Municipality affected by the flood was undertaken by the Municipal and Shire Councils at a combined meeting held on Wednesday night, and presided over by the Mayor (Ald…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Fares Badly In Flood Bridges Down; Roads Cut
Muswellbrook Shire was hard hit by the flood. Apart from the residents' sufferings and personal losses, the greatest setback has been the partial destruction of the bridges over the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Superintendent's Report on Flood Mayor and President Pay Tribute to Muswellbrook and Denman Police
Police Superintendent Clifton arrived in Muswellbrook on Wednesday after making a survey of the flood situation at Maitland and Singleton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mayor Ill
The Mayor (Ald. A. S. McDonald) collapsed from exhaustion and gastric trouble yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Courage and Faith Needed Now "Ambitious Plans for District’s Future Hold Hich Hopes for Areas Restoration" Maitland Could Be Greater Than Ever, Says Mayor
The 12,000 Maitland people who escaped the effects of Australiaâs greatest flood disaster must fight to rebuild the cityâs economy and prosperity. The 10,000 who have returned to flood-devastated homes should look to the future with new hope and inspiration…
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The Mayor (Ald. A. S. McDonald) returned to Maitland Town Hall to-day after his collapse on Saturday…
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The Sydney County Council agreed to give £5000 to aid flood relief. It decided to request the Minister for Local…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aldermen Meet in Odd Surroundings Exhausted After Long Periods on Flood Work
Aldermen, pressmen and members of the public observed the usual tradition and stood when the Mayor entered the council chambers to preside over an emergency meeting of Maitland City Council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Adopts Ambitious Plan Re-siting of Hunter Valley Towns
A special meeting of the Municipal Council last night adopted one of fie most ambitious motions ever to come before…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →City Council’s Record of Rise of Flood (By a Staff Reporter)
City Council officials estimate that only three[?] of wafer possible to reach Maitland caused the [?]ood. The screams which could have pouted added…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council’s Bold Proposal to Re-site City Removing Central Area to E. Maitland Heights New Site Ideal for Planning, Residential Development
Maitland City Council’s plan to re-site Maitland on high flood-free land has met with a good initial reception. The £15,000,000 plan is for the complete removal of Maitland below the 40-feet contour within five years…
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CESSNOCK: The Mayor (Ald. J. Barrett) said at a meeting of Cessnock Municipal Council last night that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Building Applications
Only five applications for building .permits were made to the Lower Hunter Shire Council this morning:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Damage In Kearsley Shire Area
President of Kearsley Shire Council (Cr. A. Slack) in a report to a meeting of council last night stated that a rough…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grant to City Council
City . Council and Department of Public Works officials conferred an the restoration of public words, including…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lower Hunter Shire Farmer’s Heavy Loss
Over one-third of the most highly rosed land in the tower Hunter Shirs has been badly devastated by the flood, the presided!: (Cr. L. Clements) said at the council meeting to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Milk Zone Council’s Flood Relief
In view of the magnitude of the found disaster within the milk flood and its direct effect on dairymen, it has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Re-siting Plan : “Balderdash” Says Bank President Mayor Surprised At Defeatist Outlook
The futility of efforts to stem the ravages of floods had been proved by the most terrifying and destructive flood in history of Maitland, the Mayor (Aid. A. S. McDonald) said to-day…
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