scone.com.auArchive for January, 2018
News ArchivesWHEN it comes to special rate variations what goes up, won’t come down.
If IPART approves the Upper Hunter Shire Council’s application for a 20 percent rate rise over three years,
By Bob Minch
We had 17 players only, on a warm a sometime appreciable breeze –
THE Gundy tennis court is a hidden gem backing onto the Pages River at the Showground that has fallen into disrepair,
FARMERS in the Upper Hunter should have the same drought support as farmers in Queensland,
LAST night Council voted to buy a $15,000 Blue Horse to help attract tourists to the area.
AT last night’s Council meeting a motion was passed to apply to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) to raise rates in the Upper Hunter Shire Council by approximately 20 percent in the next three years.
UNDER 10’s
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UNDER 12’s
- Muswellbrook Gill 5/136 defeated Scone Bushrangers 3/97
- Scone Wanderers 3/95 defeated Scone Cavaliers 8/90
- Muswellbrook Hallet 3/112 defeated Murrurundi 9/66
UNDER 14’s
- Scone Cavaliers 4/94 defeated Scone Wanderers 7/92
- Denman 6/132 defeated Muswellbrook Bower 4/89
FOUR fires continue to burn locally, but have been contained or brought under control.
Myles O’Reilly,
LAST year I attended a funeral of a cousin, Jill, who had received an OAM for her work with koalas and the environment.
A fire which began from a lightening strike, mid-afternoon yesterday continues to burn at the top of Dry Creek.