Municipal
SEVERAL members of the Grafton Borough Council have recently displayed a wonderful liking for that social virtue known as RESIGNATION. Owing to adverse circumstances, Mr. T…
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Council & local affairs, 1880
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Grafton Borough Council. Election of Mayor
AT the special meeting of the aldermen, held in the Council Chamber on Monday last for the election of Mayor, there were present Aldermen Murray, Attwater, Selman, Beatson, Morrow, and Hawthorne…
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PRESENT--The Mayor (Alderman Hawthorne), Merrow, Murray, Attwater, Beatson and S[?]lman. CORRESPONDENCE. Letter read from J. Hill, offering to [?] lamp-posts at a…
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THE adjourned meeting of the above Council was held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday last, at 4 p.m. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Murray, Attwater, Selman, Beatson, and Morrow…
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WE hear on good authority that Mr. J. O'Kecf[?]e has decided to retire as a candidate for the West Ward, so that that Ward may have the benefit of its full quota of representatives at…
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THE nomination for an alderman of the East Ward, vacant by the resignation of Alderman Bawden, and for the vacancies, in the West Ward, caused by the retirement of Aldermen Norric and Kinnear, was…
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A SPECIAL meeting of this Council was held on Friday afternoon last. Present--The Mayor (Alderman Hawthorne), Aldermen Murray, Attwater, Selman, Reatson and Geary…
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A SPECIAL meeting of the above Council was held in the Council Chambers on friday last, at 4 p.m., to consider the Estimates for the current year. Present —The Mayor, Aldermen Murray, Attwater, Selman,…
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THE usual monthly meeting of this Council was held on Wednesday afternoon last. Present--The Mayor, Aldermen Selman, Beatson, Attwator, Morrow and Geary. The minutes of the previous meeting were read…
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WEDNESDAY last was the polling day for the election of an alderman for the extraordinary vacancy in the Council for the East Ward, caused by the resignation of Alderman Bawden. A number of buggies were…
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The monthly meeting of the above Council was held on Wednesday last, at 4p.m., in the Council Chambers, Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Attwater, Selman, Geary, Beatson, and Morrow…
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Sir John Roberston moved the second reading of the Forfeited Purchases Declaratory Bill, and explained that its object was to declare the law in respect to lands forfeited or reverting to…
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ON Friday last, the Mayor of the suburban municipalities interviewed the Colonial Secretary to solicit from the Government the continuance of endowments to suburban municipalities at the rate of pound for…
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ON Wednesday last the Bench was engaged during the forenoon hearing the appeals against the Council's assessment of rates for the current year. The magistrates sitting were the Police Magistrate, Messrs. G…
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THE usual monthly meeting of the Council was held in the Council Chamber on Wednesday last, at 4.29 p.m. Present the Mayor (Mr. W. J. Hawthorne) in the chair; Aldermen Murray, Attwater, Alderson,…
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THIS following is the report of Mr. Hamilton Fisher, surveyor, on the works in Duke-street, read at the last meeting of the Connell:— REPORT ON PATRICK M'NAMARS'S CONTRACT IN…
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THE monthly meeting of this Council was held on Wednesday afternoon last. Present--The Mayor (Alderman W. J. Hawthorne), Aldermen A. Murray, W. H. Alderson, D. Beatson, F. Morrow, J. Geary, W. Attwater and F. Cassidy…
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The monthly meeting of this Council was held at the Council Chumbers on Wedneday last, at 4 p.m. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Murray, Alderson, Beatson, Morrow, Geary, Cassidy, and Attwater…
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SIR,—Two items in the report of the proceedings of the last meeting of the Borough Council seems to me somewhat inconsistent. In reply to a petition from ratepayers, they are informed that £600 is placed…
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THE nomination of candidates to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Alderman Attwater was to have been held on Wednesday last, but as it had become generally known that both Messrs. Maurice and O'Keefe (the candidates…
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