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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1866

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Morpeth Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 December 1866 · page 3

The usual meeting of this body was held on Wednesday evening. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Dickson, Sim, Keating, Meiklejohn, Chambers, Jaques, and Portus. The minutes…

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Parliament of New South Wales. (From the S. M. Herald.) Wednesday, December 19. Legislative Council. the Late Mr. Grenfell

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 December 1866 · page 4

Mr. Docker stated, in reply to a question put by Mr. Weekes, that the Government did not see its way clear to make any provision for the widow and obildren of the late Mr. Commissioner Grenfell, without establishing an…

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Saturday, December 22, 1866. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 December 1866 · page 2

The President took his seat at twelve o'clock. At twelve minutes past twelve, the Usher of the Black Rod announced that his Excellency was approaching the Chamber, and shortly afterwards his Excellency and…

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Parliament of New South Wales. (From the S. M. Herald.) Thursday, December, 20. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 December 1866 · page 2

SYDNEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL—Mr. Docker laid upon the table the report of the committee upon the Sydney Grammar Sohool, and it was ordered to be printed. PUBLIC SCHOOLS BILL.—Mr. Deas Thomson brought up…

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The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, December 29, 1866. the Municipal Bill and the Waterworks Project

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 December 1866 · page 4

THE prorogation of Parliament, with the Municipalities Bill shelved for an indefinite period, has placed a serious obstacle in the way of providing water supply for West Maitland. The…

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