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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1867

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East Maitland Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1867 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of this body was hold on Monday evening Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Chambers, Dubber, M'Gregor, M'Loughlin, Paton, and Scholey. The minutes of the previous meeting were read…

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The Council of Education. (From Yesterday's Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1867 · page 2

The Members of the Council of Education, under the Public Schools Bill, were yesterday appointed and gazetted. They are as follows:— The Hon. George Allen, Esq., Member of the…

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Morpeth Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1867 · page 5

A meeting of this body was held last evening. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Keating, Sim, Portus, Meiklejohn, Ling, and Dickson. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and…

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Singleton. Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1867 · page 5

A meeting of this Council took place on Wednesday evening. Present—the Mayor, Aldermen Moore, Christian, Cullen, Hewitt, and Kingston. The minutes of the previous meeting were read…

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The Municipal System in Tasmania. (From the Launceston Examiner, Dec. 25.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1867 · page 6

In whatever else Tasmania may be less in advance than the adjoining colonies, in the progress of municipal government, so far from being behind, it is in the van of them all. Our…

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West Maitland Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1867 · page 2

This body met yesterday afternoon, at the Council Chamber. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Gorrick, Wolstenholme, Mitchell, and Vindin. Absent: Aldermen Lee, Smith, Olliffe, and Wade…

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East Maitland Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1867 · page 2

The adjourned quarterly meeting of this body was held on Monday evening. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen M'Gregor, M'Loughlin, Dubber, Chambers, Scholey, and Coboroft. The minutes of the previous meeting…

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West Maitland Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1867 · page 4

A special meeting of this body was held on Thursday afternoon. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Gorrick, Wolstenholme, Lee, Mitchell, and Smith. The MAYOR stated that the object of the meeting was…

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District News. [From Our Various Correspondents] Singleion. Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1867 · page 3

A meeting of this Council took place on Wednesday evening. Present: The Major, Aldermen Kingston, Hewitt, Cullep, Christian Moore and Williams. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed…

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East Maitland Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 January 1867 · page 2

A special meeting of this body was held on Monday evening. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Paton, Scholey, Chambers, and M'Loughlin. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed…

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Maitland District Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 January 1867 · page 2

A meeting of this body was held on Tuesday afternoon Present: The Warden (Mr. J. B. R. Robertson), and Messts. Eckford, Soholey, Brunker, and Noble. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and…

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Morpeth Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1867 · page 3

A meeting of this body was hold on Wednesday evening. Present: The whole Council. The minutes of the previous meeting were road and confirmed…

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West Maitland Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1867 · page 4

The usual quarterly meeting of this body was held at noon on Thursday last, at the Council Chamber. Present — The Mayor, Aldermen Wolstenholme, Lee, Smith, Vindin, and Wade. The minutes of the two previous…

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District News. [From Our Various Correspondents] Singleton. Police Court, Tuesday, 15Th Jan., 1867. (Before his Worship the Mayor, W. C. Lesley, R. A. Rodd, and G. P. Bowman, Esqs.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1867 · page 3

LARCENY.—Anne Irwin, on remand, was charged with stealing a cheque for £10, the property of William Collins. The evidence taken on the previous Tuesday having been road…

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East Maitland Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1867 · page 3

The usual fortnightly meeting of this body was held last evening. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Paton, M'Gregor, Scholey, Dubber, M'Loughlin, and Chambers The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed…

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Singleton. Police Court, Tuesday, 22Nd January, 1867. (Before His Worship the Mayor and J. Lethbridge, Esq.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 January 1867 · page 4

STEALING FRUIT.—Patrick M'Cormack and John Jarmaine, two lads apparently of the respective ages of twelve and thirteen years, were charged with entering the garden of Henry Glennie, Esq., at Flower Bank, on…

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Morpeth Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1867 · page 6

An adjourned meeting of this body was held on Wednesday evening, in the School of Arts. Present: The Mayor, and Aldermen Dickson, Keating, Chambers, Sim, Meiklejohn, and…

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Singleton. Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1867 · page 5

A meeting of this Council took place at the Town Hall on Wednesday evening. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Moore, Christian, Brown, Kingston, and Gullen. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and…

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Singleton. Police Court, Tuesday, 29Th January, 1867. (Before his Worship the Mayor, J. C. S. M'Douall, J. Johnstone, J. Larnach, and G. P. Bowman, Esqs., J.P.S.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 31 January 1867 · page 3

CATTLE-STEALING.—William Hopkins, who had been apprehended at Walgett under a warrant charging him with stealing seven head of cattle, the property of John Browne, Eaq., Was brought before the court. Upon the…

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Singleton. Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1867 · page 5

The twenty sixth meeting of the Municipal Council of Singleton was held on Wednesday, pursuant to adjournment, at the Council Chamber, Town Hall. Present: His Worship the Mayor, Aldermen Williams, Moore,…

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