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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1867

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Morpeth Municipal Council

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

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

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West Maitland Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1867 · page 8

A meeting of this body was held last evening. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Wolstenholme, Olliffe, Vindin, Smith, and Wade. 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 7 February 1867 · page 2

A meeting of this Council was held on Monday evening at the Council Chamber. Present-The Mayor, Aldermen Scholey, M'loughlin Dubber, Chambers, Cobcroit, and M'Gregor. The minutes of the last meeting were read and…

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The Municipal Elections. Nomination for East Maitland

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 February 1867 · page 2

The nomination of candidates for the vacant posts of aldermen and auditors in the municipality of East Maitland, took place on Tuesday, at the Mechanics Institute, in presence of about forty persons…

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The Maitland Mercury. Thursday, February 7, 1867. the Municipal Elections

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 February 1867 · page 2

At three out of the five municipalities in the Hunter River Distuct, the municipal elections, this year, will be contested, and thus the two queations,--who are municipal electors? and…

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Morpeth Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1867 · page 2

A meeting of this body was held at the School of Arts on Friday evening, for the purpose of electing a Mayor, and for other business. There were present the whole Counoil, viz., Aldermen Dickson, Chambers, Keating, Ling, Meiklejohn, Sim,…

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Singleton Municipal Election. (From our Singleton correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 February 1867 · page 3

The polling for the election of three aldermen for the Singleton Municipal Council took place, at the Town Hall, on Tuesday. His Worship the Mayor (Alexander Munro, Esq), presided as returning officer. Much…

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Morpeth Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1867 · page 3

A meeting of this Council was held on Wednesday evening at the School of Arts. Present: The Mayor (S. S. Dickson, Esq.), and Aldermen Ling, Sim, Chambers, Keating, Meiklejohn, and…

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East Maitland Municipality Declaration of Poll

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1867 · page 2

On Thursday, the Returning Officer, in accordance with the 24th clause of the Municipalities Act, announced the state of the poll, as follows:—…

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West Maitland Municipality. Declaration of the Poll

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1867 · page 2

The official declaration of the result of the polling for the offices of Aldermen for the Municipality of West Maitland took place at the School of Arts, on Thursday, at noon…

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Singleton Municipal Election. (From our Singleton correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1867 · page 4

The official declaration of the poll for the election of three aldermen took place at the Town Hall, at eleven o'clock a.m. on Thursday. Shortly after the appointed time the three new-elected aldermen were driven up to…

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West Maitland Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1867 · page 4

The first meeting of the West Maitland Municipal Council for the present municipal year, was held at the Council Chambers, yesterday afternoon Present: Aldermen Mullen, Mitchell, Wolstenholme, Lee, Gorrick,…

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Singleton. Police Court, Tuesday, 19Th Feb., 1867. (Before his Worship the Mayor, Edward Parnell, J, Browne, J. Lethbridge, and A. McDougall, Esqs.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 February 1867 · page 2

ILLEGALLY ON PREMISIS.—James Frazer was charged with being illegally on the premises of James Lane, at Jerry's Plains, with intent to commit a felony. Mr. Thompson appeared for the defendant. James Lane…

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Morpeth Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1867 · page 3

The usual weekly meeting of this Council was held on Wednesday evening, at the Morpeth School of Arts; present the Mayor, Aldermen Ling, Sim, Keating, Chambers, Meiklejohn and…

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West Maitland Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1867 · page 4

A meeting ot this body was held yesterday afternoon Present Aldermen Smith (in the chair) Lee, Olliffe, Mitchell, Gorrick, Wolstenholme and Lobsey. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. A telegram was…

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

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 February 1867 · page 3

A meeting of this Council took place on wednesday evening. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Williams, Moore, Coughlan, Kingston, Hewitt, and Bowman. The minutes of the last meeting of the late Council, and those…

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West Maitland Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 February 1867 · page 2

A meeting of this body was held on Tuesday afternoon, in the Council Chambers. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Mitchell, Gorrick, Smith, Lobsey, Wade, Wolstenholme, Lee, and Olliffe. The minutes of the…

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East Maitland Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 February 1867 · page 2

The first meeting of this body for the present municipal year was hold on Monday evening. Present— Aldermen Dedds, Chambers, M'Loughlin, M'Gregor, and Paton…

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Maitland District Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 February 1867 · page 3

A meeting of this body was held on Tuesday afternoon Present: The Warden (Mr. J. B. R. Robertson), and Councillors Eckford, Brunker, O'Brian, and Mitchell. 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 2 March 1867 · page 2

A meeting of this Council was held at the School of Arts, Morpeth, on Wednesday evening. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Ling, Sim, Keating, Chambers, and Meiklejohn. Tbe minutes of the previous meeting were…

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