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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1867

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Singleton Municipal Council. (From our Singleton Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1867 · page 3

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

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Morpeth Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 March 1867 · page 3

A meeting of the Municipal Council of Morpeth was held, at the School of Arts, on Tuesday evening. Present—the Mayor, Aldermen Ling, Keating, Meiklejohn, Jaques, Ingall, and Sim. Alderman Keating made an…

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West Maitland Municipal Council

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

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

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Singleton. Police Court, Tuesday, 5Th March, 1867. (Before his Worship the Mayor, G. T. Loder, and Walter Scott, Esqs.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 March 1867 · page 4

LARCENY.—Charles Smith was charged with stealing two blankets, a shirt, and a pair of trousers, the property of Benjamin Davis, who deposed: I reside at Abbey Green; the shirt, trousers, and blankets now before the…

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Regulations of the Council of Education

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1867 · page 2

In a supplement to the Government Gazette of March I, we find published the regulations under the Public Schools Act of 1866, adopted by the Council 27th February, 1867, of which the following is a brief abstract…

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Morpeth Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 March 1867 · page 2

A meeting of this body was held on Tuesday evening. —Present: The Mayor Aldermen Meiklejohn, Chambers, Keating[?] Sim, Ling, Robertson, and Jaques. 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 14 March 1867 · page 2

A meeting of the East Maitland Council was held on Monday night at the Mechanics' Institute. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Cains, M'Loughlin, M'Gregor, Dubber, Scholey, and Payten. The minutes of the previous…

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West Maitland Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1867 · page 5

A meeting of the West Maitland Municipal Council was held last evening. The business, with the exception of the following discussion, was chiefly of a routine nature, and we hold over the report of it until our next issue…

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West Maitland Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 March 1867 · page 2

A meeting of this body was held on Friday evening. Present: Aldermen Olliffe (in the chair), Gorrick, Wolstenholme, Mitchell, Lee, Smith, Lobsey, and Wade. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed…

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Morpeth Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 March 1867 · page 3

A meeting of the Morpeth Municipal Council was held at the School of Arts on Tuesday evening Present: The Mayor Aldermen Li[?]g, Sim, Keating, Ingall, Chambers, and Meiklejohn. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed…

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West Maitland Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 March 1867 · page 3

A meeting of this body was held yesterday afternoon Present: The Mayor Aldermen Lee[?] Smith, Gorrick, Wolstenholme, Lobsey, Olliffe, Mitchell, and Wade. 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 21 March 1867 · page 4

A meeting of this body was held on Tuesday afternoon. Present: The Warden, Councillors Scholey, O'Brian, E[?]kford, Noble, Brunker. 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 · Tuesday 26 March 1867 · page 4

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

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Morpeth Municipal Council

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

A meeting of the Municipal Council of Morpeth was held, on tuesday evening, at the School of Arts.Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Ling, Sim, Keating, Robertson, Meiklejohn, and Chambers.The minutes of the last meeting were read and…

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West Maitland Municipality

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1867 · page 2

On Thursday a meeting of the ratepayers of the municipality of West Maitland was held in the ball of the Maitland school of Arts, for the nomination of an alderman m the room of Alderman Mullen, resigned…

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West Maitland Municipal Council

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

A meeting of this Council was held on Friday evening last. Present[?] The Mayor, Aldermen Wade, Smith[?] Olliffe, Gorrick, Wolstenholme, and Lobsey. It was moved by Alderman Wade, and seconded by Alderman…

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Singleton Municipal Council. (From our Singleton Correspondent.)

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

The Council met pursuant to adjournment on Wednesday evening. The Mayor and all the aldermen were in attendance. The minutes of the previous meeting were read, confirmed, and signed…

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Morpeth Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 April 1867 · page 2

A meeting of this boly was held on Tuesday evening. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Ling, Sim, Chambers, Meiklejohn, and Jaques. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and…

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Singleton Municipal Council. (From our Singleton Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1867 · page 4

The quarterly meeting of the Municipal Council of Singleton was held on Wednesday, 3rd April, at the Council Chambers, Town Hall, at noon precisely. Present: His Worship the Mayor, Aldermen Williams,…

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Council of Education. Conference of Public School Inspectors. (From Thursday's Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1867 · page 2

The Inspectors of Schools employed by the Council of Education have recently held a Conference in Sydney [?] a view to arrange certain matters connected with the discharge of their duties, the carrying out of the…

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