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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1870

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Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 30 July 1870 · page 3

The weekly meeting of this Council took place this evening at the Royal Hotel, the Mayor in the chair. Present: Aldermen Campbell, Luscombe, Fagan, Selfe, and Clendinning. The…

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Maitland District Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 30 July 1870 · page 2

The adjourned monthly meeting ef this Council was held at East Maitland on Thursday afternoon. Present: The Warden, Councillors Bowden, John Keating, and Crennan.—The…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 30 July 1870 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of this Council was held last evening, in the Chambers, Devonshire-street. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Crcer, Wolstenbolme, Evans, Rourke, Lee, and…

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The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, August 2, 1870. Municipal Ingenuity at Mudgee

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 August 1870 · page 2

THE neatest piece of municipal engineering that has come under our notice for some time past is reported by the Western Post and Mudgee Newspaper. Mudgee possesses a borough council…

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West Maitland Borough Council. Nomination of Aldermen

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 August 1870 · page 2

The ratepayers of the Borough of West Maitland assembled at the Council Chambers, Devonshire-street, yesterday, at noon, for the purpose of hearing the nomination of candidates to fill…

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Morpeth Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 August 1870 · page 4

The fortnightly meeting of this municipal body was held on Tnesday evening, in the Chambers, Morpeth School of Arts. Present— Aldermen Dickson, Wingrave, Sim, Moffitt,…

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 August 1870 · page 4

A meeting of this Council was held on Monday evening. Present: Aldermen M'Longhlin; Cunningham, Sparke, Chambers, and Cullum. Alderman Chambers was voted into the chair…

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Borough of West Maitland. Election of Alderman

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 August 1870 · page 2

The election of an alderman to serve in the Borough Council of West Maitland in the room of Mr. Joseph Eekford, resigned, took place yesterday, and was, beyond all question, the…

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 August 1870 · page 3

A special meeting of this Council was held on Monday evening. Present: The Mayor, Alderman Sparke, M'Loughlin, Atkinson, Chambers, Cunningham, and Cains. The minutes of the…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 August 1870 · page 4

The fortnightly meeting of this council was held on Friday evening, in the Council Chambers, Devonshire-street. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Creer, Wolstenholme, Bowden,…

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Friday, August 12. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 August 1870 · page 4

In the Legislative Council, Mr. Salomons, in reply to Mr. Docker, stated that debentures to the nominal value of £450,000, the amount short raised under nineteen Acts of…

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East Maitland Borough Council. Election of an Auditor

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 August 1870 · page 4

A meeting of the ratepayers of East Maitland was held in tho Mechanics' Institute, on Saturday morning, for the purpose of electing an auditor to fill the vacancy caused by the decease…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Thursday, August 11. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 August 1870 · page 4

In the Legislative Council, before the opening of Parliament by his Excellency the Governor-in-Chief, Mr. W. B. Dalley and Mr. J. E. Salomons took the oaths and their seats…

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Morpeth Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 August 1870 · page 4

The fortnightly, meeting of the Morpeth Borough Council was held on Tuesday evening, in the Chambers, Morpeth School of Arts. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Jones, Moffitt,…

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Maitland District Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 August 1870 · page 4

A meeting of this council waa held, at the Chambers, East Maitland, on Tuesday after[?] noon. Present: The Warden (Mr. S. Scholey) and Councillors Crennan and Bowden. The…

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 August 1870 · page 4

This Council held one of its ordinary meetings at the, Mechanics' Institute on last evening Present—The Mayor, Aldermen M'Loughlin, Cullum,. Chambers, Cunningham, Ewing,…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Wednesday, Aug. 15. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1870 · page 2

On the President taking the chair, Mr. Docker (on b[?]half of Mr. Darley) presented a petition from the Goulburn Meat Preserving Company, praying that the…

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Singleton Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1870 · page 2

A meeting of this Council took place on Wednesday evening. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Kingston, Jarman, Christian, Lesley, and Munro. The minutes of the previous meet [?]…

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New South Wales Parliament. Wednesday, Aug. 21. Legislative Council. Questions

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 August 1870 · page 5

Mr. Salomons, in answer to questions, said the Government had taken int[?] cons[?]ration the subject of the salaries and contingent expenses of the Legislative Council…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1870 · page 4

The usual fortnightly meeting of this Council was held at the Chambers, Devonshire-street, on Friday evening. Present—the Mayor, Aldermen Wolstenholme, Bowden, Lee, Briggs,…

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