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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1873

213 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 11

Singleton Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1873 · page 3

A meeting of this Council took place on Wednesday evening Present:—The Mayor, Aldermen Quinn, Wilson, Maguire, Munro, Gates, Robinson and Adams. The minutes of tbe previous meeting were read and…

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Wednesday, March 12, 1873. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1873 · page 2

Mr. SAMUEL laid upon the table a despatch relating to the action taken to discourage kidnapping in the Pacific, and it was ordered that the document be printed…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 March 1873 · page 4

The usual fortnightly meeting of this Council was held at the Chamber, Devonshire-street, on Friday evening. Present—Aldermen Arkins,Bussell, Cracknell, Crennan, Lindsay, Biley, Rourke, Smith, Wade,…

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Legislative Assembly. Legislative Council Bill

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 March 1873 · page 2

The House, immediately after the preliminary business had been transacted, again went into committee on the Legislative Council Bill. The amendment moved by Mr. GARRETT in clause…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Thursday, March 13, 1873. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 March 1873 · page 2

The Bowenfels Coal Mining and Copper Smelting Company's Railway Bill, on the motion of Mr. DARLEY, was re-committed, and further amendments made in reference to the conditions of the public…

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Morpeth Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 March 1873 · page 4

This Council held its usual fortnightly meeting on Tuesday evening. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Wingrave, J. Keating, Jaques, and W. Keating. The Mayor called upou the Clerk to read the minutes of…

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Maitland District Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 March 1873 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of this Council was held on Tuesday afternoon, in the office, East Maitland. Present: The Warden, Councillors Crennan, Paton, and Cracknell. The minutes of the previous…

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 March 1873 · page 4

A meeting of this Council was held on Monday evening, at the Council Chambers, Mechanics' Institute Present—Aldermen M'Loughlin, Cullum, Cunningham, Bailey, Bourke, Chambers, and Sparke.—…

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The Legislative Council Bill. (From the S. M. Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 March 1873 · page 2

As this Bill has now occupied several days in Committee in the Assembly, where many of its provisions have been contested "inch by inch," it is somewhat difficult to keep in view what has been…

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The Maitland Mercury. Thursday, March 20, 1873. Municipal Revenues

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 March 1873 · page 2

RATHER more than a week ago resolutions were moved in the Assembly by Mr. Macintosh affirming the expediency of legislation that would enable municipalities, where established,…

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The Privy Council. London, March 17

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 March 1873 · page 2

Mr. E. H. Knatchbull-Hugeesen, one of the UnderSecretaries for the Colonial Department, in the late Ministry of Mr. Gladstone, has been created a Privy Councillor…

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Wednesday, March 19, 1873. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 March 1873 · page 2

Mr. SAMUEL laid upon the table by-laws of the Municipality of Randwick, and by-laws of the Sydney University. It was ordered that the documents be printed…

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The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, March 25, 1873. the Legislative Council Bill

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1873 · page 2

WE assume, as we write, that the Legislative Council Bill will pass the Assembly After passing the second reading by a large majority, its progress has been contested with the utmost…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Thursday, March 20, 1878. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1873 · page 4

Mr. SAMUEL laid upon the table an abstract of Crown lands proposed to be dedicated to religious and public purposes, and an abstract of Crown lands reserved for water supply and other purposes…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Wednesday, March 26, 1873. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 March 1873 · page 2

Leave of absence for a fortnight was granted to Mr. Park. The Postage Stamps for Duty Stamps Bill, the Navigation Act Amendment Bill, Friendly Societies…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 April 1873 · page 4

The usual fortnightly meeting of this Council was held on Friday evening last, in the Council Chambers, Devonshire-street. Present: The Mayor, and Aldermen Bussell, Cracknell, Crennan, Falkiner, Lindsay,…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Thursday, March 27, 1873. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 April 1873 · page 4

The Prince Alfred Hospital Incorporation Bill, and the Promissory Oaths Declaratory Bill, were severally read a third time, passed, and returned to the Assembly…

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Morpeth Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 April 1873 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of this Council was held in the School of Arts, Morpeth, on Tuesday evening last. Present: The Mayor, and Aldermea Meiklejohn, Jones, W. Keating, Wingrave, and J…

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 April 1873 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of this Council was held at the Chamber, Maitland Mechanics' Institute, East Maitland, on Monday evening. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen M'Loughlin, Cunningham, Bailey,…

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The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, April 5, 1873. the Council on Stilts

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1873 · page 2

WHEN the Legislative Council was advised, the other day, by Mr. Dooker, to lay aside the bill for amending its constitution without in any way considering it, Mr. Samuel asked whether…

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