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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1873

213 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 11

The Maitland Mercury. Thursday, September 18, 1873. Municipal Endowment

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 September 1873 · page 2

As our readers are aware, a conference of delegates from Municipal Councils in the suburbs, of Sydney and in various parts of the country has recently been sitting in Sydney, and a…

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Wednesday, September 17, 1873. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 September 1873 · page 5

Mr. INNES laid upon the table a number of papers relating to Reserves of Crown Lands, Murray River Customs, Road Trusts, Gold-fields, Coal-fields, Investment of Trust Funds, &c., and it was ordered…

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Singleton Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 September 1873 · page 3

A meeting of this Council took place on Wednesday evening. Present: Alderman Quinn (chair), Aldermen Maguire, Adams, Wilson, Munro, Gates, and Wright. The minutes of the previous meeting…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Wednesday, September 24, 1878. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 September 1873 · page 2

The PRESIDENT announced that he had received a letter, dated the 19th instant, from his Excellency the Governor, intimating that the Hon. W. B. Dalley had tendered the resignation of his seat in the…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 September 1873 · page 1

The Council of the borough of West Maitland held its usual fortnightly meeting in the chamber, Devonshire-street, on Friday evening last Present: The Mayor, and Aldermen Riley, Cracknell, Crennan,…

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 October 1873 · page 4

The council held its usual fortnightly meeting at the chamber, Maitland Mechanics' Institute, on Monday evening. Present: Aldermen M'Loughlin, Cunningham, Bourke, Bailey, Chambers, Cullum, and…

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New South Wales Parliament. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) Wednesday, October 1, 1873. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 October 1873 · page 4

The President took the Chair at half-past four o'clock. NEW BILLS. The PRESIDENT reported the receipt of messages…

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Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 October 1873 · page 4

A meeting of the Council was held at the Council Chambers, School of Arts, on Wednesday evening, the 8th inst. Present—The Mayor (M. Campbell, Esq.), and Aldermen Brown, Glendinning, Holler,…

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Wednesday, October 8, 1873. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 October 1873 · page 2

Mr. INNES laid upon the table the seventeenth annual report from the Registrar-General on Vital Statistics, Time Table for Mail Service via Suez, and other papers, and it was ordered that the documents…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 October 1873 · page 2

The fortnightly meeting of this Council was held on Friday evening in the Chamber, Devonshirestreet Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Cracknell, Orennan, Falkiner, Riley, Smith, and Lindsay. The…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Thursday, October 9, 1873. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 October 1873 · page 2

Mr. INNES laid upon the table a circular despatch respecting appeals to the Privy Council, and it was ordered that the document be printed. On the motion of Sir WILLIAM MANNING, without…

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Morpeth Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 October 1873 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Council of the Borough of Morpeth was held in the Council Chamber on Tuesday evening last. Present: The Mayor, and Aldermen J. Keating, Wingrave, Jaques,…

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Wedneaday, October 15, 1873. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 October 1873 · page 2

Mr. INNSS laid on the table a telegram from the Postmaster-General relative to the performance of the mail service via San Francisco; despatch with copy of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1872;…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Thursday, October 16, 1873. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 October 1873 · page 4

The President took the chair at half-past four o'clock. NEWSPAPER POSTAGE BILL. It was announced that his Excellency the…

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Maitland District Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 23 October 1873 · page 4

The usual monthly meeting of the Maitland District Council was held in the Council chamber East Maitland, on Tuesday afternoon last. Present: Mr. J. Bowden, (Warden), and Councillors Keating,…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Wednesday, October 22, 1873. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 October 1873 · page 2

The Deniliquin and Moama Railway Bill, the Australian Jockey Club Bill, the Mercantile Bank Bill, and the Bathurst Cattle Sale Yards Bill were received from the Assembly, severally read a first time,…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 October 1873 · page 4

The Council of the Borough of West Maitland held its usual fortnightly meeting in the chamber, Devonshire-street, on Friday evening last. Present The Mayor, and Aldermen Smith, Rourke, Bussell,…

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Singleton Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 October 1873 · page 3

A meeting of this Council took place on Wednesday evening. Present: Alderman Quinn (chair), Aldermen Wilson, Maguire, Munro, Gates, Adams, and Robinson. The minutes of the previous meeting…

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 October 1873 · page 4

A special meeting of the East Maitland Borough Council was held in the Council Chamber, on Thursday evening, 16th inst. Present Aldermen Ewing (in the chair), Cunningham, Bailey, Chambers,…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S.M. Herald.) Wednesday, October 29, 1873. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 November 1873 · page 2

In the absence of Mr. Innes, who was so indisposed that on the recommendation of his medical advisers he had gone into the country for that rest and quietness which were absolutely necessary to his…

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