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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1876

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Thursday, April 20, 1876. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1876 · page 6

To the Legislative Council, at the hour [?] for meeting there were only eight [?] present, and [?] not being [?] [?] f[?] the President declared the…

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Muscle Brook. Municipal Appeal Court. (Before Messrs. J. H. Keys, and W. Bowman, J.P.'s.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1876 · page 5

A Court of Petty Sessions for the purpose of hearing appeals against the assessment recently levied on all rateable property in this municipal district, was hold on Tuesday last, when the…

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District News. [From Our Various Correspondents.] Muscle Brook. Muscle Brook Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 April 1876 · page 6

A special meeting of this Council was held on Saturday, the 22nd April. Present: The Mayor (Mr. E. Bowman), and Aldermen Clendining, Holler, Bowes, and Davison…

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 April 1876 · page 3

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the above council was held at the Chambers, on Monday evening, at the usual hour. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen B[?]ley, Cains, Cunningham,…

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The Maitland Mercury. Thursday, April 27, 1876. Municipal Endowment

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 April 1876 · page 4

LAST Tuesday we printed the draft petition separed by the Albury Borough Council, asking Parliament to grant increased endowment bo the municipalities at work in the colony. No…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Wednesday, April 26, 1876. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 April 1876 · page 10

The PRESIDENT reported the receipt of messages from the Governor, notifying that his Excellency, in the name of her Majesty, had assented to the Agreements Validating Bill and the Throsby Leasing…

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The Term of Municipal Endowment

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 April 1876 · page 4

The question as to when the fifteen years begin and end, for which municipalities receive, subject to periodical lessening, an endowment from the general revenue, has baen a vexed one for some time; and…

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West Maitland Borough Council. Special Meeting

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1876 · page 6

A special meeting of the West Maitland Borough Council was held at the Chambers on Friday evening, for the purpose of taking into consideration the question of increased…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Thursday, April 27, 1876, Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1876 · page 3

The Bathurst Hospital Bill, No 2, and the Appeals from Summary Conviotions Bill were severally read a third timo and sent to tbo Assembly…

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Maitland District Council. NOMINATIONS

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 May 1876 · page 4

The nominations of candidates for two seats in the Maitland District Council to fill the vacancies caused by the retirement, through effluxion of time, of Messrs. Keating and…

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Maitland District Council. Declaration of the Poll

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1876 · page 4

The annual polling for two Councillors to serve in the above Council, in the room of Councillors Keating and Dawson, took place yesterday. There wes very little excitement in West or East Maitland,…

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Muscle Brook. Report of St. Alban's Parochial Council for the Year 1875

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1876 · page 7

"The Parochial Council, in submitting to the members of the church in this district its annnal report, of its work during the past year, has again the agrecable task of congratulating…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Wednesday, May 3, 1876. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1876 · page 10

A message was received from the Governor, notifying that his Excellency, in the name of her Majesty, had assented to the Temporary Supply Bill, No. 4, and to the Bathurst Hospital Bill…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 May 1876 · page 6

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the West Maitland Borough Council was held at the Chambers, on Friday evening, at the usual hour, when there were present: The Mayor,…

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District News. [From Our Various Correspondents.] Paterson. District Council Election.—the Nomination

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 May 1876 · page 8

The nomination of candidates for the election of two members of our District Council, to fill the vacancies caused by the retirement of Messrs. G. Cory and William Corner, who retire by…

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[?]Ew South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Thursday, May 4, 1876. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 May 1876 · page 3

The Evidence Further Amendment Bill passed its final stages, and was transmitted for the concurrence of the Assembly. Sir Alfred Stephen moved the second reading…

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Morpeth Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 May 1876 · page 5

The fortnightly meeting of the Morpeth Borough Council, which lapsed on Tuesday, the ordinary day of meeting, for want of a quorum, was held at the usual time and place on Friday…

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East Maitland, Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 May 1876 · page 7

The usual fortnightly meeting of this council was held in the Council Chambers, Mechanics' Institute, East Maitland, on Monday evening. There weore present:—The Mayor, Aldermen…

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Singleton Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 13 May 1876 · page 11

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

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Wednesday, May 10, 1876. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 13 May 1876 · page 10

The PRESIDENT announced the receipt of a lette from the Private Secretary offthe Governor, notifying that his Excellency had revived from Sir William Manning a letter commuunicating the resignation of…

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