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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1877

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Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1877 · page 5

The Council on Thursday passed a temporary Supply Bill, and agreed to the second reading of a Compulsory Vaccination Bill, and of the Public Place Definition Bill…

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Singleton Borough Council

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1877 · page 2

A [?] of the [?] council look [?] at the [?] street to wednesday night last Present [?]…

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Singleton. Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1877 · page 7

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

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Musolebrook Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1877 · page 7

The usual fortnightly meeting of this Council took place at the School of Arts, on Wednesday, 24th inst. Present-Aldermen Clendining(in the chair),…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Thursday, January 25, 1877. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1877 · page 3

On motions by Sir Geoge Innes, the Orange Gaslight Bill passed its final stage, and was returned to the Assembly without amendment. The President reported the receipt of a…

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 February 1877 · page 6

The usual fortnightly meeting of the East Maitland Borough Council was held at the Chambers, Mechanics' Institute, on Monday evening last. There were present:—The…

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The Municipal Nominations

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 February 1877 · page 5

The following nominations for the annual vacancies in the Borough Councils of West Maitland, East Maitland, and Morpeth, of aldermen and auditors, have been made…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Wednesday, January 31, 1877. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1877 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty-nine minutes past 4. The PRESIDENT reported the receipt of a message from the Governor notifying that assent had been…

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West Maitland Boronga Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 February 1877 · page 3

The usual fortnightly meeting of the West Maitland Council was held at the Chambers, High-street, on Friday evening. The re were present: Aldormon Smith (in the chair),…

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Singleton Municipal Election. Annual Election of Aldermen and Auditors. (From our Singleton [?]orrespondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1877 · page 7

A m[?]ting of the ratepayers of the Borough of Sin[?]on took place in the Municipal Council Chambers, Hunter-s[?]eet, Singleton, on Tuesday, the 6th instant, at twelve o'clock…

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Annual Municipal Nominations. Borough of West Maitland

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1877 · page 6

The annual nomination of aldermen for the Borough Council of West Maitland, to serve in the room of the Mayor (Mr. Badgery), Aldermen Chapman, Griffiths, and Bussell, took place…

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The Mailand Mercury. Thursday, February 8, 1877. the Municipal Elections and the Amendment Bill

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1877 · page 4

IT is to be regretted, we think, that the various candidates for municipal election in the district did not take the trouble to study the bill now before the Assembly, intended very materially…

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East Maitland Borough Council. Election of Mayor

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1877 · page 3

A special meeting of th[?] Council was held in the Council Clumbers, East Maitland, or Thursday evening, for the purpose of electing the Mayor for the current year. There were present—The Mayor,…

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Bo[?]ough of West Maitland. Election of Aldermen

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1877 · page 4

The polling for aldermen to serve in the above Council in the room of those retiring took place yesterday. There was not a great deal of excitement over the election, though several buggies were…

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Parliamentary Proceedings. [?] Wednesday, February [?] Legislative Council

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1877 · page 2

The [?]…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Wednesday, February 7, 1877. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1877 · page 10

The PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty-nine minutes past four o'clock. The PRESIDENT announced the receipt of messages from the Governor, notifying that his…

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Borough of Morpeth. Election of Aldermen

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 February 1877 · page 4

The polling for aldermen to serve in the Borough Council of Morpeth for the next three years, in the room of those retiring, took place in the Council Chamber, Sohool of Arts,…

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West Maitland Borough Council. Official Declaration of the Poll

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 February 1877 · page 3

The Returning Officer (Mr Badgery) officially declared the state of the polling for aldermen [?] the previous day, on Saturday last, at [?] at the Council Chambers. There were…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Thursday, February 8, 1877. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 February 1877 · page 6

The President took the chair at twenty nine minutes past four o'clock. Mr. Docker laid on the table abstracts of Crown lands reserved for water supply and…

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Singleton Municipal Election

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 February 1877 · page 3

The polling for the election of three aldermen took plaoe on Friday, the 9th instant, at the Municipal Council Chambers, Hunterstreet, Singleton. Considerable interest was…

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