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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1877

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Municipal Elections. Official Declaration of the Poll

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1877 · page 2

At noon on Saturday last at the Municipal Council Chambers. Alderman Munro. Returning Officer. Officially announced the result of a poll taken on the previous day for…

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West Maitland Borough Council. Election of Mayor

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 February 1877 · page 3

A special meeting of this Council for the purpose of electing the Mayor for the ourrent year was held in the Council Chambers, West Maitland, on Tuesday evening. The whole of the…

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 February 1877 · page 3

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

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Suing for Municipal Rates

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 February 1877 · page 4

THOSE of our readers who have followed the course of proceedings in committee of the Assembly, upon the Municipalities Act Amendment Bill, will know that a very extensive alteration…

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Morpeth Municipal Election. Declaration of the Poll

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 February 1877 · page 3

The official declaration of the poll for the election of three aldermen and two auditors in the Municipal Borough of Morpeth, took place in front of the Sobool of Arts, on Tuesday, at…

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Morpeth Borough Council. Election of Mayor

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1877 · page 10

A special meeting of this Council was held in the Council Chambers, School, of Arts, Morpeth, on Thursday evening, for the purpose of choosing a Mayor for the current municipal year. The whole…

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Singleton. Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1877 · page 11

A special meeting of this Council took place on Wednesday evening, for the purpose of electing the mayor for the current year. Present: The Mayor and all the aldermen…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Wednesday, February 14, 1877. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1877 · page 10

The PRESIDENT t[?]ok the chair at twenty-nine minutes past four o'clock. Mr. DOCKER laid on the table a report of the Police Department for 1876…

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Loans to Municipalities

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1877 · page 10

In the Assembly on Wednesday, the following debate took place upon the proposition in the Municipalities Act Amendment Bill, to empower the Government to make loans to Municipalities. We…

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Municipality of Singleton

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1877 · page 2

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Weat Maitlaad Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 February 1877 · page 6

The fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held in the Council Chambers, West Maitland, on Friday evening. There were present: The Mayor, Aldermen Smith,…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Thuraday, February 15, 1877. a Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 February 1877 · page 3

The President, took the chair at twenty-nine Minutes past 4 o'clock. Mr. Docker, laid upon the table a farther paper, relating to a proposed modification of the…

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The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, February 20, 1877. Loans to Municipalities

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 February 1877 · page 4

WE do not sympathise very heartily with those members of the Opposition who see in sections 28 to 33 of the Municipalities Aot Amendment Bill a certain engine of corruption. The…

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Parliamentary Proceedings. (From the Herald.) Tuesday, Feb. 15, 1877. Legislative Council

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 21 February 1877 · page 4

Mr, Docker laid on the table a further paper relating to a proposed modification of the San Francisco. Mail Service, Mr. Darley moved the second reading…

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Morpeth Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 February 1877 · page 4

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Morpeth Borough Council was held at the Chambers, School of Arts, on Tuesday evening last There were present —The Mayor (in the chair),…

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Maitland District Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 February 1877 · page 3

The usual monthly meeting of the Maitland District Council was hold in the Chambers, Graney's Ho el, East Maitland, on Tuesday afternoon. There were present: the [?]…

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Singleton Borough Council

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1877 · page 2

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Singleton Borough Council. (From our Singleton correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 February 1877 · page 11

A meeting of this Council took place on Wednesday evening. Present—The Mayor. Aldermen Jarman, Samuel Wilson, Adams, John Wilson, Maguire, Hugh Munro, and Campbell…

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New South Wales Parllament. (From the S. M. Herald[?]) Wednesday, February 31, 1877. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 February 1877 · page 10

The PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty-nine minutes past four o'clock. Mr. DOCKER laid on the table papers in reference to the military defences of the colonies, and the new…

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Latest Parliamentary News. (By Electric Telegraph.) [From Grrville's Telegram Company.] Thursday, February 22,1877. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 February 1877 · page 4

On Thursday evening the Council passed the second reading of the Animals' Protection Bill. The Adulteration of Food Prevention Bill passed Committee…

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