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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1879

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1879 · page 6

The regular meeting of this Council was held in the Council Chamber, High-street, on Friday evening. There were present: The Mayor (in the chair), Aldermen Fullford,…

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Morpeth Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 January 1879 · page 4

A meeting of the Morpeth Borough Council was held in the Council Chamber, Morpeth, on Tuesday evening. In the absence of the Mayor, Alderman Keating was voted to the…

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 January 1879 · page 6

On Monday evening the customary fortnightly meeting of the East Maitland Borough. Council was held in the Council Chamber, Bank-street. There were present—The Mayor,…

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Muswell Brook. Muswell Brook Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1879 · page 12

A meeting of the Council was held on Wednesday, 8th January. Present:—The Mayor, Aldermen Dowell, Davison, Bu[?]sell, and Lusc[?]mb[?]. The minutes of the previous meeting being read…

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Singleton Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1879 · page 12
Also in The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate

A meeting of this Council took place on Wednesday evening. Present—the Mayor, Alderman Quinn, Adams, Maguire, Wilson, G[?]uld, Campbell, and Munro…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 January 1879 · page 7

The customary fortnightly meeting of the West Maitland Borough Council was held in the Council Chamber, High-street, on Friday evening. There were present: The Mayor…

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Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 23 January 1879 · page 5

The Council passed the second reading of the Customs Laws Consolidation Bill…

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Maitland District Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 23 January 1879 · page 6

On Tuesday afternoon the ordinary monthly meeting of the Commissioners of the Maitland District Council was held in the Council's office, Day-street, East Maitland. There…

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Morpeth Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 23 January 1879 · page 3

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Morpeth Borough Council was held in the Council Chamber, High-street, on Tuesday evening. There were present: Aldermen Keating,…

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Singleton Borough Council

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1879 · page 2

A meeting of this Council took place on Wednesday evening. Present: Alderman Munro (in the Chair), Alderman Quinn, Maguire, Wilson, and Gould…

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District News. [From Various Correspondents.] Singleton. Singleton Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1879 · page 6

A meeting of this council took place on Wednesday evening. Present:—Alderman Munro (chair), Aldermen Quinn, Maguire, Wilson, and Gould…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M Herald.) Wednesday, January 22, 1879. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1879 · page 11

The President took the chair at twenty-nine minutes past 4. The President reported the receipt of a letter from the private secretary to the…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1879 · page 3

A special meeting of the West Maitland Borough Council was held in the Council Chamber, High-street, on Friday evening. It was arranged that an open court for the…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herold) Thursday, January 23, 1879. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1879 · page 3

The President took the chair at twenty-nine minutes after four o'clock. Messages were received from the Assembly notifying agreement with the Council's…

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 January 1879 · page 4

The ordinary meeting of the East Maitland Borough Council wns held in the Council Chamber, Bank-street, on Tuesday evening (instead of Monday, that day being a holiday)…

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Latest Parliamentary News. (By Electric Telegraph.) Wednesday, January 29, 1879. Legislative Council. Wednesday, received 8.40 p.m

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 January 1879 · page 5

The Council is in Committee, discussing the principal clauses of the Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Bill. Received 10.10 p.m…

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The Approaching Municipal Elections

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 January 1879 · page 4

There appears to be a great amount of intest taking in the forthcoming Municipal Elections. The time for receiving nominations closed on Monday evening last, and…

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Parliamentary. Legislative Council. WednesdAy, January 29, 1878

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1879 · page 2

MR. DUCKER moved that an address be presented to the Governor requesting that his Excellency would be pleased to cause to be laid on the table of the…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald) Wednesday, January 29, 1879. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1879 · page 2

The President took the chair at thirty minutes past, four o'clock. The President reported the receipt of messages from the Governor, notifying that his…

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