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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1879

308 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 16

East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1879 · page 3

The Council Clerk has sent us, for publication, the following business paper for Monday, July 14th, 1879:— To confirm the minutes of the previous meeting…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Wednesday, July 9, 1879. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1879 · page 11

On the motion of Mr. De Salis, it was ordered that the Criminal Law Mitigation Bill, interrupted by a count-out, be restored to the paper…

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Latest Parliamentary News. (By Electric Telegraph.) [From Greville's Telegram Company.] Thursday, July 10, 1879. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1879 · page 4

The Waratah Council Chambers Resumption ill and the Duty on Gold Abolition Bill, passed the final stages without amendment. Mr. Ogilvie moved the second reading of the Lands…

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The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, July 15, 1879. Reform of the Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1879 · page 4

SIR HENRY PARKES is consistent. He opposed the nominee principle when Mr. Wentworth proposed to apply it to the Upper House in the Constitution Act. The first…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, July 8

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 16 July 1879 · page 3

THE President took the chair at half past 4 o clock. Sir John Robertson, in reply to Mr. Darley, said the number of declarations…

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The Singleton Argus. Wednesday, July 16, 1879. The Assembly v. The Council

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 16 July 1879 · page 2

IT was not to be supposed that the Legislative Assembly would go on for ever submitting to what It considered the snubbings of the Legislative Council…

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Morpeth Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 July 1879 · page 7

On Tuesday evening the customary fortnightly meeting of the Morpeth Borough Council was held in the Council Chamber. The whole of the members of the Council…

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Presbytery [?] Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 July 1879 · page 7

This Presbytery [?] Presbyterian C[?] Rev. J. Be[?]r fortnightly meeting of this B[?]ncil was held in the Council Chamber,…

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Wednesday, April 16, 1879. Legislatives Council. Wednesday, received 10.30 p m

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 July 1879 · page 5

Mr. Docker moved his resolutions in opposition to Sir Henry Parkes' resolution in the Assembly, and said that, by the Orders-in-Council, they might fully understand the…

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Latest Parliamentary News. (By Electric Telegraph.) [From Greville's Telegram Company.] Tuesday, July 15, 1879. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 July 1879 · page 5

Yesterday the Lieutenant-Governor assented to the Waratah Council Resumption Bill, and the Duty on Gold Abolition Bill. In reply to questions by Mr. Holt, it was stated by…

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The Council Defended

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 19 July 1879 · page 3

Mr. Docker, in giving notice of his intention to move the resolutions we elsewhere, reprint, spoke (according to the E. News' report) as follows :—…

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Singleton Borough Council

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 19 July 1879 · page 2

A MEETING of the above Council was held on Wednesday evening last.. There were present—Aldermen Munro (chair), Wilson, Nichols, Gray, arid Quinn…

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Scene in the Bathurst Municipal Council. (By Telegraph, to the Herald.) Bathurst

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 July 1879 · page 6

A most unpleasant scene occurred in the Municipal Council to-day. After the confirmation of the minutes, the Mayor, referring to a resolution passed at the previous…

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Latest Parliamentary News. (By Electric Telegraph.) (From Greville's Telegram Company.] Thursday, July 17, 1879. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 July 1879 · page 4

The [?]nant Governor assented to the Islanders, Shipping Engagement Bill. The president announced the death of Sir Edward Deas Thomson…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 July 1879 · page 6

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

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

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 July 1879 · page 7

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

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Morpeth Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 July 1879 · page 6

A meeting of the Morpeth Borough Council was held in the Council Chamber, on Tuesday evening. There were present: The Mayor (Mr. W. Keating), Aldermen Tulip, Moffitt,…

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Maitland District Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 July 1879 · page 6

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Commissioners of the Maitland District Council was held in the Mechanics' Institute, East Maitland, on Tuesday afternoon. There…

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Wednesday, July 23, 1879. Legislative Council. Received 7.30 p.m

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 July 1879 · page 5

The Council are now debating the second reading of the Railway Loan Bill. Received 9.10 p.m. The Loau Bill passed through all its stages, after…

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Latest Parliamentary News. (By Electric Telegraph.) [From Greville's Telegram Company.] Tuesday, July 22, 1879. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 July 1879 · page 5

A message was read from the Assembly concerning the Public Works Loan Bill, and on the motion of Sir John Robertson, the bill was read a first time, Sir John Robertson laid on the table abstracts of…

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