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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1879

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Singleton Borough Council

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 6 September 1879 · page 2

A MEETING of the above Council was hold at the Council Chambers on Wednesday evening last. There were present-Aldermen Munro (in the…

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East Maitland Borough Council

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

We are favoured, by the Council clerk, with the following copy of the business paper for the meeting on Monday next, September 8:— To confirm minutes of previous meeting;…

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

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 September 1879 · page 7

A meeting of this Council took place on Wednesday, the 3rd instant. Present: Alderman Munro (chair), Aldermen Jarman, Nichols, Wilson, Quinn, and Gray. The…

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Council of Education Office, Sydney, 15th August, 1878. Right Rev. Sir

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 10 September 1879 · page 3

I am directed by the Council of Education to acknowledge receipt of your letters of the 7th wherein you inquire whether yon Were correct in…

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 September 1879 · page 6

On Monday evening the customary meeting of the East Maitland Borough Council was held in the Council Chamber, Bank-street. There were present the Mayor (Mr. G. T…

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Morpeth Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 September 1879 · page 5

A meeting of this Council was held on Tuesday evening, in the Council Chambers, Morpeth. There wera present: The Mayor (Mr. Wm, Kating), Aldermen Tulip, Ling, Casey, Haydon, Jones, and…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 September 1879 · page 6

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

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Citizens' ot Sydney Presentation to the Mayor

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 September 1879 · page 7

This afternoon (says Thursday's Evening News) at the Royal Hotel, a large number of the most influential citizens assembled, under the presidency of the Lieutenant-Governor…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 September 1879 · page 3

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

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 25 September 1879 · page 3

The fortnightly meeting of the East Maitland Borough Council was held in the Council Chamber on Monday evening. There were present:—The Mayor, Aldermen…

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Singleton Borough Council

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1879 · page 1

THE usual meeting of the above Council was held at the Council Chambers on Wednesday evening last. There were present—The Mayor, Aldermen Quinn…

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

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 September 1879 · page 6

A meeting of this Council took place on Wednesday evening. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Quinn, Wilson, Campbell, Munro, Gray, and Gould…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 September 1879 · page 3

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

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Morpeth Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 October 1879 · page 8

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

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Municipal Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 October 1879 · page 7

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Wednesday evening, Oct. 1st. Present: Aldermen Bussell, Dowell, Davison, Luscombe, and Percy. On…

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 October 1879 · page 6

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

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New Appointments to the Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 October 1879 · page 5

A supplement to the Government Gazette, published on Tuesday, contains the following:— Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, Oct. 7,1879…

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Monthly Meeting of the Paterson District Council

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

The monthly meeting of this Council was held at their chambers on Tuesday. There were present: Dr. Park (Warden) in the chair, and Messrs. J. Lawrie, J. G. Smith, J. Beatty,…

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East Maitland Borough Council. Extraordinary Vacancy. the Polling

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 October 1879 · page 4

Yesterday the election for an alderman to serve in the East Maitland Borough Council, in the room of Mr. William Cains, whose seat had been declared vacant, was…

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The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, October 11, 1879. the Appointments to the Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 October 1879 · page 4

No one will regard the calling of the six gentlemen named in a recent Gazette to the Upper House as an act of swamping that Chamber. It is simply an infusion of needed new blood;…

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