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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1880

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1880 · page 6

The regular meeting of this Council was held in the Council Chamber, High-street, on Friday evening. The Mayor (Mr. J. Fullford) presided. There were present—…

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Original Correspondence. the Election of Mayor at Muswellbrook. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1880 · page 8

SIR,—In to-day's issue of your journal your correspondent, in referring to the above election, attributes the collapse of the first meeting to the inexcusable negligence of two…

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Morpeth Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 19 February 1880 · page 6

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

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 19 February 1880 · page 6

A meeting of the East Maitland Borough Council was held in the Council Chamber on Monday evening. There were present—the Mayor (Mr. G. T. Chambers), Aldermen…

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The Connexion of the North with Sydney by Rail. Municipal Conference at Morpeth

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 19 February 1880 · page 5

Last evening three delegates from the East Maitland Borough Council met a similar number of the Morpeth Council, in conference, at the Morpeth Chambers, to take…

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Singleton Borough Council

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1880 · page 1

IN accordance with the arrangement at the last meeting, the Council met on Wednesday evening. Present-The Mayor, Aldermen Broomfield, Gould, Hooker,…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 February 1880 · page 3

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

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The newspaper Man and the Municipal Aquarius

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1880 · page 1

IT is pretty well known in tamworth the subject having been the source of a good deal of town gossip—that a person named Thomas Bradley, who was the…

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Latest Parliamentary News. (By Electric Telegraph.) [From Greville's Telegram Company.] Wednesday, February 25, 1880. Legislative Council. Wednesday, received 10.0 p.m. Stamp Duties Bill

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 February 1880 · page 5

The time of the Council has been occupied to-night on the Stamp Duties Bill…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 February 1880 · page 8

The customary fortnightly meeting of this Council was held in the Council Chambers, High-street, last evening. There were present: The Mayor (Mr. Jas. Fullford), Aldermen Wilkinson, Wolstenholme,…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Wednesday, February 25, 1880. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 February 1880 · page 11

Mr. Docker laid upon the table a copy of a report from the Printing Committee. Petitions were presented by Mr. Stewart, from 317 inhabitants of Wollongong, and…

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Latest Parliamentary News. (By Electric Telegraph.) [From Greville's Telegram Company.] Thursday, February 26, 1880. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 February 1880 · page 4

Mr. C.Campbell moved aresolution to the effect that it would be wise policy to modify the present system of assisted immigration by paying the passage only of female immigrants, and by…

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Council of Education, Office, Sydney, 23rd February, 1880

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1880 · page 2

Sir,—With reference to my letter of 5th December last, stating that special inquiry would be made as to the best site for the proposed Public School at Quipolly, I am…

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Morpeth Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 March 1880 · page 3

On Tuesday evening the regular meeting of this Council was held in the Council Chamber, Morpeth. There were present: The Mayor, Aldermen Ling, White, Jaques, and…

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 March 1880 · page 3

The ordinary 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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Latest Parliamentary News. (By Electric Telegraph.) [From Greville's Telegram Company.] Wednesday, March 3, 1880. Legislative Council. Received 10.25 p.m

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 March 1880 · page 5

The Hon. Saul Samuel moved the recommittal of the Stamp Duties' Bill, for the purpose of considering an amendment in the schedule made by the Council, to exempt unmatured documents from the…

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Singleton Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 16
Also in The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate

A meeting of this Council took place on Wednesday evening. Present:—The Mayor, Aldermen Jarman, Nichols, Pinchin, Broomfield, McDougall, and Hooker. The minutes of the previous meeting were…

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Latest Parliamentary News. (By Electric Telegraph.) Thursday, March 4, 1880. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 4

A petition was presented from members of the Church of England, mostly resident in the neighbourhood of Merriwa, protesting against the proposed application of the income from the church and…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Wednesday, March 3, 1880. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 15

The PRESIDENT read a message from the Governor conveying his Excellency's assent to the Temporary supply Bill. Petitions were presented by Mr. MARKS from the…

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