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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1884

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Singleton. Municipal Election

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 February 1884 · page 4

The annual meeting of ratepayers of this Borough was held at the Municipal Council Chambers, on Tuesday at noon, for the election of three aldermen, in the room of Messrs. James Patrick Quinn, William…

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West Maitland Borough Council. Election of Mayor

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1884 · page 4

Last evening a special meeting of the West Maitland Borough Council was held in the Council Chamber, High street. There were present:—The Mayor (Mr. Alex. Wilkinson), Aldermen James,…

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Latest Parliamentary News. (By Electric Telegraph.) Thursday, February 7, 1884. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1884 · page 4

The Constituion Act Amendment Bill was read a third time, passed, and returned to the Assembly. Mr. Darley moved the second reading of…

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Parliament of New South Wales. (From the S. M. Herald) Wednesday, February 6, 1884. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1884 · page 15

Mr. President announced the receipt of a message from his Excellency the Governor, assenting to the Temporary Supply Bill and to the Linnean Society's Incorporation Bill…

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The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, February 9, 1884. The Municipal Elections

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1884 · page 4

Yesterday the polling for the election of aldermen at East Maitland and Morpeth took place. BOROUGH OF EAST MAITLAND…

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Morpeth Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1884 · page 2

A few minutes after noon on Saturday [?] official declaration of the poll in the [?] election for the Borough Council of Morp[?] took place in the porch of the School of [?]…

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The Municipal Elections. Declarations of the Poll. Borough of East Maitland

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1884 · page 2

On Saturday, the official declaration of the poll in connexion with the recent election of aldermen for the Borough of East Maitland, took place in the Mechanics' Institute, East…

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Meswell Brook. Municipal Election

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1884 · page 6

To-day (Saturday) the election of two aldermen to fill the seats vacated by the retirement of Aldermen Dowell and Rasmussen took place, and for the first time for many…

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[From Our Various Correspondents.] Singleton. Municipal Election

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1884 · page 6

The polling for three aldermen to take the seats vacated by Messrs James Patrick Quinn, William Burnett, and Robert Hamilton Mathews, took place at the Municipal…

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Friends in Council. a Purely Imaginary Conversation

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 February 1884 · page 4

NORMY.—Ah, Lofty my dear boy, how are you ? You've hoard of course that I am going away soon, so I thought I'd just run over and see yon before I…

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"Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." "Be just and fear not." The Singleton Argus. Wednesday, 13Th February, 1884. Appointing a Mayor

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 February 1884 · page 2

THE final act in the annual election drama will be played to-night in the choice of a Mayor, and then we may suppose municipal business will go on…

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The Municipal Election. Declaration of the Poll

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 February 1884 · page 2

THE official declaration of the poll, which was taken on Friday, for the purpose of filling the seats rendered vacant by the retirement of Alderman…

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East Maitland Borough Council. Election of Mayor

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 February 1884 · page 5

A meeting of the above Council was held at the Council Chamber, Mechanics' Institute, East Maitland, yesterday evening, for the purpose of electing a Mayor for the ensuing year. The retiring Mayor…

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Borough of Morpeth. Election of Mayor

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 February 1884 · page 5

Last evening a special meeting of the Borough Council was held in the Council Chamber, High-street, for the purpose of electing a Mayor for the current municipal year. There were present:…

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Disgraceful Proceedings at the Election of a Mayor. (From the Grenfell Record, february 9.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 February 1884 · page 6

The election of Mayor took place on Friday afternoon. Alderman Pyne proposed that the retiring Mayor, Mr. Ralph Halls, fill the chair for the ensuing year. Alderman…

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Singleton Borough Council. Election of Mayor

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 February 1884 · page 1

A MEETING of the Municipal Council was held at the Council Chambers on Wednesday evening for the purpose of electing a mayor for the ensuing year…

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East Maitland Borough Council. Election of Mayor

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1884 · page 13

A meeting of the above Council was held in the Council Chamber, Mechanics' Institute, East Maitland, for the purpose of electing a Mayor for the current municipal year…

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Singleton Borough Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1884 · page 15

A special meeting of this Council took place on Wednesday evening, to elect tbe Mayor for the current year. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Bowman, Dixon, Campbell, Pinchin, Munro, Blackburn,…

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The Federal Council Bill

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1884 · page 11

In the South Australian Assembly, on Tuesday, the long-expected Federal Council resolution was moved by the Chief Secretary, the resolution being—"That an address be…

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Parlia Ment of New South Wales. (From the S. M. Herald.) Wednesday, February 13, 1884. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1884 · page 3

The PRESIDKNT took the chair at 4,30 o'clock p.m. The Limitation of Actions for Trespass Bill, Hutchinson Estate Bill, St. Philip's Parsonage Bill, Walgett English Church and Parsonage Land Sale…

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