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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1895

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Singleton Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1895 · page 4

A meeting of the above Council was held at the Council Chambers on Thursday night last, 18th inst. There were present—The Mayor., and Aldermen Munro, McFaddea. Foster, Lloyd, York, and…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1895 · page 2

A meeting of the West Maitland Borough Council was held last evening at the Council Chamber, Town Hall. There were present. The Mayor (Mr. H. Crothers), Aldermen Young…

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Municipal Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1895 · page 6

A meeting of the Maitland District Council was held on Tuesday afternoon at East Maitland, when a letter was read from ex-Councillor Leggett, drawing attention to the fact that the first move of…

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Municipal Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 July 1895 · page 3

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Council was held on Friday evening last. There were present—Ald. Hooke (Mayor), Bray, Robson, Dark,…

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London County Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 July 1895 · page 3

The Times hints that the Government will take, steps to reorganise the London County Council…

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[?][?][?]Nt of Members Case. Appeal to the Privy Council. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 July 1895 · page 3

[?]TION was made to the Full [?] to-day for leave to appeal to the [?] Council from the decision of the [?] in the payment of members…

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Payments of Members. Appeal to the Privy Council. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 July 1895 · page 2

THE Full Court to-day granted leave to plaintiff to appeal to the Privy Council against an opinion of the Full Court in a recent attempt to invalidate…

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Municipal Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1895 · page 6

At the last meeting of the Singleton Borough Council it was decided that an application be made to the Government for the sun of £200, conditionally that the Council supplied a similar amount, for…

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The Executive Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 July 1895 · page 3

A meeting of the Executive Council was held to-day under the presidency of the Lieutenant-Governor, and a quantity of outstanding business of a routine character which had accumulated…

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Greta. Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 July 1895 · page 4

The usual fortnightly meeting took place on Monday evening. The Mayor occupied the' chair, and all the aldermen were present save Mr. J. Jones. The minutes of the previous meeting having…

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Morpeth Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 August 1895 · page 4

A meeting of the Morpeth Borough Council was held last evening in the Council Chamber, High-street. There were present:—The Mayor (Mr. C. F. Wakely), Aldermen Kebblewhite, Campbell…

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 August 1895 · page 4

The usual fortnightly meeting of this Council was held in the Council Chamber, Mechanics' Institute, yesterday evening. There were present—The Mayor (Mr. G. T. Chambers), Aldermen…

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Probable Appointments to the Legislative Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 August 1895 · page 3

The following gentlemen are likely to be offered seats in the Legislative Council:—Messrs. Lees (Mayor of Sydney); J. R. Talbot, for many years president of the Trades and Labour Council; and C. J…

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Muswellbrook. Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 August 1895 · page 4

The fortnightly meeting of the Council was held in the Council Chambers last night, the previous meeting having lapsed for want of a quorum. There were present—The Mayor (Alderman…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1895 · page 4

The usual meeting of this Council was held in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, last evening. Present: The Mayor (Mr. H. Crothers), Aldermen Wilkinson, Lipscomb, Taylor, Gillies, Bowden…

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Municipal Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1895 · page 6

At the East Maitland Council on Wednesday evening, the correspondence included letter from the Public Works Department enquiring whether the Council would be willing to hand over the £100…

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Tamworth. Resignation of an Alderman

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 August 1895 · page 5

Alderman Nankervis has resigned his seat in tho Municipal Council. His resignation is much regretted, as he was a moat attentive and painstaking representative of the ratepayers. Messrs. W. F…

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Municipal Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 6 August 1895 · page 2

A meeting of the Council was held on Friday evening last. There were present—Ald. Hooke (Mayor), Bruyn, Robson, Walker, Dark and Carlton…

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South Singleton Council

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 August 1895 · page 3

MEETING of the South Singleton Municipal Council was held last night [?] the Council Chambers. There were present—The Mayor…

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Singleton Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 August 1895 · page 4

The above Council met at the Municipal Council Chambers, yesterday (Thursday) evening. There were present—The Mayor (Mr. A. C. Robinson), Aldermen M'Fadden, Foster, Quinn, Wright, and…

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