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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1897

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Maitland District Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 June 1897 · page 4

The monthly meeting of Maitland District Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Mechanics Institute, East Maitland. Present; The Warden (Mr. John Bowden), Councillors Garnham, O'Hearn…

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Our Muswellbrook Letter. Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 June 1897 · page 2

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held in the Chambers, School of Acts, last night, when there were present the Mayor (Alderman Bowman) Alderman Brecht…

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 June 1897 · page 4

The usual fortnightly meeting of this Council was held in the Council Chamber, Mechanics' Institute, Banks-street, last evening. There was present: The Mayor (Mr. Jas. H. F. Waller…

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Parliament of New South Wales Wednesday, June 16. Legislative Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 June 1897 · page 2

The business in the Council was not of great importance. Mr. Barton postponed his motion for consideration of the Federal Draft Constitution…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1897 · page 6

The fortnightly meeting of the West Maitland Borough Council was held last evening in the Council Chamber, Town Hall. There were present —The Mayor (Mr. Henry Crothers), Aldermen…

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Municipal Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1897 · page 6

The meeting of the East Maitland Borough Council on Wednesday evening was noticeable for the number of complaints regarding the state of various streets, the wet weather having intensified…

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Municipal Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1897 · page 2

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

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Our Chief Justice Knighted Premier Reid Member of Privy Council. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 June 1897 · page 2

THE Governor received a cablegram to-day, stilling that Her Majesty had been pleased to confer upon the Chief Justice of this colony (Sir F…

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Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 June 1897 · page 4

A meeting of the above was held last evening when there were present:—The Mayor, and Aldermen York, Munro, Wright, MoFadden, Atkin, Lloyd, and the Town Clerk. An apology was mode…

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The Council on Borrowing

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 June 1897 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Municipal Council some of our more conservative Aldermen managed to put down the beake on the wheels of…

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Municipal Appeal Court. Thursday July 24Th, 1897. (Before F. W. Garstang, Esq., P.M., P J. Fitzgerald, Esq., J.P.)

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 June 1897 · page 2

A number of appellants failed to appear and their cases were struck out. In the case of the Catholic Church…

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Singleton Borough Council

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 June 1897 · page 6

At the regular meeting of the above an Thursday evening the following aldermen were present:—The Mayor, (Ald Robinson), Aldermen Munro, York, M'Fadden,…

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Municipal Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 June 1897 · page 5

A meeting of the West Maitland Borough Council was held on the 18th inst., when a lengthy report on the sanitary arrangement in the Borough of Raymond Terrace was received and handed over…

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Morpeth Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 June 1897 · page 4

A meeting of the Morpeth Borough Council was held last evening. There were present:—Aldermen White, Hogan, Burg, McCarthy, Fox and Sim. In the absence of the Mayor, Alderman White was…

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South Singleton Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 June 1897 · page 4

A meeting of the above was held last evening, when there were present—The Mayor (Alderman H. J. Miner), and Aldermen Simmons, Kirkwood, and Tulloch, and the Council Clerk. The minutes…

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South Singleton Council

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 June 1897 · page 3

A MEETING of the above Council was bold at the Council Chambers, South Singleton, last evening. There were present: The Mayor (Aid H. J…

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Alderman Weight and the Valuers. (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus.)

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 June 1897 · page 4

SIR,—With the principal portion of Alderman Wright's misrepresentations, as printed by you in your report of the Borough Council meeting on…

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Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 July 1897 · page 4

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held in the Chambers, School of Arts, last night, when there were present the Mayor (Alderman Bowman) Aldermen Clarke, McNill…

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 July 1897 · page 4

The fortnightly meeting of the East Maitland Borough Council was held last evening. There were present—The Mayor (Mr. J. H. F. Waller), ALdermen Sparke, Watson, Lee, Burg, Foster…

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Parliament of New South Wales Wednesday, June 30. Legislative Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 July 1897 · page 4

As soon as the House met yesterday the President announced that during the time of the intended temporary absence of his Excellency the Governor and the Lieutenant-Governor from the…

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