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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1897

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District News. Dungog.municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 April 1897 · page 3

An adjourned meeting of this body was held last evening in the Council Chambers. There were four aldermen present. Correspondent was read form H.H. Brown in…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Wednesday, April 28. Legislative Council. the Address-in-reply

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 April 1897 · page 6

Hon. members proceeded to Government House, where they presented the Address-in-Reply to his Excellency's speech delivered on the previous day. A suitable reply having been given members…

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Thursday, April 29, 1897. a Joint Municipal Address

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 April 1897 · page 2

WE are entirely in accord with the movement which has been made to present an address from the municipalities of New South Wales to her Majesty, congratulating her upon her…

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Municipal Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 30 April 1897 · page 2

A meeting of the above was held on Monday evening last. There were present:—The Mayor, Ald. Abbott, Jones and Newell…

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Women in Council

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 4

The superior sex does not, at present, sit in the Legislature of New Zealand. Nevertheless, there has just been a parliament of women assembled in that rather unhappy…

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A Joint Municipal Address

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 4

We arc entirely in accord with the movement which has been made to present an address from the municipalities of New South Wales to her Majesty, congratulating her upon her…

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Municipal Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 6

A meeting of the West Maitland Borough Council was held on the 23rd, when a letter was read stating that £5O had been paid to the credit of the council for renting the Belmore Bridge. It was decided…

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Municipal Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 May 1897 · page 2

A special meeting of the local Municipal Council was held in the School of Arts on Friday night last, all the Aldermen were present. The…

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Morpeth Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 May 1897 · page 4

The fortnightly meeting of the Morpeth Borough Council was held last evening at the Council Chamber. There were present—Aldermen White, Hogan, Campbell, Burg, Sim, Wingrave, and…

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Maitland District Council. Annual Election

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 May 1897 · page 2

A meeting of electors was held at noon to-day, at the Court House, East Maitland. for the purpose of electing two members of the Maitland District Council in the place of Messrs. C.R. Garnham and…

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Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 May 1897 · page 4

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Munici-pal Council was held in the Chambers, School of Arts, last night, when there were present—Alder-man Bowman (Mayor), [?] Skinner, Lea,…

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 May 1897 · page 3

The usual fortnightly meeting of this Council was held last evening in the Council Chamber, Mechanics' Institute. There were Present—The Mapor (Mr. Jas. H.F.,Waller),…

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Parliament Op New South Wales. Wednesday, May 5. Legislative Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 May 1897 · page 6

The Attorney-General gave notice of his intention to move the adoption of an address to her majesty from the Legislative Council congratulating her Majesty on the complection of the siieth year of…

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Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 May 1897 · page 4

A meeting of the Borough Council was held last evening when there were present—The Mayor, and Aldermen Munro, Lloyd, Wright, McDonald and Reuben, and the town clerk. The minutes were…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Thursday, May 6. Legislative Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 May 1897 · page 2

The motion for the adoption of the address to her Majesty the Queen, congratulating her upon the completion of the sixtieth year of her reign, was carried, The task…

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Singleton Borough Council

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 3

The customary meeting of the Singleton Borough Council wan held on Thursday evening when there were present:—His Worship the Mayor…

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West Maitland Borough council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, last evening. Present The Mayor (Mr. Henry Crothers), Aldermen Wilkinson, Ross,…

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Municipal Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 2

A long meeting of the Morpeth Borough Council was held on Monday. The correspondence was unimportant, except a letter that a voucher had been forwarded for the sum of £102 12a due to the…

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Our Muswellbrook Letter. Municipal Council—friendly Appeal Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 May 1897 · page 4

A Friendly Appeal Court was held by the Municipal Council in the Chambers, School of Arts, last night, when there were present the Mayor (Alderman Bowmen), Aldermen McIntyre, Skinner, Lea,…

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South Singleton Council

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 May 1897 · page 3

A meeting of the above Council was held in the Council Chambers, South Singleton, last' evening, when there were present: The Mayor (All H. J…

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