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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1898

542 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 28

Temora. a Mayor Horsewhipped

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1898 · page 3

Mr. Lucas, Mayor of Temers, was publicly horse-whipped in the main street this morning, by a man named M'Leod, who felt aggrieved by the Mayor's conduct and some remarks in the Temora Star, of…

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South Singleton Council

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 April 1898 · page 4

THE regular meeting on Tuesday night was attended by the Mayor (Alderman Simmons), Alderman Miner, Dines, Tulloch, Hinde and Dawes…

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1898 · page 4

The usual fortnightly meeting of this Council was held in Council Chamber, Mechanics' Institute, last evening. There ware present—The Mayor (Mr. Jap. H. F. Waller), Aldermen Rooney, Bourke,…

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Municipal Council

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 April 1898 · page 2

THE ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Council was held on Wednesday night. Present: The Major (Ald. Solomon[?]), Ald. Hopper, Shaw, Scott,…

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Maitland District Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 April 1898 · page 3

Mr. Austin 'Fitzpatrick has been gazetted Warden of the District Council, Maitland, vice Mr. John Bowdon, resigned…

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Our Singleton Letter. Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 April 1898 · page 2

The singleton Borough Council met last evening, when there were present : The Mayor (Alderman A. C. Robinson), Alderman York, Lloyd, Atkin, Wright, Grainier, Munro, and Reuben,…

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Muswellbrook Municipal Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 2

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the above was held in the chambers on Wednesday night last. There were present: Aldermen Brecht…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 2

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

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FEDERATION. Friends in Council

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 3

DRAMATIS PERSONE Ist, Federalist; 2nd, Cautious Federalist; 3rd, Anti-Federalist. SCENE.—George – street, Singleton,…

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Singleton Borough Council Lighting Rate Increased to 6d

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 6

The following were present at the regular meeting of the above Council hold on Thursday evening : — The Mayor (Alderman Robinson),…

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Fined £2 for Horsewhipping a Mayor the Fine Collected and Paid for Defendant. Temora

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 3

At the police court to-day, Norman McLeod was charged with assaulting Mr. Lucas (Mayor of Temora) with a whip in Hoskins-street on Thursday morning. McLeod pleaded guilty…

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Municipal Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 4

A special meeting of the West Maitland Council was held on Friday evening. The business was the consideration of the estimate of ways nod means prepared by the Finance. Committee. The…

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Municipal Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 26 April 1898 · page 3

The local Council held their usual fortnightly meeting on Friday night, the Mayor presiding. Ald Robson was the only absentee; illness…

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Municipal Council

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Mur[?]di Municipal Council was held in the Council Chamber on Friday evening, 22nd instant when there were present Aldermen…

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Fined for Horsewhipping a Mayor

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 16

At the Temora police court, on Saturday, Norman McLeod was charged with assaulting Mr. Lucas (Mayor of Temors) with a whip in Hoskins-street on Thursday morning. McLeod pleaded guilty,…

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The Wardenship of the Maitland District Council

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 13

Some time ago we mentioned the fact that Mr. John Bowden, J.P., owing to failing health had sent in his resignation as Warden of the Maitland District Council. Mr. Bowden on…

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Municipal Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 11

The West Maitland Council met on Friday evening. Applications for use of a footpath, and portion of the Railway Reserve and the line on it, were reterred to the Improvement Committee.— A…

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Privy Council Appeal Cases

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 May 1898 · page 3

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has dismissed, with costs, the appeal in the case of Adams v. Young. [This was a declaration against the Hon. J. H…

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Maitland District Council. Nominations for Vacancies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 May 1898 · page 5

At the Courthouse, East Maitland, at noon to-day, nominations were received for the vacancies on the Maitland District Council. Two were caused by the retirement, through the effiuxion of time,…

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Our Muswellbrook Letter. Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 May 1898 · page 4

The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held in the Chambers, School of Arts, last night, when there were present—the Mayor (Alderman Brecht), Aldermen Mclntyre, Lang, Budden,…

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