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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1898

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Municipal Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1898 · page 2

A meeting of Council was held on Friday last. There were present— Ald. Hooke (Mayor), Dark, Jones, Abbott, Carlton, and Ingall…

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Municipalities and the Health Act

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 January 1898 · page 4

THE members of the Anuandale Council are altogether dissatisfied with the position they find themselves in with regard to the administration of…

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Municipal Council

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 3

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Murrurundi Municipal Council was held in the Council Chambers on Friday evening, 14th instant, when…

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Greta. [From Our Correspondent.] Meeting of Municipal Council

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 2

A special meeting of the council was held at the council chambers on Wednesday evening, to consider the Public Health Act. There were…

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Mr. Reid and the Council

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 4

Agreeably to promise, Mr. Reid spoke about the reform of the Legislative Council at Hamilton. But we cannot say that he has made his purposes clearer than he had made…

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Municipal Elections

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 2

IN an advertisement appearing in another column of this paper Alderman C. J. Skinner announces that, in consequence of not being able to give…

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Special Grant to Municipalities

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 16

The Premier was interviewed on Saturday at the Treasury upon the eve of his departure for Melbourne, with reference to the special grant to municipalities. Mr. Reid firmly declined to do…

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Municipal Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 12

Mr. J. H. F. Waller, Mayor of East Maitland, has waited upon Mr. Coberoft, acting District Surveyor, in reference to the delay in the laying out of the work preparatory to the erection of an…

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Municipal Valuator

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 2

Applications are invited by advertisement in another column, from persons willing to act in conjunction with the Council Clerk in making a valuation of the rateable property…

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Local News. The Municipal Elections

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 2

So far very little public interest has been displayed in the forthcoming local municipal elections, although nominations close on Monday next. This must be taken…

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The District Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 January 1898 · page 3

Sin,—Allow me a small space in your columns to contradict a statement made in the District Council about tho deputation to the Chief Secretary. The statement was that the…

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Morpeth Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 January 1898 · page 2

A meeting of the Morpeth Borough Council was held last evening. There were present:—Aldermen White (in the chair), McCarthy, Burg, Fox, Swan, Hogan, Sim…

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Mr. Reid and the Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1898 · page 4

A "fishing" paragraph appears in a Sydney morning paper with regard to the Legislative Council. It is either…

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Municipal Nominations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 January 1898 · page 2
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The nomination of candidates to fill the vacancies in the various municipal council in this district closed last night. At West Maitland the four retiring aldermen are…

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Municipal Election

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 26 January 1898 · page 2

IT is understood that the undermentioned gentlemen have been nominated to fill the vacancies in the local Municipal Council, caused by…

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South Singleton Municipality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 January 1898 · page 4

The South Singleton Council met last evening, when there were present:—The Mayor (Aid. H. J. Miner). Aldermen Kirkwood, Hinde, [?] Dines, and Simmons…

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District News. Greta. [From Our Correspondent.] Municipal Council

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 January 1898 · page 3

The fortnightly meeting of the Great Council was held in the chambers on Monday evening. There were present -The Mayor (Aid T. Jones), and…

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South Singleton Council

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 January 1898 · page 4

THE regular meeting of the above was hold on Tuesday evening last, when the following members were present: —The Mayor (Aid Miner), Aldermen…

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Municipal Nominations

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 January 1898 · page 2

The nominations for three seats in the Singleton Council, rendered vacant by the retirement of Aldermen Wright, Munro and Lloyd by efflluxion of time, closed on…

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