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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1898

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South Singleton Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 December 1898 · page 3

The South Singleton Council met last evening, when there were present; The Mayor (Alderman Simmons) Aldermen Miner, Dawes, Hinde and Tulloch…

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The Council and Federation

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 14 December 1898 · page 3

The Legislative Council on the whole, has been rather lenient than otherwise with the federal resolutions. It desires that the capital shall be…

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South Singleton Council

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 December 1898 · page 4

AT the regular meeting on Tuesday night, the following members of the above were present:—The Mayer (Alderman Simmons), Aldermen…

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 December 1898 · page 2

The customary fortnightly meeting of the above Council wan held in the Council Chamber, Mechanics' Institute, Banks-street, last evening. present:—The Mayor (Alderman J. H. F. Waller…

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Municipal Council

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 December 1898 · page 2

THE Council met on Wednesday evening. Present: The Mayor (Ald. Solomons), Ald. Hopper, Shaw, Scott and Young…

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Scone Permanent Common. the Resumption Under the Prickly Pear Act. Strong Protest From the Council

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 December 1898 · page 3

At the meeting of the Council (as Trustees of the Common) on Wednesday night last, the matter of the resumption of the greater portion of…

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Muswellbrook Municipal Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 December 1898 · page 2

The ordinary meeting of the above was held in the Chambers on Wednesday night. There were present: Aldermen Brecht (Mayor), Clarke,…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 December 1898 · page 4

The customary fortnightly meeting of the West Maitland Borough Council was held in the chamber, Town Hall, last evening. Present: The Mayor (Colonel Wilkinson), Alderman Crothers, Ross…

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Municipal Election

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 17 December 1898 · page 2

Monday last was the day of ethical nomination for an [?]men for the extraordinary vacancy in the Murrurundi Municipal Council caused by the dea[?] of the late…

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Valedictory to Alderman W. Ingall

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 20 December 1898 · page 3

On Thursday night in the spacious dining room of the Settlers' Arms Hotel an impromptu gathering of Mr W. Ingall's friends met to tender that…

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Municipal Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 20 December 1898 · page 2

The ordinary meeting of Council was held on Friday last. There were present:—Ald. Hooke (in the chair) Robson, Jones, Carlton, Piper, Ingall…

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Scone. Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 December 1898 · page 5

The Municipal Council met on Wednesday last, there being present, the Mayor (Alderman Solomons), Aldermen Hopper, Shaw, Scott and Young…

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Morpeth Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 December 1898 · page 3

A meeting to transact the business of the regular meeting which lapsed for want of a quorum, was held on Monday last. There were present:— The Mayor (Mr. R. Sim), Aldermen…

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Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 December 1898 · page 2

The Singleton Borough Council met last evening, when there were present—The Mayor Alderman Rebinson) Aldermen Munro, York, McFadden Lloyd, Wright, Atkin and Grainger…

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Municipal Council

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 24 December 1898 · page 5

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Murrurundi Municipal Council was summoned for Friday evening, 16th instant; but lapsed for want of a…

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Singleton Borough Council

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 December 1898 · page 3

The following members of the above were present at the regular meeting held on Thursday night:—The Mayor (Alderman Robinson), Aldermen…

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Municipal Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 December 1898 · page 4

At the customary meeting of the West Maitland Borough Council on Friday evening, the business transacted was chiefly of a routine character. Mr. Aug. Hainke wrote expressing his willingness to…

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 December 1898 · page 4

The regular fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held in the Council Chamber, Mechanics' Institute, Banks-street, last evening. In the absence of the Mayor, Alderman O'Mara…

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Letters to the Editor. Mr. Cooper and the Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 December 1898 · page 4

SIR,—I should esteem it a great favour if you will allow me a small space, as my name has been brought before the public within these past few days; and, from Alderman Nicholson's letter, the…

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Muswell brook Municipal Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 31 December 1898 · page 4

THE ordinary meeting of the above was held at the Chambers on Wednesday night. There were present: The Mayor (Alderman Brecht), Aldermen…

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