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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1898

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Municipal Council

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 February 1898 · page 2

THE ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Council was held on Wednesday night last, when there were present: The Mayor (Alderman Solomons)…

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Muswellbrook Municipal Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 2

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the above was held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday night. There were present Aldermen Bowman (in the…

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South Singleton Park. Aldermen Interview the Member

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 2

YESTERDAY morning the member for the district, Hon. A. J. Gould, was interviewed by representatives of the South Singleton Council in reference…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 4

The usual for toightly meeting of the West Maitland Brough Council was held in the Council Chambers. Town Hall, last evening Present:— The Mayor (Mr.Alex Wilkison), Aldermen H…

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municipal Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 6

The East Maitland Council met on Wednesday evening. A notification was received that Thursday next had been proclaimed a public holiday.—Four delegates were appointed to the flood…

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Municipal Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1898 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Council was held on Friday night last. There were present—The Mayor (Ald. Abbott in the chair), Ald. Hooke,…

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London County Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 March 1898 · page 3

Speeches delivered by Mr, Chamberlain, Lord Rosebery, Mr. Balfour, and Mr. Asquith, in London have served to arouse interest in the Country Council elections…

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Alderman John Norton

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 3

An election to fill an extraordinary vacancy in the Sydney City Council was held on Tuesday last. There were two candidate, Mr. John Norton, and Mr. T. H. Barlow…

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Municipal Council

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 2

The report of the meeting of the Murrurundi Municipal Council will be found on the fourth page of this issue. The report contains some interesting information for the…

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Municipal Council

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 4

The usual fortuightly meeting of the Mnrruruudi Municipal Council was held in the Council Chambers on Friday evening, 25th February, when…

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London County Council Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 3

In connection with the London County Council elections, the "Progressively" have gained 13 seats. The elections in four divisions are not yet decided…

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Local, News. Council meeting Lapsed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 2

Owing to the absence of several aldermen from town on Thursday evening, the meeting of the Borough Council lapsed, a quorum not being present at the time…

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That Municipal Endowment. Counsel's Opinion Obtained

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 3

The Municipal Association of New South Wales has obtained the opinion of Dr. R. M. Sly on the much-talked-of question of Mr. G. H. Reid's promise of 2s 6d in the £…

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Municipal Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 16

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Maitland Borough Council was bold on Friday night. The Secretary of Williams River Agricultural Association wrote asking the Council to apply…

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London County Council Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 March 1898 · page 5

At the London County Council elections 68 "Progressives" and 48 "Moderates" were returned The "Progressives" gained 16 seats, chiefly in those electoral division where the working classes…

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Morpeth Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 March 1898 · page 2

Last night, the Morpeth council held its usual fortnightly meeting in the Council Chamber, Mor-peth. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Sim). and Aldermen Swan, [?] Cox, MeCarthy,…

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Our Singleton "Letter. South Singleton Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1898 · page 4

Tho South Singleton Municipal Council met last evening (Tuesday) when there were present:- The Mayor (Aid. Simmons), Aldermen A. H. Dawes, Tu[?]och, Miner, und Dines…

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The City Council. Its Rates and Its Working. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1898 · page 5

At a meeting of the City Council to-day the Mayor an[?]ournced that arrears of rates, which recently stood at £10,000, have now been reduced to £1,750. He also said in connection with the Town Hall inquiry it was stated some…

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Municipal Election at Morpeth. Declaration Op This Poll

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1898 · page 5

Yesterday, the election of a gen[?]man to [?] an the vacancy in the Morpeth Council caused by the retirement of Alderman Wingrave,tock place, and resulted in the return of Mr. J.G.White, who had previously been a member of the Council for nearly…

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Our Muswellbrook Letter. Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 March 1898 · page 4

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

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