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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1899

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Municipal Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1899 · page 2

The ordinary, meeting of the above was held on Friday night last, when there were present—the Mayor (Ald. H. C. Dark) in the chair, and Ald. J…

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The Singleton Argus. Tuesday, March 28Th, 1899. Council Reconstruction

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 March 1899 · page 2

THERE is something reproachful in the admission that there are sweeping political reforms pressingly urgent which have been awaiting attention in…

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District News. Dumgog. Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 March 1899 · page 5

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Friday evening last at the Council Chambers (School of Arts). There were present—The Mayor (H.C.Dark) in the chair, Aldermen F…

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Wednesday, March 28, 1899. the Council and Federation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 March 1899 · page 2

CONTRARY to what we have all along considered an over-sanguine expectation, the free conference between the Houses of Parliament leaves unsettled the matters in dispute…

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The Labour Party and the Council. a Queer Rumour. Sydney, Wednesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 March 1899 · page 3

The Premier to-day received a cablegram from Mr. Want in reply to his message of yesterday respecting the position of the Attorney-General on Federation, and his message to the Anti-bill…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 March 1899 · page 4

The regular fortnightly meeting of the West Maitland Borough Council was held in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, last night. Present: The Mayor (Colonel Wilkinson), Alderman Crothers…

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That Council Again! To the Editor

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1899 · page 2

Sir,—The all but engrossing theme of the pig sties having shaded off some what, I wish to call attention to some other matters…

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Municipal Council

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Murrurutnii Municipal Council was held in the Council Chambers on Friday evening. 24th march, when there were present…

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The Council and Federation

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 4

CONTRARY to wheat we have all along considered an over-sanguine expectation, the free conference between the Houses of Parliament left unsettled the matters in dispute…

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Saturday, April 1, 1899. the Council Nominations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 2

JUDGING from the confident tone of Mr. Reid's speech at Wallsend last evening, he is not likely to be met by Sir Frederick Darley with a refusal to make the nominations necessary…

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Municipal Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 5

A meeting of the West Maitland Borough Council was held on Wednesday evening in the Council Chamber, Town Hall. A letter was read from the Hon. J. F. Brunker acknowledging…

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Our Local Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 April 1899 · page 3

SIR,—Knowing that your columns are always open to those willing and anxious to discuss public matters and to expose wrong doing, I ask space for comment upon our local Borough Council proceedings and general mismanagement as reported…

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Legislative Council Reform

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1899 · page 2

CAREFUL and conscientious political students are satisfied of the necessity for what our contributor Mr. W. E. Abbott yesterday called an upper restraining Legislative Chamber…

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Letter to the Editor. Swamping the Legislative Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1899 · page 6

SIR,—The Premier's speech at Wallsend on the political situation will be read with some degree of curiosity, as it is supposed to contain a declaration of those principles upon…

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Municipal Reforms in Limerick. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 April 1899 · page 3

The dominant party in the Urban district of the Council of Limerick is taking active measures in the direction of reform. Guided by .John Daley,…

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Our Sydney Letter. [From Our Correspondent]. Swamping the Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 5 April 1899 · page 2

Mr. Reid himself is ostentatiously placid and confident. There is not the least scmblance of a crisis, he assures us. The Council has insisted on…

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Letter to the Editor. Facts and Figures on Municipal Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 April 1899 · page 4

SIR,—Now that the local Borough Council has introduced the thin end of the wedge of retrenchment by commencing operations with the working men—I refer to the calling for tenders for…

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 April 1899 · page 4

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held last night in the Council Chamber, Mechanics, Institute. The Mayor (Mr. W.H. Foster) occupied the chair, and there were also…

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Our Muswellbrook Letter. Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 April 1899 · page 4

The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held in the chambers, School of Arts, on Wednesday night, when there were present Aldermen Brecht, Lang, Budden, Frazer, Clarke, and…

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Muswellbrook Municipal Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 April 1899 · page 2

THE ordinary meeting of the above was held on Wednesday night last. There were present—Aldermen Brecht (voted to the chair), Budden, Lang, Fraser,…

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