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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1899

617 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 31

A Driving Accident. the Mayor of Scone Seriously Injured. a Commercial Traveller Bruised. a Falling Tree Does the Damage. Merriwa

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 April 1899 · page 3

Mr. Edward Solomons, J.P., Mayor of Scone, met with a serious accident this morning. He was driving a buggy, accompanied by Mr. Sylvester Browne, commercial traveller for Messrs…

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Qualifications of Municipal Voters. a Bank Manager's Position

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 April 1899 · page 4

In many municipalities the question whether occupiers of premises who are servants, but who pay the rates in their own name, are entitled to vote at municipal elections has given rise to much discussion…

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Municipal Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1899 · page 3

At the ordinary meeting of Council held on Friday night there were present: Ald. Dark (Mayor), Abbult, Jones, Robson, Hooke, Piper, Carlton,…

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Mayor's Just Refusal. [By Telegraph.] Melbounre, Monday

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 April 1899 · page 3

The Mayor refused the promoters of the May Day organisation permission to march through the city, also the use of the Town Hall. He did not…

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A Sad Fatality. the Mayor of Scone Killed a Commercial Traveller Bruised. A Falling Tree Does the Damage. [By Telegraph.] Merriwa

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 April 1899 · page 2

Mr Edward Solomons, J.P., Mayor of Scone, met with a serious accident this morning. He was driving a buggy, accompanied by Mr Sylvester…

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Terrible Fatal Accident. Death of Mr. Edward Solomons, Mayor of Scone. a Trek Falls on His Buggy. Terrible Wound on the Head. an Ill-fated Family. Merriwa

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1899 · page 2

MR. EDWARD SOLOMONS, Mayor of Scone, met with a serious accident this morning. He left Grampian Hills Station,…

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District News. Scone. Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 April 1899 · page 6

The Council met on Wednesday evening, Alderman Scott being in the chair, Alderman Dodds, Hopper, find Young also being present. Correspondence, was read, the Board of Health asking for…

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Fatal Accident to the Mayor of Scone. A Tree Falls on his Buggy. MERRIWA

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 26 April 1899 · page 2

MR. EDWARD SOLOMONS, Mayor of Scone met with a serious accident this morning. Ho left Grampian Hills Station,…

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Dungog. Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 April 1899 · page 2

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held in the Council Chambers (School of Arts) on Friday evening last. The Mayor (Alderman H. C. Dark) occupied the chair, and…

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Our Singleton Letter. South Singleton Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 April 1899 · page 2

The South Singleton Municipal Council met last evening, when there were present: Aldermen Dawes, Dines, Miner and Tulloch, and the Council Clerk (Mr. W. J. Quinn). In the absence of the…

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Singleton Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 April 1899 · page 2

The, Singleton Borough Council met last evening, when there were present: The Mayor (Mr. M'Fadden, Aldermen Grainger, Lloyd, York, Bailey, Munro, and Wright…

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Municipal Council

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Mutrurundi Municipal Council was held in the Council on Friday evening, 21st instant, when there were present Aldermen…

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South Singleton Council

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 4

A REGULAR meeting of the above was held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday evening, when there were present:-Aldermen Miner, Dawes,…

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Singleton Borough Council

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 4

A MEETING of the above council was held on Thursday evening, when there were present: The Mayor (Alderman M'Fadden), Aldermen York, Lioyd,…

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A Sad Fatality. The Mayor of Scone Killed

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 2

Mr. Edward Solomons, J.P., Mayor of Scone, and Returein[?] Office for the Robertson Electorate, met with a serious accident, which unfortunately terminated fatally…

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A Driving Fatality. the Mayor of Scone Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 7

Mr. Edward Solomons, J.P., Mayor or Scone, met his death in a terrible manner on Monday. He was driving a buggy, accompanied by Mr. Sylvester Browne, commercial traveller for Messrs…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 4

The customary meeting of the West Maitland Borough Council was held in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, last evening. In the absence of the Mayor (Colonel Wilkinson) who is at present on a…

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Qualifications of Municipal Voters. a Bank Manager's Position

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 10

In many municipalities the question whether occupiers of premises who are servants, but who pay the rates in their own name, are entitled to vote at municipal elections has given rise to much discussion…

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Accident to the S.S. Mayor

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 May 1899 · page 2

Last evening while Mr George Hinde, Mayor of South Singleton, was in the act of mounting his horse, the animal plunged, throwing him rather heavily to the ground…

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Maitland District Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 May 1899 · page 2

The nomination of candidates to fill the vacancies in the Maitland DIstrict Council caused by the retirement of Councillors Azariah Thomas and William Groves, took place at the Courthouse, East…

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