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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1899

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The Federal Council. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1899 · page 3

The Federal Council was formally opened to-day by Lord Brassey with the usual ceremony. His Excellency was escorted to Parliament House by the troops and mounted police. He was received…

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London Municipal Reform

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1899 · page 3

The Daily Telegraph states that the Government, in introducing its proposals for London municipal reform, will not touch the corporation of the City of London; but will create 30 municipalities for the…

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Borough Council Meeting

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 January 1899 · page 4

ON Monday eveninglast the following were present at a regular meeting of the Council: — Aldermen Robinson (Mayor), Lloyd, York, Munro,…

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1899 · page 4

The customary fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held in the Council Chambers, Mechanics Institute, Banks-street, last evening. Present: The Mayor (Alderman J. H. F. Waller)…

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The New Governor. Lord Beauchamp. the Mayor of Worcester

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1899 · page 2

The City of Worcester has been particularly fortunate (says the Worcester Herald) in possessing a Chief Magistrate such as Earl Beauchamp has proved himself to be. Young as he is, the…

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Our Singleton Letter. South Singleton Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1899 · page 2

The last meeting of the municipal year of the South. Singleton Council was held last evening (Wednesday), when there were present—The Mayor (Mr. Simmons), Aldermen Miner, Dawes, and…

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Muswellbrook Municipal Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 2

THE last ordinary meeting of the present municipal year was held in the chambers on Wednesday night last. There were present The Mayor,…

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South Singleton Council

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 3

A meeting of the above Council took place on Wednesday evening last in the Council Chambers, when there were present:—The Mayor (Alderman…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 4

The regular fortnightly meeting of the West Maitland Borough Council was held in the Council Chambers, Town Hall, last night. Present: The Mayor (Colonel Wilkinson), Aldermen Ribee, Cobb…

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The Federal Council. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 3

The Federal Council was formally opened to-day by Lord Brassey with the usual ceremony. His Excellency was escorted to Parliament House by the troops and mounted police. He was received…

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Municipal Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 5

A meeting of the Morpeth Borough Council was held in the Council Chambers, School of Arts, Morpeth, on Monday night. A communication was received from Mr. H. McLachlan, Secretary to…

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Chicago Aldermen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 January 1899 · page 6

The streets of Ohicago, we read in the letter of the New York correspondent of the Melbourne Argus were last December full of men wearing little hangman's nooses pinned to the lapels of their…

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Letter to the Editor. Municipal Amenities

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 January 1899 · page 2

SIR,—The verbal valedictory doled out to the four retiring aldermen on Friday night at the Town Hull has caused a mild sensation amongst the ratepayers, and the query is—Who has done…

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Municipal Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 3

The ordinary meeting of the above was held on Friday night last. Aid. Abbott (Mayor), Hooke, Jones, Dark, Robson, Piper, Carlton and Johns…

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A Breeze in the Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 3

At the City Council meeting to-day the Mayor complained of a speech delivered by Alderman Dymock, in which the letter declared that he (the Mayor) placed him in an ignominious position…

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Our Singleton Letter. the Municipal Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 2

The following nominations have been received by the Returning Officer for the Borough of Singleton. For the annual election of three Alderman Henry York, Arthur Grainger, William Joseph…

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Muswellbrook. Municipal Nominations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 3

Following are the municipal nominations Messrs. Budden Luecombe McNeill, Spratt, Yatee, and Francis Clarke…

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Municipal Election

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 2

THE following are the nominations received by the Returning Officer, Alderman Lang, for the vacancies in the local Council: —…

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Dungog. Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 2

A meeting of the local Municipal Council was held at the Chambers, School of Arts, last Friday evening, there being present—Aldermen Abbott (Mayor), Aldermen Dark, Hooke, Robson, Jones…

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Municipal Council

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 February 1899 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the Council was held on Wednesday evening, when there were present, The Mayor (Aid. Solomons), Aid. Hopper, Shaw and…

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