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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1900

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Another Municipal Point

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 4

The[?] is a pre [?] for pains of difficulty to the legal fraternity. Several a week pasers, but some tangle is drawn out and thrown…

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Municipal Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1900 · page 3

An ordinary meeting of Council was held on Thursday night last, when the Mayor (Ald. Dark), and Ald. Abbott, Jones, Robson, Bruyn, Piper, and…

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Annual Municipal Elections. the Nominations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 January 1900 · page 3

For the Borough of Singleton Messrs. Henry McFadden. jun., William Joseph Quinn, and Edwin James Head are the retiring Alderman, and Messrs. Joseph Keif and Frank Huston the retiring…

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Dungog. Municipal Nominations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 January 1900 · page 3

Messrs. Joseph Abbott, J.A. Jones, Thos. Carlton, R. W. Alison, Ike Johns, and Wm Stanton have been nominated to serve as aldermen. Three to be elected…

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The Singleton Argus. Tuesday. January [?]th. 1900. Municipal Apathty

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 January 1900 · page 2

The greatest enemy to all public institutions is the chloroformed handkerchief of apathy. Singleton in no exception to the rule, and until…

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Murrurundi. Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1900 · page 5

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Council was held on Thursday 25th January. Present: The Mayor, Alderman Pritchett, Rooney, Stairs, Dounellan and Fishburn…

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District News. Scone. Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1900 · page 5

The Council met on Wednesday evening last, when there were present:—The Mayor (Alderman Scott), Aldermen Dodde, Ferguson, shaw, Young. Correspondence was read:—From the Railways…

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Municipal Election

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 31 January 1900 · page 2

IT is officially notified that the undermentioned gentlemen have been duly nominated to fill the vacancies in the local Municipal Council, caused by…

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Municipal [?]

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 February 1900 · page 2

THE nominations for the three aldermanic vacancies in the Singleton Borough Council closed on Monday night, and are as…

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Municipal Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1900 · page 2

A special meeting of the Council was held on Wednesday to consider the Myall Creek nuisance and the pig gery question.' Present—Aldermen…

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District News. Dungog. Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 February 1900 · page 4

The court for revising the municipal list for the ensuing year sat on Wednesday last. The Mayor presided, and there were present—Aldermen Robson, McLauchlin, Abbott, Bruyn, Jones, and Piper…

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Municipal Council

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Murrurnndi Municipal council was held in the Council Chambers on Thursday evening, 25th January, when there were present…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 4

The customary Fortnightly meeting of the West Maitland Borough Council was held in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, last evening. Present: The Mayor (Colonel Wilkinson), Aldermen Crothers,…

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Letter to the Editor. East Maitland Borough Council and Embankments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 February 1900 · page 4

SIR,—From a report of the last meeting of above council it seems very clear that it ia the intention of that body to take a very erratic course with reference to the overflow of flood-water from the…

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Morpeth Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 4

The regular fortnightly meeting of the Morpeth Borough Council was held in the Council Chambers, School of Arts, last evening. Present—The Mayor (Alderman White), Aldermen Swan, Edwards,…

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The Municipal Nominations. West Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 2

The nomination of candidates to fill the four vacancies caused by the annual retirement of alderman in the West Maitland Borough Council took place in the Town Hall at noon to-day. The…

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The Municipal Election. a Quiet Affair

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 2

THE public announcement of the names of the candidates for local municipal honors for the next three years took place this morning. Probably because…

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Municipal Elections

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 2

Messrs C. Dines, G. Dines, and J. W. Fell having withdrawn from the South Singleton aldermanic election, there is nothing for the Returning officer to do but…

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District News. Greta. Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 February 1900 · page 5

The Council, as at present constituted, held its final meeting on Monday evening. Present—The Mayor (Alderman B. Pryor), Aldermen Waugh, Rostron, Walker, Palmer, Nattrass, and Rylatt…

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Municipal Matters

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 7 February 1900 · page 2

A CORRESPONDENT writing on the subject of the coming annual Municipal election points out that " the want of a town clock hay long been…

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