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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1902

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District News. Scone. Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 September 1902 · page 4

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Wednesday evening. There were present the Mayor (Alderman Shaw), Aldermen Dodds, Dobson, Ferguson, and Poynting…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 September 1902 · page 6

The customary fortnightly meeting of the West Maitland Borough Council was held in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, last evening. The Mayor (Dr. Frank Liddell)…

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Municipal Election

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 13 September 1902 · page 2

We understand that four nominations have been received by the Returning Officer for the two vacancies in the local Municipal Council, viz., Messrs J. W…

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Morpeth Municipal Election

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 September 1902 · page 3

Yesterday's election was a record for Morpeth All day long a steady stream of voters rolled up, and the Council Clerk netted a handsome sum for rates The actual number voting was 202, exceeding the…

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The Municipalities Bill

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 September 1902 · page 4

SIR JOHN SEE has begun well with the committee stage of the Municipalities Bill. He postpones the sections dealing with the constitution of new municipalities, being…

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The Municipal Bill. The Ledgers' Vote. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 September 1902 · page 4

THE Legislative Assembly sat until five this morning discussing the Municipal Bill clause granting the lodgers' vote, which was passed by…

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The Municipalities Bill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 September 1902 · page 2

SIR JOHN SEE complained on Friday morning, and with justice, that undue talk tends to throttle the Municipalities Bill. The complaint is just, but it is abundantly evident…

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Municipal Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 16 September 1902 · page 2

The Council met on Thursday night last in the chambers. Present were—Aid. Hooke (Mayor), Wilkerson, McLaughlin, Bayliss, and Burton…

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Morpeth Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 September 1902 · page 4

The customary fortnightly meeting of the Morpeth Borough Council was held in the Council Chamber, School of Arts, last evening. The Mayor (Alderman Sim) occupied the chair and there were also in…

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The Lodger Vote in Municipalities

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 September 1902 · page 4

Last Friday morning, by a majority of 10—29 votes to 19—a committee of the Assembly agreed to the lodger vote in the Municipalities Bill. We purpose to present a summary of…

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Municipal Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 September 1902 · page 3

The annual session of the Municipal Association of New South Wales was commenced this morning in the Town Hall, when fully 200 delegates were present, representing nearly every municipality in…

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 September 1902 · page 4

The customary fortnightly meeting of the East Maitland Borough Council was held in the Council Chambers, Mechanics' Institute, last evening. In the absence of the Mayor (Mr. J. H. F. Waller),…

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The Singleton Argus Thursday, September 18Th, 1992. the Municipal Bill. "The Lodger Clause."

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 September 1902 · page 2

DURING the recent debate on the Municipal Bill, in the Legislative Assembly in Committee, a lengthy discussion look place upon what is known…

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Muswellbrook Municipal Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Council was held in the Council Chambers, on Wednesday night last. There being present: Alderman Luscombe…

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Our Muswellbrook Letter. Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 6

The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held in the Chamber, School of Arts, on Wednesday night, when there were present: Aldermen Luscombe, Lang, Fleming,…

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Municipal Nominations

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 2

The official nomination of candidates for the office of Alderman in the local Municipal Council, to fill the vacancies created by the…

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Municipal Indebtedness

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 11

The Statistical Register, in a recent issue, publishes the indebtedness of the borough councils of New South Wales. In Sydney the debt of the City is £1,570,000, of which £1,110,000 was raised in London,…

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The Municipalities Bill

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 4

SIR JOHN SEE complained on Friday morning, and with justice, that undue talk tends to throttle the Municipalities Bill. Sir John See, however, has acted fairly up to hisp'edge,…

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Municipal Conference

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 8

The annual session of the Municipal Association of New South Wales was commenced on Tuesday in the Town Hall, Sydney, when fully 200 delegates were present, representing nearly every municipality in…

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The Lodger Vote in Municipalities

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 9

Last Friday morning, by a majority of 10—29 votes to 19—a committee of tho Assembly agreed to the lodger vote in the Municipalities Bill. We purpose to present a summary of…

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