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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1903

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Singleton Municipal Counciling

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 7

A SPECIAL meeting of the Singleton Municipal Council was held on Thursday night, at the Council Chambere. There were present: The…

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Imperial Council of Defence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 March 1903 · page 3

The Earl of Rosebery moved in the House of Lords last night a resolution having for its object the improving of the Council of Defence. The resolution was accepted by the Government, and was…

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Morpeth Borough Council. Difficulty Amicably Settled

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 March 1903 · page 2

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

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The City Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 1 April 1903 · page 2

The city fathers have seen their way to reduce the city rate from 1/10 in the £ at which it stood last year to 1/9. They claim, moreover,…

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 April 1903 · page 6

The regular meeting of the East Maitland Borough Council was held in the Council Chamber, Mechanics Institute, last evening. An apology was tendered for the absence of…

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London County Council Loan

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 April 1903 · page 3

The London County Council will issue shortly a 3 per cent loan of £5,000,000 at the price of 95½. Lord Welby states that the Council will not issue further stock during the present year…

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District News. Greta Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 April 1903 · page 4

The regular fortnightly meeting was held at the temporary chambers on Monday at 7.30 p.m. Present—The Mayor (Alderman B. Pryor), Aldermen Heber, North), Waugh, Leaver, Steggles, Rylatt,…

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Singletion Municipal Council

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 6

THE Singleton Municipai Council met on Thursday night. There were present—The Mayor (Alderman F. A. Bennett), Aldermen Grainger,…

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Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 6

The Singleton Borough Council met on Thursday night. Present:—The Mayor (Mr. F. A. Bennett), Aldermen York, Grainger, Robinson, Gordon, Lambert, and McFadden…

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Extraordinary Municipal Vacancy

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 4

In reference to the advertisement in this issue respecting an extraordinary vacancy in the Singleton Municipal Council, on account of the retircment of…

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Municipal Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1903 · page 3
Also in The Scone Advocate

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Council was held on Friday night last. The Mayor and all the aldermen were present, with the…

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Aberdeen. Municipal Council

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1903 · page 2

The fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Friday last, there being present The Mayor (Ald. C. E. Paechoy, in the chair), Ald. Keet, Hall…

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District News. Aberdeen. Municipal Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 8 April 1903 · page 2

The fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Friday last. There were present:—The Mayor (Alderman Peachey) in the chair, Aldermen…

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Borough Council Relief Works

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 April 1903 · page 6

The Singleton Borough Council hold a special meeting on Monday night, for the purpose of allotting work for the improvement of the streets, for which the Government…

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The Health of the Mayor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 April 1903 · page 4

Our popular Mayor of the town, Mr. J. E. McIntyre, who has been sojourning in Sydney for some weeks for the benefit of his health, has greatly improved by the change, and will return to…

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Municipal Relief works

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 April 1903 · page 2

The Singleton Municipal Council recently voted the sum of £2OO for the purpose of instituting work on the roads within the municipality, and this was…

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Municipal Council

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 2

The regular fortnightly meeting of the local Municipal Council was held in the Council Chamber on Friday evening, 3rd instant, when there were present Aldermen…

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Murrurundi. Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 6

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Council was held on Friday, 3rd instant. There were present—The Mayor, Alderman Wood, Maloney, Holt, Stuart, Duffy, White, Prince, and Rooney. The following…

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An Ex-mayor's Opinion

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 4

The opinion of a mim is often useful, especially when the man is well known to be a master of the subject upon which he speaks; then his statements are more than mere opinions, they are absolute facts…

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