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Council & local affairs, 1905

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H. S. Wales Parliament. Wednesday, August 30. Legislative Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 August 1905 · page 3

Mr. Brunker, Honorary Minister, moved the second reading of the Observatory Hill Lands Leasing Bill, and pointed out that the object of the measure was to empower the…

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Municipal Council

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 September 1905 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the local Municipal Council was held on Wednesday evening last, there being present: The Mayor (Ald. Parker)…

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Roman Catholic Plenary Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 September 1905 · page 3

The third Plenary Council of the Roman Catholic Church of Australasia is to begin at St. Patrick's College, Manly, to-morrow afternoon. The previous councils were held in 1885…

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N. S. Wales Parliament. Thursday, August 31. Legislative Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 September 1905 · page 3

The Observatory Hill Lauds Leasing Bill and the Crimes (Amendment) Bill-were read a third time. Mr. Earp moved that the Tamworth…

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The Terms of Peace. Japan's Advantages. National Existence Secure. Council of the Nations. He Secret Agreement. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 September 1905 · page 3

At half-past 9 o'clock King Edward telegraphed the unexpected news of peace to the Queen, and congratulations to the Czar and [?]…

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Muswellbrook Municipal Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 September 1905 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above-named Council was held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday night last. There were pressnt—The Mayor (Alderman…

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Muswellbrook Letter Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 September 1905 · page 6

The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Wednesday night. There was present—The Mayor, Aldermen Brecht,[?] Lascombe, Fleming. Sparkes and[?]…

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The National Council of Woven

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 September 1905 · page 5

The National Council of Women sent the following Cable to President Rossevelt yesterday afternoon:—"The National Council of Women New South Wales congratulates you that…

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Disturbed Russia. Another Bomb Tragedy. Action of a Municipality. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 September 1905 · page 4

The " Vossishche Zeitung" of Berlin, reports that the Chief of tbe-Police at Czenstochay, Poland, was killed by the explosion of a dynamite bomb, and that…

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Municipal Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 September 1905 · page 3

Last Friday's meeting of the above was attended by the following:Ald. Alison (Mayor), McNamee, Burton, "Webber, Jones, Fitzgerald, and…

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N. S. Wales Parliament. Wednesday, Sept. 6. Legislative Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 September 1905 · page 3

The Small Debts Recovery Amending Bill, and the Habitual Criminals Bill, were read a third time. Mr. Dangar asked the Vice-President of the…

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The Age of the Municipality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 September 1905 · page 4

Muswellbrook is one of the oldest municipalities in the State, having been incorporated in the year 1870. The first Mayor of the town was the late Mr. Wm. Nowman, of Balmoral…

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Municipal Council

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 September 1905 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the above was held on Wednesday night last, when there were present: Ald. Dodds (in the chair), Ald. Dobson, and Asser…

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The Municipal Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 September 1905 · page 4

The coming conference of delegates from the various municipal councils of the State to open in Sydney on the 12th instant, should be the most interesting gathering of…

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Municipal Council

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 9 September 1905 · page 2

The regular fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council, which should have been held on Friday evening, [?]st instant, lapsed for want of a quorum, only…

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Roman Catholic Plenary Council

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 September 1905 · page 3

It is expected the deliberations of the Roman Catholic Plenary Council, now sitting at St. Patrick's College, Manly, will solemnly close on Sunday next, after High…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 September 1905 · page 3

The customary fortnightly meeting of the West Maitland Borough Council was held in the Council Chamber, Town Hall last evening. The Mayor (Alderman W. McLauchlin) presided, and the…

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Morpeth Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 September 1905 · page 6

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Morpeth Borough Council was held in the Council Chamber, Morpeth, last evening. The Mayor (Alderman Jas McCarthy) occupied the chair…

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The Municipal Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 September 1905 · page 3

The annual session of the Municipal Association of New South Wales was opened this morning in the Town Hall. There was a large attendance of delegates and the business…

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East Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 September 1905 · page 3

The regular fortnightly meeting of the East Maitland Borough Council was was held in the Council Chamber, last evening. In the absence of the Mayor (Alderman J. H. F. Waller) who was attending the…

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