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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1906

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Muswellbrook Municipal Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 2

THE regular meeting of the abovenamed Council was held in the Council Chambers, on Wednesday evening last. There were present Aldermen Luscombe (Mayor),…

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The Shire Councils

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 8

POLICE Magistrates and other officials have been engaged in the different Shires preparing lists of persons eligible for nomination on the Provisional…

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Municipal Wreath

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 4

We are requested to state that, among the wreaths sent upon the occasion of the funeral of the late Mr Hugh Munro, one was forwarded from…

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Municipality or Shire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 May 1906 · page 4

As all the settled portion of the State bas now to come under local government in some form or other, the question in some township areas which is now being considered, is whether to…

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Municipal Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 May 1906 · page 3

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above was held on Friday night. Present: Aldermen McNamee (Mayor, in chair), Whitehouse, Burton,…

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Maitland District Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 May 1906 · page 3

A meeting of the Maitland District Council, convened for his afternoon, at the Mechanies' Institute, East Maitland, lapsed a quorum not being in attendance. Those…

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Municipal Election

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1906 · page 2

THE polling for an alderman to fill the vacancy in the local Municipal Council caused by the resignation of Ald. Dobson took place on Saturday…

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Shire Councillors The New Appointments [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 2

The councillors for the various [?] under Local Government were granted to-day. The list of councillors for Pa[?]…

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Municipal Council

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 2

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

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Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 3

The Singleton Borough Council met last evening. Present: The Mayor (Mr. Henrk York), Aldermen Lloyd, Gordon, Scott, Bennett, Everingham, and Quinn…

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Muswellbrook Letter. the Provisional Shire Councillors

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 4

The announcement of the names of the Provisional Shire Councillors for the Northern District in Wednesday's "Mercury" was read here yesterday with considerable…

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New Shire Councils. Appointment of Temporary Councillors

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 2

A NOTIFICATION appeared in the Gazette of Wednesday last, appointing the first Shire Councillors. The duties of these gentlemen will be to…

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Local Government. Shire Councils. Temporary Councillors Ap­pointed

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 2

The Government Gazette of the 16th instant contains a proclamation appointing five temporary councillors for each of the 134 shires constituted under the Local…

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Shire Councillors

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 3

The following Temporary Councillors have been gazetted for the Shire of Cessnock:—Messrs. George Brown, Cessnock; A. C. Forrester, Branxton;…

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Singleton Borough Council

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 6

A meeting of the Council was held on Thursday night. Present: The Mayor (Alderman York), Aldermen Bennett, Scott, Gordon, Lloyd,…

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Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 7

[?] fortnightly meeting of the West [?] Borough Council was held in the Coun[?] Town Hall, last evening. The Mayor [?] W. J. Enrght, B.A. presided, and the…

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Shire Councils. Duties of Temporary Members

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 6

The appointment of five temporary councillors for each of the 134 shires has been announced by proclamatoin. The five councillors appointed for…

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Division of Shire. Wybong. Riding "A."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 8

Commencing on a southern boundary of the shire at its intersection with the road from Muscle Brook to Wollombi (known as Sir Thomas Mitchell's road)…

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Entente Municipale. Round of Paris Sights

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 3

KISSING THE MARKET QUEEN. On 6th February the Paris correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:—…

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Municipal Extension

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 4

The question of extending the municipal boundaries was introduced informally at the meeting of the Borough Council on Thursday night. It was…

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