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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1906

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Muswellbrook Letter. Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 March 1906 · page 2

The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held last night, when there were present: The Mayor (Alderman Luscombe), Aldermen Weidmann, Clarke, Fleming,…

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Municipal Council

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 2

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

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Municipal Prosecution. Alderman Proceeded Against

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 1

A case of some importance as affecting ratepayers was heard at Wyalong Court, before Mr Dove, P.M. when wyllie Boyd Proceeded against John…

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Muswellbrook Municipal Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 2

THE regular meeting of the above was held at the Chambers, School of Arts, on Wednesday night last. There were present: The Mayor (Alderman Luseombe), Aldermen…

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Shire Councillors

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 4

The gentlemen recommended to the Government as the first Shire Council, Cess nock, are Messrs. George Brown and James Love,…

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Letter to the Editor Maitland District Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 6

Sir,—I was somewhat amused [?] the report of the meeting of the [?] District Council, which appeared in[?] of the 21st instant. The actual [?]…

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Municipal Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 2

The following constituted the representative attendance at last Friday night's meeting of the above:—Aldermen McNamee (Mayor), Whitehouse,…

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The Natal Crisis. Appeal to Privy Council. Court-martial's Powers Impugned. London, April 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 5

An extraordinary and hastily summoned meeting of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was held yesterday, to hear the application of Mr. E. G. Jollicoe, on…

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Execution of Murderers Privy Council Meeting LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 April 1906 · page 1

The twelve natives condemned by court-martial to death for the murder of Inspector Hunt and a trooper near Richmond, Natal, have been…

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Extension of Municipal Boundaries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 April 1906 · page 4

The proposed extension of the municipal boundaries to take in the permanent common, which adjoins the town on the eastern side, is a proposal that should meet with the…

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Shire Council Elections

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 2

ThE Government is hardly to be commended, we think, upon the manner of its selection of provisional shire councillors under the Act recently…

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Municipal Council

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 2

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

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Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 3

The Singleton Borough Council met last night (Thursday). Present : Alderman Bennett, Head, Everingham, Lloyd, Scott, Gordon, and McFadden In the absence of the…

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Singleton Borough Council

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 3

A meeting of the Council was held on Thursday night. Present: Aldermen Bennett (chair), Everingham, Gordon, Head, Scott, M'Fadden, and…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 3

The regular fortnightly meeting of the West Maitland Borough Council was held in the council Chamber, Town Hall, last evening. The Mayor (Alderman W. J. Enright)…

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Municipalities and the Shires Act

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 8

Mr. [?]. Gillies, M.L.A. in response to representations made to the Department at the instance of the Morpeth Borough Council has received the following communication from…

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West Maitland Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 April 1906 · page 5

Sir,—In your report of the meeting of the West Maitland Borough Council, I am credited (re Mr. Bell's request to practice golf on the Maitland Park) with being the mover of…

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Upkeep of Roads in Extended Area West Maitland Municipality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 April 1906 · page 2

"With reference to paper 06/1776. Thirty-eight years ago West Maitland Municipality was very largely extended. Throughout this extended area the council have had, and…

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Morpeth Borough Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Morpeth Borough Council was held in the Council Chambers. Morpoth, on Monday. The Mayor (Alderman Wynne) occupied the chair…

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Privy Council Appeal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 5

[?] Committee of the Privy [?] delivered its reserved judgement [?] in the New South Wales case [?] Perry. The appeal was…

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