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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1907

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The Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 September 1907 · page 3

Four aldermen "(including the Mayor), being away from Muswellbrook, the attendance of the whole of the remaining five would have been necessary on Wednesday…

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[?] Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 September 1907 · page 7

[?] Municipal Council met last (Thursday). Present: The Mayor (F. A. Bennett). Alderman York, [?] Gilson, Scott, Head,…

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Municipal Valuers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 September 1907 · page 4

Three applications were received by the council last night for the position of valuers for the ensuing three years, and on the motion of Alderman Everingham seconded by…

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Municipal Mems

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 September 1907 · page 4

The Sanitary Inspector of the Municipal Council has been appointed to collect the list of electors, for the sum of £5. The expenditure of the special grant of…

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Shire Council

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 September 1907 · page 5

The regular fortnightly meeting of the Council of Patrick Plains Shire was held at the Shire offices on Thursday, when all Councillors were…

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Shire Council Meetings. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 September 1907 · page 11

The engineer (Mr.G.F. Lindeman) reported having been over the Pokolbin Hill Deviation from end to end twice, and he did not consider any alteration in the grade…

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Patrick Plains Shire Council. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 September 1907 · page 3

The regular fortnightly meeting of the council of Patrick plains Shire was held at the shire offices on Thursday, when all councillors were present…

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Municipal Council

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 September 1907 · page 3

A meeting of the Council was held on Thursday night. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Bennett), Aldermen Head, Scott, Gilson, M'Fadden, Gordon,…

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Shire Road Grants

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 28 September 1907 · page 2

The President of the Shire Council is in receipt of the following Departmental communicat on re special road grants :…

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Singleton-carlingford Railway. Municipal Council Takes Action

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 September 1907 · page 4

The matter Of the proposed railway from Singleton to Carlingford was introduced at a meeting of the local Municipal Council on Thursday night…

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Packing the Council

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 September 1907 · page 4

General Botha, Premier of the Transvaal, has been accused of packing the Legislative Council by replacing two members who were given lucrative posts…

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Letter to the Editor. Municipal Expenditure

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 September 1907 · page 7

Sir.—In your last night's issue, I notice a let[?] over the signature of J. H. Brunker. Mr. E[?] seems much disturbed over the extra fees to be charged by the council for the selling of…

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Lord Mayor Elect

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 September 1907 · page 5

Alderman Sir John Charles Bell has been elected Lord Mayor of London…

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Municipality of East Maitland. Council Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 October 1907 · page 6

The adjourned meeting of the Council of the Municipality of East Maitland was held in the Council Chamber, Mechanics' Institute, last evening. The Mayor (Alderman…

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Cessnock Shire Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 October 1907 · page 4

The ordinary meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council was held, at the shire office, yesterday, when there were present : The President, Councillor Brown, and…

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Tarro Shire Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 October 1907 · page 3

At a meeting of the Tarro Shire Council yesterday there were present—The President (Councillor Hector), Councillors Ayorst, Niland, Gillon, Kearney, Weakley, and the…

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Woolooma Shire Council

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 October 1907 · page 2

THE usual monthly meeting of the Woolooma Shire Council was held at the office, Scone, yesterday. There were present: Councillor H…

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Roads in Bolwarra Shire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 October 1907 · page 4

The Minister or Works (the Hon. Chas. A. Lee) had brought under his notice in Sydney yesterday by Messrs. John Gillies and W. Brown, Ms.L.A., the bad state of the road…

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Muswellbrook, Shire Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 October 1907 · page 2

A MEETING of the abovenamed Council was held at the Masonic Hall, on Wednesday morning last, when there were present—Councillors E Bowman…

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Cessnock Shire Council. Special Meeting—rate One Penny in £ STRUCK

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 5 October 1907 · page 3

A special meeting of the Shire Council was held on the afternoon of the 28th ultimo for the purpose of striking a rate. All councillors were…

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