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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1908

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Tarr0 Shire Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 March 1908 · page 7

At the customary fortnightly meeting of members of the Tarro Shire Council, geld of the Char[?], East Maitland, yesterday. [?] were present—The President (Council…

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The Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 March 1908 · page 7

Various subcommittees of the Municipal Council are now meeting regularly, being actively engaged considering various details of the scheme to bo introduced for providing…

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The Cessnock Shire Council. Ordinary Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 March 1908 · page 4

The ordinary meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council held at the Shire Office, Cessnock, yesterday. Present: Councillors Brown (president), Snape, McDonald, Johns,…

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Scene at Council Meeting

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 March 1908 · page 4

There was an extraordinary scene at the. last meeting of the Bendigo (Vic.) City Council. Included in the correspondence placed before the meeting…

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State Parliament. LEGiSLATIVE COUNCIL

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 March 1908 · page 4

In the Legislative Council yesterday, The Harrier Tramway Bill was read a first time, and referred to a select committee for report…

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Municipal Council. Mr. Bakewell's Offer

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 2

SPECIAL meeting held on Wednesday evening last, to consider an offer made by Mr. W. Bakewell in connection with the approaching…

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[?]Council Appeal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 5

[?] committee of the privy council [?] judgment in the cast Blake [?] Lordships did not call upon [?] for agrument…

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Correspondence. Re Office Days of the Shire Council. (To the Editor of the Scone Advocate.)

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 2

SIR,—In your issue of the 10th inst., I notice that Councillor Barwick was defeated on his motion regarding the opening of the Shire office on six days perweek, In…

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Municipal Council

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 3
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

A meeting or the Council was held on Thursday night Present: The Mayor (Alderman M'Fadden). Aldermen Head. Scott Searl. Morris. Waterhouse, Burke,…

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Murrurundi Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 3

An adjourned meeting of the municipal council was held on wednesday evening a full attendance of aldermen being present. The Finance committee's report recom…

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Special Council Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 4

A special meeting of the Council of the Municipality of East Maitland was hold in tho Council Chambers last evening, for tho purpose of dealing with the financial…

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Municipal Estimates. Finance Committee's Report

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 6

At the municipal council meeting on Thursday night. the following letter was read from the Public Works Department:—"The general rate is not…

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Tarro Shire Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 March 1908 · page 4

The president of the Tarro Shire Council is in receipt of a communication from the Under-Secretary of Public Works, informing the council that the Minister's approval…

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Bolwarra Shire Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 March 1908 · page 2

The customary fortnightly meeting of the BolwarrA. Shire Council was held on Friday, post. The President (Councillor Garnham presided, and the following councillors were…

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London County Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 March 1908 · page 4

Messrs. Peat and Pixley, leading chartered accountants, have made an independent audit of the London Country Council's tramway, and their repot shows that the…

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Municipality of Morpeth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 March 1908 · page 3

A meeting of the council of the municipality' of Morpeth was hold In the Council Chambers, Morpeth, last evening, The Mayor (Alderman Hogan) presided, and…

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Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 6

A special meeting of the Municipal Council was hold on Monday night, for the purpose of considering tho estimates, and proposing a general rate, the valuers' reports having been…

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Liability of Aldermen. Personally Responsible for Illegal Borrowing

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 4

A LARGE number of cases have come to the knowledge of the Public Works Department in which councils of shires and municipalities have ob…

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East Maitland Municipality. Council Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 6

The customary fortnightly meeting of the Council of the Municipality of East Maitland, was held in the Council Chamber, Mechanics'. Institute, last evening. Tho Mayor…

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