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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1908

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Municipal Council

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 6

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

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Muswellbrook Municipal Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 8

THE regular fortnightly moeting of the abovenamed Council was held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday evening last, when there were present…

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The Port Stephens Shire. Councillor's Seat Challenged

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 6

A case of unusual interest to the electors of Port Stephens Shire was entered upon at the Raymond Terrace Courthouse when Mr C. J. B. Helm, P.M.,…

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Mayor and the Liquor Act. Talking Business with His Mother-in-law

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 10

Allan Fitzgerald Cameron, Mayor of Mudgee, was charged at the police court, Mudgee, before Mr. Edwards, police magistrate, with having been found on the premises of the…

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Glendon Bridge Repairs. The following letter has been received by the Patrick Plains Shire:— Dept. or Public Works. May 6th. 1908

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 3

Sir.—Referring to the letter of 12th March presented on your behalf by Mr J. Fallick M.P.. in regard to a special grant for Glendon Bridge repairs. I am…

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Municipal Rating

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 4

In the paragraph in regard to municipal rating in last evening's issue, the words "improved" and "unimproved" were unhappily wrongly placed. The rate struck by the Council is 2½d in the £ on the…

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Wallarobba Shire Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 May 1908 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Wallarobba Shire Council with held at the shire office, Dungog, on Wednesday, when all the councillors were present…

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Shire Council

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 4

The regular monthly meeting of the council of Patrick Plains Shire was held at the Shire offices on Friday last, the Deputy President (Councillor R. H…

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Shire Council Meetings. Tarro Shire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 3

The customary fortnightly meeting of the above body was held in the office, East Maitland, on Monday, when there were present Councillors Weakley (president), Hector, Ayerst, Kearney,…

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"Woolooma Shire Council

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 2

MEETING held at the office of the Council, Scone, on Thursday last. Present: The President (Councillor H. L. White), Councillors W. E. Abbott, A. S. Barwick,…

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Stroud Shire. (From our Correspondent.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Stroud Shire Council was held at the offices, Stroud, on Wednesday last. There were present:—Councillors Hooke (president), Grant, Croll, Cameron, and Daunt…

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A Clergyman's Charge. Mayor of Broken Hill in Denial

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 4

The Mayor of Broken Hill on Friday afternoon received a wire asking him to reply to the statement made by Key. Paterson at the Presbyterian Assembly,…

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Conference of Shire Councillors

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 4

The conference of delegates from the Shire Councils will commence at 10 a.m. on Monday next, in Sydney. There will probably be about 100 delegates assembled, as over 70 Shires have…

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National Council of Women

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 6

The charming daughter of our State Governor remains as interested as over in the work commenced by her late mother, Lady Rawson. She never misses a meeting or…

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Cessnock Shire Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 May 1908 · page 4

The customary fortnightly meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council was held in the Shire Office, Cessnock, yesterday. The president (Councillor G. Brown) presided, and the…

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Mayor in Bankruptcy Court. The Cost of Entertaining

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 May 1908 · page 3

During his examination before the Registr in Bankruptcy, George Randall whose estate was sequestrated on March 16 last said that he partly attributed…

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Lord Mayor's Show

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 2

ALDERMAN Lindsay Thompson has broken out in a fresh place. His friends are uncertain whether it is an eruption of satire of the most sarcastic kind, or…

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District News. Scone. Municipal Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 3

The fortnightly meeting of the local municipal council was held on Wednesday evening last, when there were present: The Mayor (Alderman Parker), Alderman Court,…

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Municipal Appeal Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 2

William Bakewell (represented by F. W. BaKewell) appealed regarding the assessment of ,£1736 on portion of St. Aubin's Estate…

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Bolwarra Shire Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 4

It is notified elsewhere that the Bolwarra. Shire office, Largs, will be closed on the following days, owing to the clerk's attendance in other parts of the shire to receive rates:—Thursday, 19th…

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