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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1909

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Municipal Council. Finance Committee's Report Rejected. Committee Resign

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the above was held on Wednesday evening last, when there were present: Ald. Ebsworth (in the chair), Ald…

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Shire Council

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 4

A special meeting of the Patrick Plains Shire Council was to have been held yesterday morning for the purpose of electing a president for the ensuing…

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Cessnock Shire Council

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 3

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council took place in the Shire Chambers on Tuesday. There were present: Crs. Geo. Brown…

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Singleton Letter. Shire Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 6

A meeting of the committee of Patrick Plains Shire for the purpose of electing a president for the ensuing year, was convened for yesterday at 10 a.m., but only, three…

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Election of Mayor

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 4

That something out of the ordinary was on the tapis at the municipal council chambers on Thursday evening was very apparent to the regular attendant…

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Municipality of East Maitland Election of Mayor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 6

A special meeting of the Council of the Municipality of East Maitland was held in the council chamber last evening for the purpose of electing the Mayor for the ensuing…

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West Maitland Municipality. Council Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 3

The regular meeting of the Council of the Municipality of West Maitland, was held in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, last evening. The Mayor (Major…

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Shire Presidents and Mayors

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 5

Mr. George S. Waller has been [?]nimously elected president of the Wallarobba Shire Council. Councilor Croll was elected president of…

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Mayoral Election Lots Have to Be Drawn. Alderman Searl Chosen

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 4

A special meeting of the Singleton municipal council was held on Thursday evening for the purpose of electing an alderman to fill the Mayoral chair…

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Repelling Slanders. Labour Council's Distortions. London, Feb. 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 5

The "Morning Post" warns intending emigrants to disregard the communication of the Newcastle (New South Wales) "Labour Council to tho Parliamentary Committee of…

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Tarro Shire Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 3

There was a full meeting of members of Tarro Shire Council to-day, when, in accordance with regulations, a president for the ensuing term, dating from March 1, was elected. Proceedings took a…

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Tarro Shire Council. Election of President

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 6

A special meeting of members of the Tarro Shire Council was held in the Chambers, East Maitland, yesterday, for the purpose of electing a president for the…

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Woolooma Shire Council. (Continued from Page 4.)

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 2

From Councillor K. H. Kennedy (to the Clerk), stating that Maintenance man Claydon had reported to be a fall of rock on Narrow Passage cutting,…

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Selection of Mayor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 4

A special meeting of the Municipal Council was held last night for the purpose of electing a Mayor for the ensuing year. There were present Aldermen Luscombe, Weidmann, Campion, Fleming,…

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New Shire Chambers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 2

It is rumored that at the next meeting of the Wallarobba Shire Council a motion will be brought forward to discuss the advisability…

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Election of Mayors. Alderman Luscombe Re-elected

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 10 February 1909 · page 2

A special meeting of the local Muni cipal Council was held in the Council Chambers on Monday night last, for the purpose electing the Mayor for the…

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Electing a Mayor. Extraordinary Proceedings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 February 1909 · page 5

One day last week a special meeting of the [?]niliquin Municipal Council was called to elect a Mayor. Only for responded, and the meeting adjourned sine die. The…

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Shire Council

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 2

The adjourned special meeting of the Patrick Plains Shire Council, when a president for the ensuing year will be elected, is fixed to take place to-morrow…

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Aldermen As Fishmongers

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 2

The trouble which led to the selling agents at Woolloomooloo Fish Markets deserting that place, and taking quarters in a much less pretentious building…

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