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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1916

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Singleton Letter. Municipal Council, Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 September 1916 · page 2

A meeting of the council was held on Thursday night. Present—The Mayor (Alderman McDougall), Alderman McGowan, York, Bailey, Waverhouse, Searl, Head, and McFadden…

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Patrick Plains Shire. Monthly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 September 1916 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the council of the above shire was held at Singleton on Friday last, when there was a full attendance of councillors, viz.: Councillors F. J…

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Shire Council

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 September 1916 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Council of the Shire of Patrick Plains was held at Singleton on Friday last, when there was a full attendance of councillors,…

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Shire Boundaries' Readjustment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 September 1916 · page 2

On the way to Cessnock on Saturday, Mr. Griffith, Minister for Education and Local Government, stopped at Kurri, and received a deputation from the Kurri Progress Association…

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East Maitland Municipality. Council Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 September 1916 · page 2

The fortnightly meeting of the East Maitland Municipal Council was hold last evening. Ald. Foster presided, and there were also present Ald. Partridge-Wall, Wyllie,…

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West Maitland Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 September 1916 · page 4

The usual fortnightly meeting of the West Maitland Municipal Council, which was to have been held last evening, lapsed for want of a Quorum. There were present—The…

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State Parliament. Legislative Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 September 1916 · page 2

In the Council yesterday, Sir Joseph Carruthers moved that an address be presented by the whole House to the Governor pointing out that members…

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State Parliament. Legislative Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 September 1916 · page 2

In the Council yesterday, The Closer Settlement (Amendment) Bill was recommitted. Clause 11, which deals with the…

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The Lord Mayor

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 September 1916 · page 2

Although, on a previous memorable occasion, Lord Mayor Meagher had declared that the P.L.L. is, in his eyes, the fountain-head…

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State Parliament. Legislative Council. In the Council yesterday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 September 1916 · page 3

Members proceeded to Government House to present to the Governor their address with reference to the proposed alterations of the Constitution of the…

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After Hours. Hotelkeeper-Mayor Fined. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 September 1916 · page 6

Robert Judd, Mayor of Windsor, and licensee of the Fitzroy Hotel, one of the oldest in the district, has been fined £3 and costs for allowing five men on his…

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No Maltese Imported. Labor Council's Report Denied. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 September 1916 · page 6

The Premier and the Minister for Works denied to-day that any Maltese labourers were being imported, as was stated in the Labor Council…

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Cessnock Shire Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 September 1916 · page 7

The regular fortnightly meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council was held at the council chambers, Cessnock, yesterday. Present: Councillors Morgan (president), Snape,…

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Local and General News. Illness of the Mayor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 September 1916 · page 4

The latest news received from the Mayor (Aid. C. J. Mannall), who recently underwent an operation in a private hospital in Sydney, shows that he continues to make…

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West Maitland Municipality. Council Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 September 1916 · page 2

The adjourned meeting of the West Maitland Municipal Council was held last evening. Ald. M'Lauchlin, deputy-Mayor, occupied the chair and there were also…

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Municipal Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 8

The fortnightly meeting was held on Tuesday evening, present: Ald. W. L. Wilkerson (Mayor), A. S. Borthwick, W. Harman, R. W. Alison, R…

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The Mayor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1916 · page 4

In a letter written to his brother, the Mayor (Alderman C. J. Mannall) stated that he was improving, and that he hoped to be up to-day. It would, however, be a little while yet…

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Municipal Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 September 1916 · page 2

The fortnightly meeting of the Council was hold on Wednesday. Present: The Mayor (Ald. G. H. Tindale) and Aldermen Barrett, O…

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Lord Mayor's Luncheon. to Overseas Representatives. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1916 · page 5

The Lord Mayor of London gave a luncheon to three hundred prominent overseas representatives on the 23rd of September in connection with the Sailors' Day…

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Municipal Lists

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 September 1916 · page 2

The attention of all persons interested is called to the fact that the Municipal lists for the ensuing year are now being made up, and those ratepayers, or oral…

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