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Hunter Valley · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1879

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Singleton. Municipal Election

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 February 1879 · page 7

The polling for the election of three aldermen took place at the Municipal Council Chambers on Friday, the 7th instant, the Mayor (Alexander Bowman, Esq., M.P.)…

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Municipal Election. Declaration of Poll

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 12 February 1879 · page 2

ABOUT sixty persons were present at the declaration of the poll which took place at the Council Chambers on Saturday evening last. Great interest appeared to be taken in…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Tuesday, February 11, 1879. Legislative Assembly. Questions

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 February 1879 · page 8

Mr. Lackey, in reply to Mr. Barbour, for Mr. M'Culloch, said that the money for the formation of the road from Mount Victoria to Mount Piddington was granted on the…

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Borough of East Maitland. Election of Mayor

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 February 1879 · page 6

The first meeting of the East Maitland Borough Council for the present Municipal year, held for the purpose of electing their Mayor for the ensuing twelve months took…

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Morpeth Borough Council. Election of Mayor

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 February 1879 · page 6

A special meeting of the Morpeth Borough Council was held in the Council Chambers, High-street, Morpeth, on Monday evening, for the purpose of electing a mayor for the…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald) Wednesday, February 12, 1879. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1879 · page 15

The President took the chair at thirty minutes past 4 o'clock. A message was received from the Governor notifying that his Excellency had reserved…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Thursday, February 13, 1873. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 February 1879 · page 3

The President took the chair at twenty-nine minutes past four o'clock Sir John Robertson laid on the table abstracts of Crown Lands authorized to be…

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Singleton Borough Council. Election of Mayor

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1879 · page 2

ON Friday evening the alderman assembled in the Council Chambers for the purpose of electing a Mayor for the ensuing year. There were present at the commencement of the…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Friday, February 14, 1879. Legislative Assembly

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 February 1879 · page 3

The Speaker took the chair at twenty-nine minutes past four o'clock. THE POSITION OF THE MEMBER FOR YASS PLAINS…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From te S. M. Herald.) Tuesday, February 18, 1879. Legislative Assembly. Personal Explanation

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 February 1879 · page 8

Mr. CAMRRON dre v attention to a paragraph in the Evening News of the previous Saturday, which stated that the motion defe ting Mr. Copeland's Railway Refreshment Room Bill had been improperly…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Wednesday, February 19, 1879. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1879 · page 12

Sir John Robertson, in reply to questions by Sir Alfred Stephen, said the delay in completing the fencing round Hyde Park was chiefly owing to a legal point, which now…

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The Election of Mayors

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1879 · page 4

A FEW days ago we wrote on the above subject. When the article appeared, the Mayor of Morpeth had been elected. His predecessor did not preside at the election: the…

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[?]Ew South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Thursday, February 20, 1879. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1879 · page 3

There not being a quorum of members pro[?]t at the time of meeting, the President ad[?]urned the House till 4 o'clock p.m. on [?]ednesday next…

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New South Wales Parliament. Wednesday, February 26, 1879. (From the S. M. Herald.) Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 March 1879 · page 12

The President took the chair at thirty minutes past four o'clock. Sir John Robertson, in reply to a question, said the course the Government would pursue…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Thursday, February 27, 1879. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 March 1879 · page 3

The President took the chair at thirty minutes past four o'clock. Sir John Robertson moved the second reading of the bill to incorporate the City of…

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The West Bourke Election in Victoria

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 March 1879 · page 4

As we have commented somewhat severely upon Sir Bryan O'Loghlen's action respecting the incomplete poll taken at Newham in the recent election for West Bourke, in Victoria,…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Tuesday, March 4, 1879. Legislative Assembly. Answers to Questions

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 6 March 1879 · page 4

Mr. Lackey, in reply to Mr. Day, said Mr. Langtree's report respecting sinking a tank to supply the inhabitants of Jindera with water, was dated August 16, 1878. It did…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Wednesday, March 5, 1879. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1879 · page 15

A message was received from the Assembly notifying that that House had agreed to the Council's amendment on the Assembly's amendment in the Felons' Apprehension…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Friday, March 7. Legislative Assembly

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 March 1879 · page 3

The Speaker took the chair at twenty-nine minutes past four o'clock. QUESTIONS ANSWERED. Mr. Hoskins, in reply to Mr. Lynch's…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Tuesday, March 11, 1879. Legislative Assembly

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1879 · page 11

The Speaker took the chair at twenty-nine minutes past four. Mr. Lackey said, in reply to Mr. Day, that the Government had not yet arrived at a…

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