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Mid North Coast · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1904

168 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 3 of 9

Kempsey Borouch Council

Macleay Argus · Saturday 27 February 1904 · page 6

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Friday last. The Mayor (Ald. Small) occupied the chair, and Ald. Booth, Rudder, Thompson,…

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Taree Municipal Council

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 3

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above named council was held in the Council Chambers, Belmore Hall, on Wednesday evening last. Present:-- Alderman Stewart (Mayor) Lean. Spence, Beeton…

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Taree Council

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 4

The above Council met on Wednesday night. Present: Alderman Stewart (Mayor), and the full council. Several important street works were…

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Municipal Reform

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 9 March 1904 · page 2

IN another column of this issue appears the full report of the special Finance Committee of the Taree Municipal Council on the financial position of that body. It is a…

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Borough Council

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 10 March 1904 · page 3

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Council was held on Friday night last. There were present: The Mayor (presiding), Aldn. Booth, Thompson, Johnston, Brenton,…

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Municipal Council

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1904 · page 2

THE usual fortnight meeting of the above body was held in the Town Hall on Monday night last. The Mayor occupied the chair, and there was a full attendance of members…

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Kempsey Borough Council

Macleay Argus · Saturday 12 March 1904 · page 7

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Friday last. The Mayor (Ald. Small) occupied the chair, and Ald. Thompson, Nance, Booth,…

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Financial Reform in the Council. to the Editor of the M. B. TIMES

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 12 March 1904 · page 3

DEAR SIR,--I am pleased to find that there is one ratepayer in town not altogether dead to a sense of duty in drawing attention to the state of the Municipal Council. The Council is a very spineless body…

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Action at the Council

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 2

On Monday evening there was a full board of the aldermen at the Council meeting and there was also a large attendance of the public. The…

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Municipal By-Laws

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 17 March 1904 · page 5

AN Appeal case, the result of which is viewed, with considerable interest by the legal profession, engaged the attention of Judge Heydon at the Darlinghurst Sessions. The appeal was one that Andrew…

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New York's Mayor

Macleay Argus · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 2

Mr McClellan, the new Mayor of New York, wanted to be a soldier like his father, who commanded the army of the Potomac. He was born in Dresden in…

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Taree Municipal Council

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 5

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above-named Council was held in the Council Chambers, Belmore Hall, on Wednesday evening last. Present:-- Aldermen Stewart (Mayor), Lean, Spence, Beeton,…

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Wingham Municipal Council

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 6

The usual general meeting of the above body was held on Monday evening, when the Mayor and all the aldermen were present…

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Taree Council

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 5

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council took place at the Chambers, Pultney-street, last Wednesday. Present : The Mayor (Aid. Stewart in the chair,…

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The Proposed Municipal Reform. to the Editor of the M. B. TIMES

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 4

SIR,--Among the matters set down for the consideration of the next meeting of the Taree Council, is that of the acceptance of tenders for the sanitary service of the municipality for the next one or three…

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Borough Council

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 24 March 1904 · page 7

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Council was held on Friday night last. The Mayor and all the aldermen were present. The minutes and outgoing correspondence…

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Municipal Council

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 2

THE regular meeting of the above body was held on Monday last, there being present— Ald. F. Hayward (Mayor), Baird, Fenn, J. Hayward, McLaren, Rosenbaum, Stewart,…

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New York's Mayor

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 2

Mr McClellan, the new Mayor of New York, wanted to be a soldier like his father, who commanded the army of the Potomac. He was born in Dresden in…

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Kempsey Borough Council

Macleay Argus · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 13

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Friday last, The Mayor (Ald. Small) occupied the chair, and Ald. Thompson, Nance, Booth,…

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Wingham Municipal Council

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 3

The above council met on Monday evening, when all the aldermen were present. A letter was read from the…

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