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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs
116 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 6
Sir—It does not appear that the Council know the practices prevailing universally in the cities and towns of Great Britain and Ireland as regards the streets in course of repair or formation. It is this :—The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Matters relating to municipal action remain in statu quo as far as the aldermen are concerned, but are rapidly going back as regards the way in which the pockets of the ratepayers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The above Council met in the Court-house, on Monday afternoon. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Bolton, Parnell, Chapman, Shaw, Rodgers, and Sparke…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Borough Council have quietly ignored the petition of the ratepayers, presented by Dr. Bowker, on their behalf, on Monday evening last; in other words, and in plain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of this body, was held in tho Court-house yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock. There were present the Mayor (in the chair), and Aldermen Shaw, Winship, Bolton, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The chronic state of disagreement which, for some time past, has existed between the Newcastle Borough Council and tho ratepayers, will culminate, on Wednesday next, in a loud…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The above Council met yesterday afternoon, in the Court-house, at four o'clock. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Parnell, Shaw, Rodgers, Stokes, Winship, and Bolton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Council met, pursuant to adjournment, on Thursday afternoon, at four o'clock, Present—Aldermen Rodgers, Bolton, Winship, Shaw, Chapman, Parnell, Stokes, Sparke, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mn. MAYOR AND ALDERMEN—I beg to call your attention to the dangerous state of the culvert crossing tho Lake Macquarie Road, between St. John's Church and the Junction. At one II, HUGHES…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR—It gives me the deepest pleasure to learn the happiness and tranquility that exists in this favoured borough, bound up us my past and future public life has been with the sympathies…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIRâIn reading over your report of the proceedings of the Borough Council, at their last meeting, I felt both disgusted and alarmedâdisgusted to think that there were men sitting at that to calmly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting of this body was held, yesterday afternoon, in the Court House. Present : his Worship the Mayor, with Aldermen Bolton, Parnell, Rodgers, Shaw, Sparke,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We should be sadly forgetful of the important duty devolving upon us as journalists, if we neglected to direct the particular attention of the ratepayer's to some of the extraordinary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The first meeting of the Committee appointed some time back to consider and report on tho best means of creating an additional ward, so as to entitle the ratepayers to have three extra…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of the above body was held yesterday afternoon, at the Court-house. There were present—Aldermen Rodgers, Chapman, Bolton, Shaw, Stokes, Sparke, Winship,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The battle between the Borough Council and the ratepayers still continues, and, for a time, at least, is not likely to be brought to a close. The aldermen—that is, a majority of them—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An adjourned meeting of the above body was held yesterday afternoon. Present—Aldermen Bolton, Sparke, Chapman, Winship, Parnell, Shaw, and the Mayor. The minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A few days ago, the Rev. J. Fawsett, of this city, addressed a letter to the Borough Council and the Citizen's Vigilance Committee, suggesting that the matters in dispute be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following report of and extrordinary" meeting of the Newcastle Borough Council was picked up in Hunter-street yesterday by one of the "devils" attached to this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday, a deputation from the City Council, consisting of the Mayor and Aldermen Woods, Macintosh, and Hurley, waited on the Colonial Secretary, at his office, to…
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