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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1873

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Municipal Council Proceedings. LAMBTON

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 4 January 1873 · page 2

The Municipal Council of Lambton held its usual fortnightly meeting on Tuesday night last. Present: Aldermen Grierson, Patterson, Grant, Jones, and Lightfoot. In the absence of the…

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Municipal Council Proceedings. NEWCASTLE

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 7 January 1873 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of this Council was held on Monday, January 6th, 1873. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Chapman, Ludlow, Rodgers, M'Kay, and Thorn…

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Municipal Council Proceedings. Newcastle. Business Paper—monday. January 13Th

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 11 January 1873 · page 3

To confirm minutes of previous meeting. Correspondence (including petitions and reports), and orders thereon. MOTIONS…

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Municipal Council Proceedings. NEWCASTLE

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 14 January 1873 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of this Council was held yesterday evening. Present: Aldermen Ludlow, Thurlow, Hewison, Chapman, M'Kay, Thorn, Rodgers, Stokes, Henderson,…

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Municipal Council Proceedings. WARATAH

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 16 January 1873 · page 2

This Council held its usual fortnightly meeting on Monday evening, at the usual time and place. Present: The Mayor, and Aldermen James, Watson, Turner, M'Michael, Boyd, and…

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Municipal Council Proceedings. HAMILTON

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 3

This Council met on Wednesday evening, the 15th instant. Present:—The Mayor, Aldermen Tudor, Swain, Cherry, Turnbull, and Murray. The minutes of the last meeting were read and…

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Municipal Council Proceedings. WARATAH

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 30 January 1873 · page 2

This Council held its usual fortnightly meeting on Monday evening last. Present:—The Mayor, Aldermen Bell, James, Watson, Turner, M'Michael, aud Moody…

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Municipal Council Proceedings. HAMILTON

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 1 February 1873 · page 2

This Council met on Wednesday evening, 29th January. Present:—The Mayor, Aldermen Swain, Murray, Turnbull, and Cherrey. The minutes of the last meeting were read…

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Municipal Council Proceedings. NEWCASTLE

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 4 February 1873 · page 3

This Council met. last evening at the usual time and place. Present:—The Mayor, Aldermen Brooks, M'Kay, Chapman, Ludlow, Thorn, Henderson, and Lochhead…

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The Newcastle Municipality. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 4 February 1873 · page 3

SIR—I hope you will allow me to draw the attention of the citizens to the present wants of the city, and the incapacity of the majority of the aldermen to cope with the difficulties that…

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Nomination of Aldermen at Lambton

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 6 February 1873 · page 3

A public meeting of the ratepayers was held in the Council Chambers, Lambton, on Tuesday, the 4th instant, at twelve o'clock, for the purpose of nominating candidates for the office of…

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Waratah Municipality

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 6 February 1873 · page 3

On Tuesday last, according to announcement previously made, a public meeting of the ratepayers of the Municipality of Waratah wax held at the Council Chamber for the…

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The Municipal Nominations, NEWCASTLE

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 6 February 1873 · page 2

The nomination of candidates for aldermen to fill the vacancies caused by the retirement of aldermen Stokes, Hewison, Brooks, and ! Henderson took place on Tuesday, in the Court…

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Municipal Council Proceedings. HAMILTON

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 8 February 1873 · page 3

This Council met on Wednesday evening last, the 5th of February, 1873. Present:—The Mayor, Aldermen Murray, Swain, and Cherry. The minutes of the last meeting were read and…

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Municipal Elections. WARATAH

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 8 February 1873 · page 3

The polling for three aldermen, to fill the vacancies caused by the retirement of Aldermen M'Michael, Boyd, and Bell, took place yesterday, at the Council Chambers, Waratah, and at…

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Municipal Elections. Lambton. Official Declaration of the Poll

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 11 February 1873 · page 3

Precisely at twelve o'clock, on Saturday lost, the Returning officer (Mr. Grierson) opened the proceedings in the presence of some twenty or thirty of the ratepayers, the…

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Municipal Council Proceedings. Waratah. Election of Mayor

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 13 February 1873 · page 2

This Council held its usual fortnightly meeting on Monday evening —there being present the Council Clerk (Mr. Daniels), in the chair, and Aldermen Turton, James,…

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Lambton. Election of Mayor

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 13 February 1873 · page 3

This Council held its usual fortnightly meeting on Tuesday evening, and, being the first one after the annual election for aldermen, those newly elected—Messrs. Yates,…

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Municipal Election. Election for the City Ward

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 13 February 1873 · page 3

This Ward was the only one in which there was a contest, and on Tuesday, a poll took place at the Court-house, Mr. G. Tribe acting as deputy Returning officer and Mr. Boyd,…

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Municipal Council Proceedings. West Maitland. Election of Mayor

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 15 February 1873 · page 2

On Wednesday evening, the usual annual meeting of the Borough Council for the election of the Mayor for the current year, was held in the Chambers, Devonshire-street,…

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