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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1878

272 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 14

Hamilton Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 October 1878 · page 4

THE fortnightly meeting of the above council, was held last Wednesday evening in the council chambers, Denison-street. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Curley, Williams,…

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Lambton Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 October 1878 · page 4

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Tuesday evening last. Present: Alderman Beveridge (in the chair), Aldermen Conn, Dent, Young, and Price…

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Plattsburg Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 October 1878 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held in the Chambers, on Wednesday evening last. Present: Aldermen Fletcher (Mayor pro tem), Reay, Davies,…

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Newcastle Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 October 1878 · page 2

THE usual meeting was held in the Chambers last night. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Creer, Chippendall, Thorn, Dart, Cropley. MINUTES…

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The Ratepayers Meeting at Plattsburg, and Alderman Sneddon. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 October 1878 · page 2

SIR,—In your issue of Friday last there appeared a letter under the above heading, signed Andrew Sneddon, and I shall be obliged if you will allow me to correct, through the medium of…

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Wickham Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 October 1878 · page 2

THE meeting of the above Council called for last night, lapsed for want of a quorum. Those present were the Mayor, Aldermen Frewin, Fleming, and Nield…

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Wallsend Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 October 1878 · page 5

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held in the Chambers, on Thursday evening last. Alderman Rushton in the chair. Present: Aldermen Somerville,…

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Maitland Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 October 1878 · page 2

THE above Council met on Friday evening last in the Council Chambers. There were present: The Mayor, and Aldermen Wilkinson, Wolstenholrae, Chapman, Pritchard,…

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Waratah Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 October 1878 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Monday evening last Present: The Mayer, Aldermen Williams, Arnold, Bell, Whiteman, and Russell…

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Plattsburg Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 October 1878 · page 3

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Wednesday evening last. Present: Alderman Fletcher (Mayor problem), Richardson, Dobinson, Moodie,…

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Municipal Indebtedness in Victoria

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 October 1878 · page 3

The Echo says that Melbourne papers state that a return was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly last week showing the total present indebtedness of local bodies in…

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Newcastle Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1878 · page 2

THE usual meeting was held in the Chambers last night. Present: Aldermen Chapman (in the chair), Brooks, Thorn, Sparke, Reid, Hall, Creer, Dart…

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Wickham Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 October 1878 · page 3

THE usual meeting of this Council was held in the Chambers, last night. Present: The Mayor, Alderman Fleming, Jewell, Hubbard, Downie, and Frewin…

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Wallsend Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 October 1878 · page 3

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held at the (Chambers, on Thursday evening last. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Rushton, Abel, Truebody, Magee,…

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West Maitland Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 October 1878 · page 2

THE above Council met in the Council Chambers on Friday evening last. There were present: The Mayor, and Aldermen Wilkinson, Bussell, Gorrick, Chapman,…

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Lambton Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 November 1878 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Tuesday evening last. Present: Alderman Maddock (in the chair), Beveridge, Conn, Dent, Young and Palmer…

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Waratah Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 November 1878 · page 3

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Monday evening last. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Williams, Spinks, Arnold, Bell, Marriott, Turton, and…

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Hamilton Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 November 1878 · page 3

THE usual fortnightly meeting was held in the Council Chambers, James-street, on Wednesday evening. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Cameron, Broom, Brown, and…

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Plattsburg Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 November 1878 · page 3

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held in the Hall on Wednesday evening last. Present: Aldermen Reay, Sneddon, Davis, Roberts, Moody,…

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Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 November 1878 · page 2

THE usual meeting of the Council which should have been held last night, lapsed as there was not a quorum present. The following gentlemen were in their places: The…

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