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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1878

272 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 14

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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LOCAL & GENERAL Wickham Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 November 1878 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting was not held last night, in consequence of there not being a quorum present. Aldermen Hubbard, Neild, Richardson, and Frewin, were…

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Wallsend Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 November 1878 · page 8

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Thursday evening last, at the Chambers, Fryar's Buildings. Present: Alderman Rushton, Truebody,…

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Newcastle Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 November 1878 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the Council was held last night, in the Council Chambers. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Hall, Chapman, Creer, Thorn, Cropley, Brooks, Reid,…

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Waratah Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 November 1878 · page 2

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

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Lambton Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 November 1878 · page 3

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Tuesday evening last. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Conn, Dent, Beveridge, Palmer, Young…

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Wickham Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 November 1878 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the above Council was held on Tuesday evening in the Council Chambers. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Upfold, Richardson, Frewin, Fleming,…

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Hamilton Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 November 1878 · page 2

THE usual meeting of the above Council was held on Wednesday night, in the Chambers, James-street. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Broom, Brown, Williams, Curley,…

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Plattsburg Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 November 1878 · page 8

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held in the Chambers on Wednesday evening last. Present: The Mayor. Aldermen Sneddon, Reay, Roberts, Davies,…

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Patriotic Aldermen. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 November 1878 · page 3

SIR.—Fancy an alderman pretending to represent a particular ward in a city like Newcastle, and objecting to the Council's officer, the Inspector of Nuisances, reporting…

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Our Borough Council. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 November 1878 · page 3

SIR.—In your, report of the proceedings of the Newcastle Borough Council of the 11th inst., are some, to my weak imagination, seeming inconsistencies: but as I do not…

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Wallsend Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 November 1878 · page 8

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

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Municipal Muddles

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 November 1878 · page 4

THE intense beat of the weather which we have experienced during the last three or four days, however unpleasant and inconvenient it may have been, has…

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Plattsburg Borough Council. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 November 1878 · page 3

Sir,—In the report of the Plattsburg Borough Council, published in your issue of Saturday last, I notice a report of a committee that was appointed to examine the…

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Newcastle Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 November 1878 · page 3

A SPECIAL meeting of the Council was held last night, in the Council Chambers, Watt-street. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Hall, Chapman, Creer, Chippendale, Dart…

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Lambton Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 November 1878 · page 3

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Tuesday evening last. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Conn, Dent, Beveridge, Palmer, and Young…

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Hamilton Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 November 1878 · page 3

THE usual meeting of this Council was held on Wednesday night last, in the Council Chambers, James-street. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Broon, Brown, Williams,…

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Plattburg Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 November 1878 · page 3

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

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Newcastle Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 December 1878 · page 3

A SPECIAL meeting of this Council was held last night, in the Council Chambers, Watt-street. Present: The Mayor (G. Wallace, Esq.), Aldermen Hall, Chapman, Hewison,…

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Maitland Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 December 1878 · page 4

THE above Council met in the Council Chambers on Friday evening last. Present: the Mayor and Aldermen Chapman, Wilkinson, Wolstenholme, Russell, Fullford,…

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