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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1878

272 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 14

Hamilton Municipal Appeal Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1878 · page 4

A COURT of Appeal was held yesterday, at the Courthouse, Newcastle, before Lieut. Maunsell, P.M., and Dr. Brookes, J.P. The principal appellants were the A. A. Co…

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The Municipal Controversy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 June 1878 · page 2

MR. J. A. BIGELOW.—Your advertisement in answer to Mr. Usher was received too late for insertion in this issue. Will appear to-morrow…

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Newcastle Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 June 1878 · page 3

THE usual fortnight meeting of the Borough Council was last night in the Council Chambers, Watt-street. Present: The mayor, Alderman Chapman, Hall, Brook[?], Thorn, Creer,…

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Municipality of Wickham. Business Paper. Wednesday, 19Th June, 1878

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 June 1878 · page 2

To confirm minutes of previous meeting, correspondence (including petitions, reports, and orders thereon). Consideration of abattoirs and Finance…

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Municipality of Wickham

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 June 1878 · page 3

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Wednesday evening, in the Chambers. Throsby-street. Present: Aldermen Frewin, Downie, Hubbard, Richardson, Fleming,…

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Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 June 1878 · page 2

A MEETING of the Committee of the Whole, called for last meeting, lapsed for want of a quorum. There were present: The Mayor, Aldermen Creer, Thorn, and Chippendall…

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milton Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 June 1878 · page 3

[?] usual fortnightly meeting of this Council [?] held on Wednesday evening, in the Council Chambers, Denison street. Present: The [?]or, Alderman Cameron, Manuell, Thorn,…

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Lambton Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 June 1878 · page 3

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Tuesday evening last. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Price, Conn, [?]mer, Beveridge, Dent…

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Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 June 1878 · page 2

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

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LOCAL & GENERAL. Borough Council

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

THE usual meeting of the Borough Council called for last evening, was not held, on account of there being no quorum present. The aldermen present were Messrs. Chapman, Dart,…

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Wickham Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 July 1878 · page 3

THE usual meeting of the Wickham Council was held on Wednesday evening, in the Council Chambers, Throsby-street Present: the Mayor, Aldermen Downie, Richardson, Frewin, and…

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The Appeal Court.—a.a. Company [?] the Hamilton Municipal Council. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 July 1878 · page 3

SIR,—Of all the extraordinary illogical, self-contradicting, and unlawyer-like productions I ever remember to have seen, is the ore that appeared on Friday last in your report of the…

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A. Co. and Hamilton Council. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1878 · page 5

SIR,—A mountain, being in labour, brought forth a mouse." So says the old fable, and so would say any one who takes the trouble to wade through the effusion in your issue of today…

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Newcastle Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 July 1878 · page 3

A SPECIAL meeting of the Council was held last night, in the Council Chambers, Wall-street Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Chapman, Hall, Chipp[?]ndall, Thorn, Dart, Cropley, Creer,…

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Waratah Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 July 1878 · page 3

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

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Hamilton Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 July 1878 · page 2

THE usual meeting of this Council was held in the Council Chambers, James-street, on Wednesday evening. Present The Mayor, Aldermen Cameron, Manuell,…

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Plattsburgh Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 July 1878 · page 2

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

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Hamilton Municipal Rates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 July 1878 · page 2

SOME considerable misapprehension seems to exist (judging from the correspondence we have received) respecting the ruling of the out Sittings in Petty…

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The Mayor and the Blane-street Drain. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1878 · page 2

Sir,—In your report of the various deputations that waited upon the Minister when here last Saturday week, I noticed particularly that when the drain question was being discussed, Mr. W…

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Newcastle Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1878 · page 2

A MEETING of the above Council was held last evening. Present: The Mayor, and Aldermen Chapman, Hall, Dart, Cropley, Thorne, Creer, and Sparke…

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