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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1879

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Newcastle Borough Council. Business Paper. Monday, 10Th March, 1879

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 March 1879 · page 2

To confirm minutes of previous meeting correspondence, including petitions, reports, and orders thereon. MOTIONS IN PURSUANCE OF NOTICE…

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Newcastle Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1879 · page 2

THE ordinary meeting of this Council was held in the Chambers, last night, Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Dart, Thorn, Chippendall, Chapman, Reid, Hall, Brooks, Laing,…

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Municipal Endowments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1879 · page 2

WE observed with considerable satisfaction that a deputation of the mayors of this district, and of East and West Maitland were to leave Newcastle for…

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Correspondence. a Mayor's Dictum. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 March 1879 · page 4

SIR,—Was it ignorance culpable audacity, or both, that emboldened the Mayor of Newcastle to declare in open Council, that the estimate enjoined by…

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Municipal Endowments. Deputation to the Colonial Secretary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 March 1879 · page 2

ON Tuesday morning last, a deputation of the mayors and aldermen of the Hunter River district, waited upon the Hon. Colonial Secretary to urge the necessity of providing…

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Wickham Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 March 1879 · page 3

THE usual meeting of this Council was hold in the Chambers, Throsby-street, on Wednesday night. Present: Aldermen Neild (in the chair), Fleming, Frewin, Boyd, and Downic…

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Wallsend Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1879 · page 5

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held at the chambers on Thursday last. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Johnson, Magee, Hogg, Shaw, and Walker…

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Endowment to Municipalities

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1879 · page 5

WE are glad to see that the deputation to Sydney the other day upon the above subject' has produced satisfactory results. A letter was received by the Mayor (G. Wallace,…

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Newcastle Borough Council. Business Paper. Monday, 17Th March, 1879

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 March 1879 · page 2

To confirm minutes of previous meeting, correspondence, including petitions, reports, and orders thereon. MOTORS IN PURSUANCE OF NOTICE…

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Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1879 · page 2

A MEETING of the Council was held last evening, but closed at too late an hour for a report of the proceedings to appear in this issue. The principal business was the…

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N.s.w. Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, March 14

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1879 · page 4

MESSAGES were received from the Governor, notifying that his Excellency had assented to the Birds and Animals Protection Bill, and to the Moore's…

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Waratah Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 March 1879 · page 3

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Monday evening last Present :—The Mayor, Aldermen…

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Newcastle Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 March 1879 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Monday evening. Present—Aldermen Coapman (chairman), Hall, Reid, Greer, Thorn, McMichael,…

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Lambton Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 March 1879 · page 3

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was hold on Tuesday evening last. Pr. sent: The Mayor, Aldermen Present, Beveridge, Price,…

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Hamilton Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 March 1879 · page 3

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

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Pattsburgh Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 March 1879 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above council was held in the Chambers, on Wednesday evening last. Present: the Mayor, Alderman Lavis, Davis, Reay,…

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Newcastle Borough Council. Business Paper. Monday, 24Th March, 1879

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 March 1879 · page 2

To confirm minutes of previous meeting, correspondence, including petitions, reports, and orders thereon. MOTIONE IN PURSUANCE OF NOTICE…

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Newcastle Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1879 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of this Council was held in the Chambers, Watt-street, last night. Present: Aldermen Chapman (in the chair) Hall, Sparke, Creer, Thorn, M'Michael,…

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The Sydney Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 March 1879 · page 2

WE are all familiar with the trite expression, that when things come to their worst, they mend." Upon this by po[?] thesis the process of improvement in…

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Wickham Borouge Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 March 1879 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held last evening. Present; The Mayor, Aldermen Neild, Fleming, Frewin, Robson, Downie, and Beyd…

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