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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1879

343 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 18

Lambton Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 May 1879 · page 3

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Tuesday evening last. Present the Mayor, Alderman Palmer, Williams, Kerr, Price,…

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Plattsburg Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 May 1879 · page 3

THE above Council met on Wednesday evening in the Protestant Hall. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Dobinson, Moodle, Harris, Lavis, Reay,…

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N.s.w. Parliament. Legislative Council. Tuesday, April 29

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 May 1879 · page 4

A MESSAGE was received from the Lieutenant-Governor notifying that his Excellency had assented to the Temporary Supply Bill No. 5…

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Municipal Proceedings

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

IT is always encouraging to observe, after repeated experiments, some symptoms of vitality in comatose bodies which have long resisted any attempt at…

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Correspondence. Alderman M'michael on Municipal Proceedings. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1879 · page 8

SIR,—In your issue of to-day I have read the logical letter of Mr. Alderman McMichael, and have come to the conclusion that the Mayor and aldermen…

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N.s.w. Parliament. Legislative Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1879 · page 8

On Wednesday, the President took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. The Equity and Ecclesiastical Consolidated Bill was further considered in…

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Newcastle Borough Council Business Paper, Monday, 5Th May, 1879

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 May 1879 · page 3

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

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N.s.w. Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, May 1, 1879

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 May 1879 · page 3

IN the Legislative Council, yesterday, A message was received from the Assembly notifying the disagreement of that Chamber with certain amendments…

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Newcastle Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 May 1879 · page 2

THE usual meeting of this Council was held last night in the Chambers, Watt-street. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Hall, Chapman, Creer, Thorn, Dart, M'Michael…

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Municipal Proceedings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 May 1879 · page 2

THE Public Vehicles nuisance having assumed such unwieldy proportions and subjected us to repeated enquiries as to who is to blame for the present…

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Wickham Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 May 1879 · page 4

THE usual meeting of this Council was held in the Chambers, Throsby-street, on Wednesday afternoon. Present: Aldermen Robson, Hubbard, Boyd, Nield, Downie, Gross, and…

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Newcastle Borough Council. Business Paper. Monday, 12Th May, 1879

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 May 1879 · page 3

To confirm minutes of previous meeting, correspondence, including petitions, reports, and orders thereon. QUESTIONS…

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Wreck of the Barque City Council. Hobart Town, 6th May

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 May 1879 · page 2

THE barque City Council, bound from Adelaide to Newcastle, has been wrecked off Cape St. John, Cape Barren Island. The crew reached George Town to day, and are now in Launceston…

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Newcastle Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1879 · page 2

THE usual meeting of this Council was held in the Chambers, Watt-street, last night. Present:—The Mayor, Alderman Hall, Chapman, Laing, Croer, Thorn, Dart, Reid,…

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Wallsend Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 May 1879 · page 3

THE above Council met in the Council Chambers on Thursday evening last. Present the Mayor and Aldermen Tyler, Abel Johnson, Rushton, Walker, Shaw, Hogg and Magee…

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Waratah Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 May 1879 · page 3

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

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Newcastle Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 May 1879 · page 3

A MEETING of this Council in committee of the whole was held yesterday afternoon, in the Council Chambers. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Hall, Chapman, Laing,…

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Hamilton Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 May 1879 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday evening. Present:—The Mayor, Aldermen Broom, Brown, Williams, Curley,…

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Lambton Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 May 1879 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Tuesday evening last. Present—the Mayor, Aldermen Palmer, Williams, Beveridge, Conn, Price, Kerr, and…

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Plattsburg Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 May 1879 · page 2

THE above Council met on Wednesday evening in the Protestant Hall. Present:—The Mayor and Aldermen Moodie, Harris, Roberts, Davies, Levis, Dobinson…

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