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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1880

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Lambton Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1880 · page 3

THE above Council met in their Chamber on Tuesday evening. Present: Aldermen Hill (in the chair), Kerr; Young, Robinson, Williams,…

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The Municipal Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1880 · page 2

THE conference again met at the Town Hall on Tuesday morning, Mr. A. H. Emerson being in the chair. Mr. W. H. Trickett (Mayor of Woollahra) brought…

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Plattsburg Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 September 1880 · page 3

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above council was held on Wednesday evening last. Present : Alderman Wilkinson, Moodie, Dobinson, Harris and House. In the absence…

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Lord Mayor of London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1880 · page 3

THE only person in England who enjoys, merely by right of office, the style of "Right Honorable," is the Lord Mayor of London. There are…

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Newcastle Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1880 · page 3

A MEETING of the Borough Council was held last night. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Ash, Wallace, Creer, Thorn, M'Michael, Laing, Dart, and Brooks…

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Correspondence Alteration in 'Bus Route. to the Mayor and Aldermen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 September 1880 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—I bog to suggest that the waggonettoes and 'busses on their way to this part of their destination, namely Watt-street, should be via…

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Wickham Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 September 1880 · page 3

THE usual fortnightly meeting of this Council took place on Wednesday evening last. Present : Aldermen Downie (in the chair), Fleming, Boyd,…

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Newcastle Borough Council. Business Paper, Monday, 18Th September, 1880

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 September 1880 · page 3

To confirm minutes of previous meeting (including petitions, reports, and orders thereon). ADJOURNED MOTION…

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Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 September 1880 · page 2

THE usual meeting of the Newcastle Borough Council lapsed last night for want of a quorum. Considering the general regularity with which our City…

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Wickham Municipality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 September 1880 · page 2

THE official plans, etc., of certain streets within the municipality of Wickham, the which have recently been declared, have been received from Sydney, and are…

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Waratah Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 September 1880 · page 3

THE above Council met in the Council Chambers, on Monday evening. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Spink, Bell, Turner, Stephens, Arnold, Key, Goodhew, and…

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Lambton Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 September 1880 · page 2

The above Council met in the Council Chambers on Tuesday evening last. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Conn, Williams, Robinson, Palmer, Young, and…

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Newcastle Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 September 1880 · page 2

A MEETING of the Borough Council was held last night. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Ash, Grisdale, Creer, Thorn, Dart, Chippendall…

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The Trades and Labour Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 September 1880 · page 4

THE ordinary monthly meeting of the Trades and Labour Council was held on Thursday night at the Hyde Park Hotel, Bathurst-street. The chair was…

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Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 September 1880 · page 2

A MEETING of the Borough Council was held on Tuesday evening. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Morgan, Abel, Gilmour, Maddison, Shaw, and Rushton. Minutes…

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Wickham Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 September 1880 · page 2

A MEETING of the Wickham Borough Council took place on Wednesday night. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Fleming, Gross, Pepper, Boyd, and Frewin. The…

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Newcastle Borough Council. Business Paper, Monday, 27Th September, 1880

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 September 1880 · page 8

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

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The Late Municipal Conference and the Colonial Secretary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 September 1880 · page 3

THE resolutions agreed to at the recent municipal conference were laid before the Colonial Secretary, on Friday last, by a deputation composed of Mr. W. J…

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Newcastle Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 September 1880 · page 3

A MEETING of the Borough Council took place last night. Present—the Mayor, Aldermen Ash, Wallace, Creer, Thorn, Brooks, and Grisdale…

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Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 October 1880 · page 4

The above Council met in their chambers on Tuesday evening. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Conn, Kerr, Young, Beveridge, Palmer, and Robinson. The…

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