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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1880

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The Municipal Elections. Nominations for Aldermen and Auditors. Hamilton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 January 1880 · page 2

FOR Aldermen: W. H. Manuell, Lindsay street: W. Davies, Ravenshaw-street; S. Donn, Lawson-street; W. H. Britten, Beaumont-street. For Auditors: J. G…

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Wickham Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 January 1880 · page 4

THE usual meeting Of this Council took place on Wednesday night. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Fleming, Hubbard, Downie, Frewin, Gross,…

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N.s.w. Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, January 28Th, 1880

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 January 1880 · page 4

A PETITION was presented by Mr. Thornton from the Roman Catholic inhabitants of the Richmond River against the Education Act. The standing…

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Wallsend Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 5

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held in the Chambers, on Thursday evening last. There was a full attendance of Aldermen present…

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Newcastle Borough Council. Business Paper. Monday, 2Nd February, 1880

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 5

To confirm minutes of previous meetings, correspondence, including petitions, reports, and orders thereon. QUESTION…

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Trades and Labour Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 February 1880 · page 4

A SPECIAL meeting of the Trades and Labour Council was held on Thursday night, at M'Inerney's Hyde Park Hotel. Mr. W. B. Cole, president of…

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Newcastle Borough Council. Business Paper. Monday, 2Nd February, 1880

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 February 1880 · page 3

To confirm minutes of previous meetings, correspondence, including petitions, reports, and orders thereon. QUESTION…

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N.s.w. Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, January 29, 1880

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 February 1880 · page 3

SOME discussion ensued, upon the motion of Mr. Thornton, that the debate on the second reading of the Secret Bills of Sale Bill be adjourned…

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Defalcation in Municipal Accounts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 February 1880 · page 2

THE defalcations in the accounts of the late Sydney Municipal Paymaster, afford a glaring instance of the length to which indifferent Municipal Finance…

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Newcastle Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1880 · page 2

A MEETING of the Borough Council was held last night. Present—the Mayor, Aldermen Chapman, Thorn, Laing, Hall, Dart, M'Michael, Creer, and Sparke. The…

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Municipal Nominations To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1880 · page 2

AT noon to-day (the public of Newcastle and suburbs are by this time aware) nominations for their future representatives at the Civic board will be made. We are…

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Municipal Meetings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1880 · page 2

LAST night Mr. R. B. Cropley, and Mr. W. Grisdale, candidates for Honeysuckle ward, addressed the electors, pursuant to advertisement, the former from the…

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The Municipal Elections. Nomination Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1880 · page 2

THE public nominations for Aldermen and Auditors for the Borough of Newcastle took place at noon yesterday at the Council Chambers. There was a fair number of…

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Waratah Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1880 · page 4

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

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Wickham Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1880 · page 4

A SPECIAL meeting was held in the Chambers on Friday evening, January 31st, for the purpose of considering a draft code of by-laws for the…

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The Municipal Elections. Nomination Day. Wickham

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1880 · page 2

AT noon on Tuesday, the Returning Officer read out publicly the names of James H. Hubbard, Newcastle; nominated by Messrs. John Shrader, Joseph Chinchen,…

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"Tips" for the Municipal Races. (COMMUNICATED.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1880 · page 3

ON Friday next will be decided the different events for our Municipal Handicaps, and seeing that they are eliciting a great amount of interest, I think I am only…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, February 4, 1878

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 February 1880 · page 4

In the Legislative Council, the concurrence of the Assembly in the Council's amendment upon the Bill to fix the Standard Weight of Grain…

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Municipal Meetings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 February 1880 · page 2

SEVERAL of the candidates for the forthcoming municipal elections addressed their constituents last night. Mr. R. B. Cropley spoke at considerable length from the…

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Lambton Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1880 · page 2

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

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