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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1880

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Wallsend Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1880 · page 8

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Thursday evening last. Present: The Mayor, Alderman Maddison, Rushton, Abel, Mitchell,…

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N.s.w. Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, February 26Th, 1880

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 March 1880 · page 3

IN the legislative Council, on Thursday, Mr. Charles Campbell moved a resolution advocating the assisted immigration of female servants and the…

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Municipal Deputations From Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 March 1880 · page 2

THE new Mayoralty has been inaugurated bravely, and the Newcastle Borough Council have done good yeoman's service in waiting upon the…

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Municipal Councils

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 March 1880 · page 2

THIS is how the Echo of Tuesday last, basely slanders one of our noblest institutions:—Class teacher to juvenile pupil: "What is a Municipal Council?" Pupil:…

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Newcastle Borough Council

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

A MEETING of the Borough Council took place last night. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Hall, Wallace, Morgan, Laing, Grisdale, Creer, Chippendall, Thorn, McMichall, Dart, and…

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The City Council's late Paymaster

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

Stephen Dent, the late paymaster of the City Council, was charged with stealing the city funds, and was acquitted. The foreman stated that the jury gave…

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Waratah. Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1880 · page 3

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Monday evening last. Present: The Mayor Aldermen Spink, Watson, Arnold, Bell…

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Municipal Council Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 March 1880 · page 2

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

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Hamilton. Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 March 1880 · page 3

A meeting of the above Council was held on Wednesday evening last. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Manuell, Baker, M'Kean, Donn, Curley, Williams, Brown,…

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District News. Plattsburg. Plattsburg Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 March 1880 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was hold at the Chambers, on Wednesday evening last. Present: The Mayor, Alderman Fletcher, jun.,…

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Newcastle Borough Council. the Night-soil Question

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 March 1880 · page 2

LAST evening a special meeting of a Committee of the Whole was held in the Council Chambers, to consider the report of the Sanitary Committee which had…

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N.s.w. Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, 3Rd March, 1880

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 March 1880 · page 3

A FRUITLESS discussion took place in the Legislative Council yesterday in connection with the Stamp Duties Bill. On a previous occasion the…

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Trades and Labour Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 4

At the Trades and Labour Council's meeting, last night, attention was drawn to a report which appeared in Reynold's Newspaper, in October last, which stated…

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Newcastle Borough Council. Business Paper. Monday, 8Th March, 1880

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 8

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

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Sydney Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 March 1880 · page 2

A MATTER of considerable importance was brought before the Finance Committee of the City Council on Thursday afternoon by means of a letter from the city…

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Legislative Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 March 1880 · page 3

The Legislative Council sat for nearly two hours. Several petitions were presented against the Public Instruction Bill, either as a whole or in part. These came…

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Trades and Labour Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 March 1880 · page 3

AT a meeting of the Trades and Labour Council, held at their rooms, on Thursday night; Mr. Cole, the president, in the chair. The following societies were…

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Newcastle Borough Council. Business Paper. Monday, 8Th March, 1880

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 March 1880 · page 3

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

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The Sydney Municipal Accounts Again

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 March 1880 · page 2

AMONGST the host of financial scandals that stain the municipal annals of this colony, there can be no denying the fact that those attaching to the…

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Newcastle Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1880 · page 2

A MEETING of the Borough Council took place last night. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Wallace, Morgan, Laing, Grisdale, Creor, Chippendall, Thorn, McMichael, Dart, and…

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