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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1884

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Newcastle Borough Council. Special Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 June 1884 · page 3

A SPECIAL meeting of the Borough Council was held yesterday morning, for the purpose of taking into consideration chiefly certain matters in connection with the…

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Parliament of N.s. Wales. Legislative Council. Wednesday, June 25

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 June 1884 · page 2

IN the Legislative Council, the bill to prohibit barmaids in hotels was read a first time, and the second reading is fixed for Thursday week…

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Sydney Notes. Raising the Municipal Wind. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 June 1884 · page 3

A SPECIAL meeting of the City Council was held this afternoon. Alderman Chapman moved—"That £100,000 worth of debentures be placed on the London market for…

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Wickham Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 June 1884 · page 6

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Wednesday night. Present: The Mayor, Alderman Frewin, Bennett, Broom, Wooderson, Neild,…

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Newcastle Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1884 · page 3

A MEETING of the above was held at the Council Chamber last night. There were present:—The Mayor (Mr. Stewart Keightley), in the chair; Aldermen Creer, Thorn, Chapman, Morgan, Christie,…

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The Municipal Council and Its Overdraft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1884 · page 2

WE were considerably astonished at the Borough Council on Monday night when the important question of signing a mortgage over the rates and revenues…

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Waratah Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 July 1884 · page 4

THE above Council met in their Chambers on Monday evening. Present: The Mayor, and Aldermen Williams, Upfold, Cropley, Goodhew, and Scholey. The minutes of last meeting were read…

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Lambton Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 July 1884 · page 4

THE above Council met in their Chambers on Tuesday evening. Present: The Mayor, and Aldermen Dent, Grierson, Wheatley, M'Williams, Payne, Kerr,…

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Wallsend Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 July 1884 · page 4

A MEETING of the Plattsburg Borough Council was held on "Wednesday evening. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Charlton, Wilkinson, Thurling, House, Harris,…

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Parliament of N.s. Wales. Legislative Council. Wednesday, July 2

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 July 1884 · page 2

In the Legislative Council the Lotteries Bill, the third reading of the Supreme Court Appellate Jurisdiction Bill, and second reading of the Matrimonial Causes…

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Municipal Gasworks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 July 1884 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday. Mr, Stuart has promised a deputation to introduce a Bill to enable the municipalities to purchase or construct gasworks for…

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Hamilton Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 2

THE usual meeting of the above Council took place on Wednesday evening last. There were present: The Mayor, Aldermen Keddie, Donn, Cook, M'Kean, and…

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Lambton Ratepayers and the Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 8

A meeting of the ratepayers was held in Stoker's Hall, Lambton, on Thursday evening last, for the purpose of considering the action of the Council on the Mayor's motion on Tuesdays July 1st, 1884,…

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Council Economy. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 8

SIR,—A perusal of your recent reports of the Newcastle Borough Council's proceedings, in some particulars, marks some of the members as men who are the possessors of…

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Council Economy. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1884 · page 3

SIR,—In answer to "Ratepayer's" letter, which appeared in Saturday's issue, the Newcastle Borough Council, no doubt for good reasons, refused to increase either…

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Municipality of Wickham. Business Paper. Wednesday, July 9, 1884

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 July 1884 · page 2

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

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Wallsend Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 July 1884 · page 3

THE Wallsend Borough Council met on Tuesday evening. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Morris, Jarvie, Tyler, Walker, Hutchinson, Gilmour Buckley, and Shaw…

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Parliament of N.s. Wales. Legislative Council. Thursday, July 10

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 July 1884 · page 2

In the Legislative Council this evening, Mr. Webb's Bill, known as "the Barmaids Bill" was thrown out by a majority of one…

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Important Municipal Deputation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 July 1884 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A deputation from Newcastle this morning waited on the Colonial Secretary in reference to certain requirements at that place…

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Wickham Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1884 · page 7

THE above Council met on Wednesday last. There were present Aldermen Nield (in the chair), Frewin, Broom, Wooderson, and Bennett. The Mayor was absent through…

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