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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1884

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Municipality of Wickham. Business Paper. Wednesday, August 6, 1884

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 August 1884 · page 3

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

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Correspondence. Mr. Conn and the Lambton Council. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 August 1884 · page 4

SIR,—Now that Mr. Conn has had time to fix up his house of cards to his liking I will endeavour to level it to the ground. His effusion in Tuesday's issue is…

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Important Decision Affecting Municipalities

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 August 1884 · page 2

ALBURY, Wednesday.—Judgment was givens in the local Court of Requests yesterday, on a matter of interest to all municipalities. The Albury Municipal Council…

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Wallsend Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 August 1884 · page 3

A.MEETING of the Wallsend Council was held on Tuesday evening. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Tyler, Jarvie, Walker, Buckley, Gilmour, and Hutchinson. The minutes of the previous meeting were…

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Parliament of N.s. Wales. Legislative Council. Thursday, August 7

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 August 1884 · page 2

THE Legislative Council has agreed to have an extra sitting on Tuesday, and has passed the second reading of the Municipal Gas Bill…

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Wickham Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 August 1884 · page 2

The fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held last night. Present—Aldermen Nield (in the chair), Frewin, Broom, Bennett, Shedden, and Wooderson. The minutes of the previous…

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Newcastle Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 August 1884 · page 2

THE fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council was held last night. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Creer, Dart, Thorn, Chapman, Christie, Webb, Brooks,…

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Waratah Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 August 1884 · page 3

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

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Sunderland Trades Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 August 1884 · page 1

The usual monthly meeting of the Sunderland Trades Council was held in Lockhart's Cocoa Rooms, Highstreet, Sunderland, on Monday. The…

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Disorderly Scene in a Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 August 1884 · page 2

AT the Parramatta Council meeting on Monday the sum of £300 was voted for titting up the stage of the Town hull with necessary scenery for dramatic purposes, and as soon as the resolution was carried,…

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Lambton Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 August 1884 · page 3

THE above Council met in their chambers on Tuesday evening. Present—The Mayor, and Aldermen Kerr. Dent. Wheatley, Thornton, Elliott, and Payne. The minutes of last meeting were read and…

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Rateyayers Presence at Municipal Council Committees

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 August 1884 · page 4

AN important point was raised at the last meeting of the Leichhardt Municipal Council. The Mayor announced that the council would resolve itself into a committee of the whole for the purpose of…

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Hamilton Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 August 1884 · page 3

THE usual meeting of the above Council was held on Wednesday evening. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Don, Curley, M'Kean, Cook, Williams Mowett, Keddie, and Belford…

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Plattsburg Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 August 1884 · page 3

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

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Important to Municipalities

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 August 1884 · page 4

THE following is the opinion given by Mr. J. E. Salomons, Q. C., on the Albury lightening rate case:—"Municipality of Albury v Fleming: The plaintiff, it seems,…

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The Newcastle Borough Council As Financiers. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 August 1884 · page 5

SIR.—The report in your issue of Tuesday last, of the discussion on the present state of the finances of the Borough Council, should arouse a lively interest in every ratepayer in the city. It is…

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Municipality of Wickham. Business Paper. Thursday, August 21, 1884

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 August 1884 · page 3

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

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Wallsend Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 August 1884 · page 3

A MEETING of the Wallsend Borough Council was held on Tuesday evening. Present Aldermen Shaw (in the chair, in the absence of the Mayor), Buckley, Tyler, Hutchinson,…

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Parliament of N.S. Wales. Legislative Council. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 August 1884 · page 2

The Legislative Council adjourned at 9 o'clock, p.m., yesterday, after considering the second reading of the Land Bill…

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Up in the Gallery. the Legislative Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 August 1884 · page 3

ALTHOUGH the members of the Assembly are having a bully time of it, the unfortunate lords are not. Indeed, they are like proverbial young bear that has all his…

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