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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1885

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Death of Alderman Pye of Parramatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 January 1885 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. James Pye, of Rooty Hall, Parramatta, who was thrown from his horse on Monday, expired yesterday from the effects of the accident…

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Lambton Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 January 1885 · page 3

THE above Council met on Tuesday evening. Present—The Mayor, and Aldermen Kerr, Payne, and Elliott. The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed…

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The Auckland Municipal Loans

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1885 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.—Tenders have been invited for the Auckland (N.Z.) Municipal Loan of £25,000 at 5 per cent., the minimum being fixed at £107…

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Newcastle Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1885 · page 2

THE Borough Council met last night. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Morgan, Christie, Brooks, Laing, Moore, Creer, Webb…

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Municipality of Wickham. Business Paper. Wednesday, January 7, 1885

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1885 · page 3

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

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CABLEGRAMS The Auckland (N.Z.) Municipal Loan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1885 · page 2

LONDON, Monday.—The Auckland Municipal 5 per cent. loan of £25,000, has been subscribed five-fold. The average price offered is £109 1s, the…

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District News. Wallsend Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1885 · page 3

A MEETING of the Wallsend Borough Council was held on Tuesday evening. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Hutchinson, Jarvie, Gilmour, Shaw, and Walker…

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The Forthcoming Municipal Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1885 · page 2

IT is stated on good authority that Mr. J. A. Gorrick, M.L.A., in response to numerous requests, has consented to allow himself to be nominated for the position of…

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Wickham Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 January 1885 · page 3

THE regular meeting of the above Council was held on Wednesday evening last. There were present:—The Mayor, Aldermen Frewin, Nield, Shedden, Broom,…

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Correspondence the Next Municipal Elections. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1885 · page 5

SIR,—In order that no misconception may arise from the perusal of the paragraph in your paper which stated that I would be a candidate for Municipal honours in the city ward at the…

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Municipal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 January 1885 · page 2

DURING the past few days an influential deputation of ratepayers of Honeysuckle Ward waited upon Mr. George Bewick, sen., Superintendent of Ways and Works…

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District News. Wallsend and Plattsburg. Mr. Usher and the Council. 44. Castlereagh-street, Sydney, 8th January, 1885. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1885 · page 2

SIR.—I have read the report of the Wallsend Borough Council's meeting in your issue of yesterday, and as I take exception to that portion relating to me, I submit the following, which is…

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Municipal Officers made Happy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1885 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The salaries of the Town Clerk, the City Treasurer, and the City Surveyor have been raised £100 a year; those of the Assistant City Surveyor…

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Lambton Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 January 1885 · page 3

The above Council met in their Chambers on Tuesday evening. Present—Aldermen Dent (in the chair) and Aldermen Kerr, Payne, Thornton. Elliott and McWilliams. The minutes of last…

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District News. Waratah Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 2

The above Council met in their chambers on Monday evening. Present: The Mayor and Aldermen Cropley, William, Watson, Upfold, Godhew, and Scholey. Mr. Alderman Chapman handed in…

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Hamilton Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 2

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

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Newcastle Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1885 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council did not take place last night. It is to be held next Thursday evening. Mr. Trevor Jones, C.E. of Sydney, is, meantime, to interview the…

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Plattsburg Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1885 · page 2

A meeting of the Plattsburg Borough Council was held on Wednesday. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Reid, Charlton, Simpson, Wilkinson, Harris, Thurling, and House…

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The Approaching Municipal Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1885 · page 2

THE advent of another opportunity for the citizens to exercise their right of choosing their representatives in the management of Municipal affairs,…

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Municipal Elections. Macquarie Ward

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1885 · page 2

A MEETING of the friends and supporters of Mr. J. C. Gray took place on Tuesday night at the Oriental Hotel, but owing to the inclemency of the weather, the number was not so large as expected. Mr. W…

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