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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1885

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Newcastle Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 January 1885 · page 2

THE Borough Council met last night. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Morgan, Creer, Webb, Chapman, Christie, Laing, Moore. REVISION COURT…

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Municipal Election. City Ward

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 January 1885 · page 2

OUR readers will perceive by advertisement that Mr. Joseph Creer has again consented to stand as alderman for the City Ward. He has already been three times returned in that capacity, and that fact alone…

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Wickham. Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1885 · page 7

THE usual meeting of the above took place on Wednesday evening last. There were present—the Mayor, Aldermen Frenin, Nield, Broom, Shedden, Wooderson, and Cornish. The previous…

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Wallsend Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1885 · page 7

A meeting of the Wallsend Borough Council was held on Tuesday evening. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Tyler, Walker, Morris, Gilmour, and Hutchinson…

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Waratah Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1885 · page 2

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

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The Municipal Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1885 · page 2

WE are glad to see, judging from the unusually long list of candidates for aldermanic honours this year, that there is a considerable amount of interest…

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Lambton Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1885 · page 6

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

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Plattsburg Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1885 · page 7

A MEETING of the Plattsburg Borough Council was held on Wednesday evening. Present, the Mayor, Alderman Reid, Thurling, Harris, House,…

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Hamilton. Council Meeting and Revision Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1885 · page 6

The usual Council meeting was held on Wednesday evening last. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Don, Keddie. M'Kean, Williams, and Cook. Minutes read and confirmed, and the outgoing…

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Civil Servants and Municipal Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1885 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Acting-Colonial Secretary has given it as his opinion that Civil servants should have no connection with municipal matters as officers, but he…

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Municipal Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1885 · page 2

THE formal nomination of candidates as aldermen in the yearly Newcastle Municipal Election in the room of those who retire by rotation, will be made at the Council Chambers to-day. The…

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Newcastle Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1885 · page 8

THE Council met on Monday evening. Present; The Mayor, Aldermen Webb, Christie, Books, Chapman, Laing, Moore, Thorn, Dart. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed…

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Municipal Elections. Nomination Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1885 · page 4

THE nomination of aldermen to represent the City, Honeysuckle, Belmore, and Macquarie Wards, and of city auditors, took place yesterday morning at the new Council…

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Municipal Elections. City Ward

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1885 · page 2

ON Tuesday evening there was a large attendance of the ratepayers at the Victoria Theatre to hear Mr. Joseph Creer, J.P., address them upon municipal matters, in accordance with advertisement, and with…

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Municipal Elections. Polling Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 February 1885 · page 2

We remind our readers that the polling for the various wards of Newcastle commences to-day at 8 o'clock, and closes at 3. It is a long time since so much interest has been manifested in municipal…

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Civil Servants as Aldermen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1885 · page 2

THE attention of the Acting Colonial Secretary, say the Sydney Echo, was recently drawn to the fact that Civil servants are sometimes elected by the ratepayers of…

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Municipal Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1885 · page 4

THE space in Watt-street facing the Council Chambers yesterday presented a more interesting and lively appearance than it has exhibited during municipal elections for…

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Municipal Nominations. Waratah

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1885 · page 6

The Returning-Officer, Mr. Alderman John Scholey, read out the nominations for the offices of aldermen and auditors in the Waratah Municipal District at the Council Chambers at noon on Tuesday…

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Election of Mayor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1885 · page 2

WE understand that a meeting of the Newcastle Borough Council will be held, to-morrow (Wednesday) evening, for the purpose of electing a Mayor for the ensuing…

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Newtown Municipal Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1885 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. Ninian Melville has been defeated by a large majority…

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