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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1888

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Adamstown. Council Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 July 1888 · page 3

The above Council met on Thursday night. Present: The Mayor, and all the alderman. The minutes of the previous meeting were…

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What About the Mayor? to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 July 1888 · page 6

SIR,—In reading your report of the proposed doings of Mr. Burnett, the great temperance lecturer, during the ensuing week, I could not help from…

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Waratah. Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 July 1888 · page 3

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Monday night. Present: Aldermen Watson, Cross, Williams, Miller, Clapin,…

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Lambton. Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 July 1888 · page 3

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Tuesday evening. Present: Aldermen Grierson, Palmer, Thornton, Hawkins,…

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An Elective Legislative Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 July 1888 · page 4

EVERY now and then, some fussy old gentleman in the Upper House of Parliament in this colony appears seized with a desire to make himself…

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Northern Municipal Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 July 1888 · page 5

A MEETING of the above was held last night in the Adamstown Council-chambers. There were present: Newcastle, the Mayor (Alderman Buchanan); Lambton, the Mayor…

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Merewether. Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 July 1888 · page 3

THE above Council held their usual fortnightly meeting on Tuesday evening. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Curry), and Aldermen Jones…

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Hamilton Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 July 1888 · page 5

THE usual fortnightly meeting was held last evening. There were present : The Mayor, and Aldermen Keddie, Kinder, Lloyd, Arkins, Aitchison, and Melville:…

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The Merewether Aldermen Gagging the Press. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 July 1888 · page 10

SIR,—It is written in a book that is respected by many, that "Those whose deeds are evil love darkness and dread the light." Now, to judge some of the recent actions of…

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Council Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 July 1888 · page 3

The Carrington Council met on Friday evening and there were present: Aldermen Rodgers (Mayor), Mathieson, Morison, M'Cann, Taylor, Butts,…

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The Pan-presbyterian Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 July 1888 · page 5

Three hundred delegates are attending the Pan-Presbyterian Council…

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Newcastle Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 July 1888 · page 5

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above council was held in the Council Chambers, Watt-street, last night, the Mayor (Alderman Buchanan) presiding. The following…

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The Legislative Council and Torpedo Defences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 July 1888 · page 4

IN spite of the persistent efforts of Mr. CREED, the Legislative Council seem determined not to take his view of the state of our torpedo defences…

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Municipality of Wickham. Business Paper. Wednesday, July 18Th, 1888

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 July 1888 · page 8

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

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The Latest Municipal Vagary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 July 1888 · page 4

PERHAPS, amongst the many idiosyncratic proposals that have emanated from the Newcastle Borough Council, there have been none to take the city…

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Wallsend Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 July 1888 · page 6

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Tuesday evening. Present: The Mayor, and Aldermen Gilmoure, Sommerville,…

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Wickham Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 July 1888 · page 8

THE above Council met last night in the Council-chambers, Throsby-street, the Mayor (Alderman Shedden, J.P.) in the chair, and the following being present:—Aldermen…

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Legislative Council. Land Tax Bill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 July 1888 · page 5

In the Council this evening, the consideration of the Land Tax Bill was postponed until Tuesday next, which virtually means shelving it…

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Adamstown Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1888 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council took place on Thursday evening. Present: The Mayor, and Aldermen Weir, Loydon,…

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Lambton Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 July 1888 · page 5

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Tuesday evening. July 24th. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Payne), Aldermen Grierson, Palmer, Screen,…

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