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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1888

441 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 23

Lambton. Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 May 1888 · page 6

The above Council held their usual fortnightly meeting on Tuesday evening in the Council-chambers. Present : The Mayor (Alderman Payne), and Aldermen Dent,…

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Latest District News. Hamilton. Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 May 1888 · page 8

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held last evening. There were present: The Mayor (Mr. S. Donn), and Aldermen Keddie, Arkins, Melville, Lloyd,…

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Glebeland. Merewether Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 May 1888 · page 6

The above Council held their usual fortnightly meeting on Tuesday evening, May 1st, 1888, in the Council Chambers, Railway-street, the Mayor (Alderman Curry) in the…

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Carrington Council Chambers. to the Editor

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

SIR,—The following advertisement appears in your issue of to-day, from the Carrington Council:—"A ratepayers' vote will be taken on Friday…

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Correspondence Municipal Affairs at Carrington. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1888 · page 6

SIR,—In your yesterday's issue appeared a letter from Mr. T. Garrett, twitting the Carrington Council anent the calling a vote of the ratepayers…

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Plattsburg. Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 May 1888 · page 6

The usual fortnightly mooting of the above Council was hold on Thursday evening. Present: The Mayor (Mr. Thos. M'Crae), Aldermen House, Thurling, Cook, Estell,…

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Carrington Council Chambers. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 May 1888 · page 6

SIR,—In reply to Mr. T. Garrett's letter and in defence of the Carrington Council, who are asking for a ratepayer's vote on the question of erecting Council chambers, I…

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The Presidency of the Northern District Municipal Association. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 May 1888 · page 8

SIR,—In reply to "An Alderman of a Suburban Municipality," in your issue of the 30th April, I beg to state that Alderman Webb holds the…

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Newcastle Borough Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1888 · page 5

THE fortnightly meeting of the above Council took place last night. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Ruchanan), Aldermen Gibb, Laing, Moore, Webb, Thorn, Gillam,…

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Scene in the Council

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

THE fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council was held last night, and at one stage of the proceedings matters were particularly lively, and it loosed as if words would…

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Carrington Council Chambers. to the Editor

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

SIR,—My old, good-natured, and respected friend, the Mayor of Carrington, has thought it his duty, I suppose, to defend his Council in their act of "asking for a ratepayer's vote…

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Municipality of Wickham. Business Paper. Wednesday, May 9Th, 1888

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1888 · page 6

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

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Municipality of Carrington. Business Paper. Wednesday, May 9Th, 1888

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1888 · page 6

THE MAYOR to move— 1st. "That this Council, having now before it the valuation of all rateable property within the Municipality of Carrington, made…

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Latest District News. Wallsend. Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 May 1888 · page 8

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Tuesday evening. Present: The Mayor, and Alderman Abell, Drummond, Craig, Calderbank, Summer,…

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The Ex-mayor of Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 May 1888 · page 4

IN the interests of the public in general, and those of the ratepayers of Newcastle in particular, we feel compelled to call attention to the conduct…

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Wickham Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 May 1888 · page 8

A MEETING of the above Council was hell in the Council chambers, Throsby-street, last night, Alderman P. Bennett, J.P., presiding in the absence on leave of the Mayor. There…

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Municipal Drainage. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 May 1888 · page 7

SIR,—The Merewether Council, some short time since, applied to the Government for a subsidy to enable them to complete the surface drainage of…

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An Independent Mayor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 May 1888 · page 3

THE New York correspondent of the S. M. Herald has the following:—Mayor Hewitt has raised a tremendous hubbub by snubbing in one week both the Irish and the veterans…

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Carrington Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 May 1888 · page 6

THE above Council met on Wednesday night when the Mayor (Alderman J. S. Rodgers, J.P.) presided, the following gentlemen being…

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Carrington Council. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 May 1888 · page 3

SIR,—I did not intend to have troubled you with any reply to Mr. T. Garrett, late alderman of Carrington, as I consider that he is not worth…

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