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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1889

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Boulanger's Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 May 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—General Boulanger has summoned a council of his friends to meet him in London, and to advise with him concerning the situation…

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Municipal Councils. Carrington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 May 1889 · page 6

The above Council met Friday night, when there were Aldermen Mathieson Mayor). Morison, Garrett, Butts, Taylor, Rodgers, and M'Cann were in attendance…

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Newcastle Borough Council. Fortnightly Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1889 · page 8

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Newcastle Borough Council took place last evening. There were present: The Mayor (Alderman Buchanan), Aldermen Gibb,…

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Special Meeting of Adamstown Council. Business and no Gammon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1889 · page 3

A SPECIAL meeting of the Adamstown Council was held last night for the purpose of appointing delegates to attend the conference re the Commonage Question. There…

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Darling Island Purchase. Newcastle's Rival. What Newcastle Thinks. Some Valuable Opinions. Messrs. Brown and Graham, Ms.P. The Mayor of Newcastle. President of Chamber of Commerce. Coal-owners, Merchants and Shippers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1889 · page 8

THE purchase of Darling Island by the Government for the purposes of railway extension in connection with the shipping of coal from the Southern and Western mines…

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Municipal Councils. Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 May 1889 · page 7

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Tuesday evening. There were present: The Mayor, and Aldermen Abell, Shaw, Sommerville, Calderbank,…

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Municipal Councils. New Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 May 1889 · page 7

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Wednesday evening. There were present: The Mayor (Alderman Croudace), and Aldermen Thomas, Oldham,…

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[Reuter's Telegrams.] Australian Municipal Loan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 May 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—Tenders were opened to-day for the Fitzroy (Vic.) Municipal Loan of £39,000. Five per centum was the minimum, which was fixed at £109. The…

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A Municipal Loan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 May 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—Tenders for a loan of £39,000, bearing interest at 5 per cent., for the city of Fitzroy, Melbourne, were opened to-day. The minimum was fixed at…

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Plattsburg Municipal Matters. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 May 1889 · page 6

SIR,—We, the quiet, easy, good people of Plattsburg, have, after a lapse of a dozen years of municipal government, at last, as it were, awoke out of a trance to the sense of…

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The Irish Delegates in Sydney. a Big Reception Expected. the Premier and the Mayor. Sydney, Friday night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1889 · page 5

THE delegates of the Irish party, Mr. John Dillon, Sir Thomas Grattan Esmonde, and Mr. John Deasey, M's.P., will arrive in Sydney to-morrow…

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District News. Wallsend. Municipal Appeals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1889 · page 8

DURING the ensuing week the Court-house is likely to be the great centre of attraction. On Monday the Plattsburg Appeal Court will be held, when about 100 cases will be…

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Municipal Councils. Adamstown

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1889 · page 3

THE Adamstown Council held their usual fortnightly meeting on Thursday night, there being present: The Mayor, and Aldermen Greenwood, Hetherington, Wetherburn,…

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Privy Council Appeal. A.S.N. CO. V. Howard Smith & CO

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The appeal to the Privy Council by the A.S.N. Company against Howard Smith and Sons has been dismissed, with costs…

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Municipal Councils. Waratah

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 May 1889 · page 6

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Monday evening. There were present: The Mayor (Alderman Cox), and Aldermen Williams. Watson, Greenland,…

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Privy Council Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—In the case Jeanneret v. Bailey, the appeal from the judgment of the New South Wales Supreme Court, was dismissed with costs…

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Parliament. Wednesday, May 15, 1889. Legislative Council. The Commonage Committee. Mr. Branker to be Examined. SYDNEY, Wednesday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1889 · page 5

IN the Legislative Council to-day Dr. Garvan applied for and obtained leave to have Mr. Brunker, Minister for Lands, examined before the Select Committee on the Lambton Commonage Bill…

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Municipal Councils. Hamilton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1889 · page 3

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Hamilton Council took place last evening. There were present: The Mayer (Alderman Arkins), Aldermen Kiddie, Donn, Collier,…

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Wallsend Council Appeal Court. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 May 1889 · page 7

MR. BAKER, solicitor, appeared on behalf of the Council. The appeal sheet showed 133 appellants, but nearly all of these had been previously settled by the Council, and were…

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Municipal Association of New South Wales. Evasion of Rates by Government. Brookstown Pitfalls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 May 1889 · page 8

AT the monthly meeting of the Municipal Association of New South Wales the following matters were dealt with:— The Newcastle Council sought legal…

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