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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1889

594 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 30

The Mayor of Wickham

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1889 · page 7

Alderman BEMNETT, J.P., Mayor of Wickham, on being spoken to with reference to the matter, said that it appeared to him that the City Council…

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The Mayor of Waratah

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1889 · page 7

Ald. THOMAS Cox, J.P., Mayor of Waratah, expressed it as his opinion that the shaft on the hill in the Reserve was the place where the…

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Executive Council Meeting. Cabinet Meeting To-day. Consideration of Public Works. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1889 · page 5

A meeting of the Executive Council was held to-day, but only formal matters were disposed of. There will be a Cabinet meeting to-morrow, when it is expected that,…

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Municipal Councils. Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1889 · page 8

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

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Accident to Alderman J. S. Rodgers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 4

WHILE out riding yesterday, in the neighbourhood of Tighe's Hill, near the Waratah Company's crossing, Alderman J. S. Rodgers had a nasty fall from his horse. Owing to…

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Municipal Conference. The Drainage Question. Dr. Ashburton-Thompson's Report. Initiative Steps

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 6

A CONFERENCE of representatives of the various municipalities of the district was held yesterday forenoon at the Newcastle Council-chambers, for the purpose of dealing…

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Municipal Councils. New Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 7

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held in Sneddon's Hall on Wednesday evening, there being present: The Mayor (Alderman Croudace), Aldermen…

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Carrington Municipal Council. Special Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 April 1889 · page 5

A SPECIAL meeting of the above was hold on Friday night last, when there were present Alderman Mathieson (Mayor), and Aldermen Morison, Garrett, Rodgers, Hughes,…

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Wallsend and Plattsburg. a Combined Council Meeting. Undermining Brookstown Streets. Deputation to the Government

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1889 · page 3

A COMBINED meeting of the Wallsend and Plattsburg Councils was held in the Council Chambers, Wallsend, on Monday evening, to consider the question of undermining of streets…

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Municipal Council. Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1889 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Tuesday evening. There were present: The Mayor (Alderman Thornton), and Aldermen Dent, Sample,…

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Wednesday, April 3, 1889. Legislative Council. Phylloxera. SYDNEY, Wednesday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1889 · page 5

The Attorney-General, in reply to a question, stated that the phylloxera disease had been confined to thirty vineyards in the county of Cumberland and Camden, and that it had been totally…

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Municipal Councils. Waratah

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 April 1889 · page 6

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

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Municipal Councils. Plattsburg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 April 1889 · page 2

THE fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Thursday evening. Present: The Mayor, and Aldermen Mitchell, Anderson, Banks, Weakley, Cook, M'Crae, and…

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Municipal Councils. Newcastle. Fortnightly Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1889 · page 8

The fortnightly meeting of the Newcastle Borough Council was held last night. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Buchanan), Aldermen Gibb, Moroney, Christie, Moore,…

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An Unseemly Wrangle. Lord Kintore's Reception. The S.A. Government and Aldermen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 April 1889 · page 7

ADELAIDE.—The breach between the Government and the City Council has grown wider than over, and the Council has definitely determined to take…

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Australian News. New South Wales. the Executive Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 April 1889 · page 6

A MEETING of the Executive Council was held on Tuesday under the presidency of his Excellency the Governor, and a number of departmental matters were dealt with…

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Municipal Council. Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 April 1889 · page 6

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

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Municipal Councils. New Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 April 1889 · page 8

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Wednesday evening in the new Council Chambers, which have been renovated with taste and neatness by Mr…

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Municipal Council. Carrington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1889 · page 5

The above Council last night hold a special meeting for the purpose of considering the by-laws, and a notice of motion from Alderman Morison, "That the Council borrow the…

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Municipal Councils. Amamstown

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1889 · page 3

THE above Council held their usual meeting last night. There were present: The Mayor and Aldermen Frith, Wetherburn, Evans, Hetherington, Thwaites, Loyden, and…

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