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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1890

628 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 32

Municipal Council. Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 April 1890 · page 5

THE regular fortnightly meeting of the City Council was held last evening. Present: Alderman Gibb, Laing, Buchanan, Moroney, Moore, Alcock, Thorn, Gillam, and Webb…

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Municipal Council. Wickham

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1890 · page 5

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Wickham Council was held last night. Present: Aldermen Myers (Mayor), Croft, Robson, Lloyd, Shedden, junr., and Morgan…

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Municipal Councils. Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1890 · page 3

THE usual meeting of the Wallsend Council took place last evening. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Rushton, Green, Johnson, Drummond, Abell, Phillips, and…

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Summons Cases. Municipal Bylaws

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1890 · page 6

Henry Smith and Edward Turnbull were each summoned at the instance of the inspector of nuisances, Hamilton, for allowing their horses to stray, and were fined 5s and…

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Municipal Council. New Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 April 1890 · page 2

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

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Newcastle Borough Council. The Adjourned Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 April 1890 · page 5

THE adjourned meeting of the Newcastle Borough Council was held in the council-chambers last evening. There were present:—Aldermen Moroney, Gibb, Laing, Buchanan,…

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Municipal Council. Stockton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 8

THE ordinary fortnightly meeting was held last night. There were present: Alderman Beveridge (the Mayor) in the chair, and Aldermen O'Mara, Stratten, Thomas,…

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Trades and Labour Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 3

AT the weekly meeting of the Trades and Labour Council, held in the Sydney Trades. hall on Thursday night a letter was received from the Newcastle wharf labourers,…

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Municipal Deputations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 4

THE deputation from the Wallsend and Plattsburg Councils which waited on the Minister for Works on Thursday last with reference to the…

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Entertainment of Provincial Mayors and Aldermen. Mayor Burdekin's Hospitality. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1890 · page 5

THE Mayor of Sydney (Alderman Sydney Burdekin, M.P.) to-day, with characteristic hospitality, entertained in a princely fashion a number of the Mayors and aldermen of…

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Cablegrams. a Shire River Expedition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1890 · page 5

LONDON , Monday.—A large armed force of Portuguese, accompanied by detachments of artillery, have started up the Shire River, it is believed with the object of attacking the…

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Municipal Council. Carrington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1890 · page 6

An adjourned meeting of the Carrington Council was held on Friday evening last. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Morison), Aldermen J. W. Scott, D. Scott, Mathieson,…

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Appointments to the Legislative Council. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1890 · page 5

AT to-day's meeting of the Executive Council four appointment were made to the Legislative Council, the new Ms.L.C. being Mr. W. R. Campbell, Sir Patrick Jennings,…

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Doings of the New Lambton Council. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1890 · page 2

SIR,—I beg for space in your paper to try to clear myself from the charge made by a sneak calling himself a ''Ratepayer.'' This would-be critic changes me with being…

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Railway Improvements at Hamilton. Conference of Municipal Councils

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 April 1890 · page 6

A CONFERENCE of the Hamilton and Wickham Municipal Councils was held in the Hamilton Council-chambers yesterday afternoon for the purpose of considering the…

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Municipal Councils. Hamilton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 April 1890 · page 8

THE usual fortnightly meeting was held last evening. There were present: The Mayor, and Aldermen Kinder, Lees, Lloyd, Donn, Nesbitt, Melville, and Collier…

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The Mayor's Salary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 April 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Night.—Mr. Thomas Sexton, Lord Mayor of Dublin and M.P. for Belfast, has returned to the city corporation the unexpended portion of the salary allowed…

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Municipal Councils. New Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 April 1890 · page 3

A SPECIAL, meeting of the above council was held on Wednesday evening. There were present:—The Mayor (Alderman J. W. Oldham) and Aldermen Thomas, Johnson,…

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Proposed Banquet to the Mayor of Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 5

A MOVEMENT is on foot to tender a banquet to the Mayor of Sydney, Mr. S. Burdekin, M.P., in return for his splendid hospitality the other day in Sydney. It is expected…

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Federated Seamen's Union. Withdrawal from the Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 7

A MEETING of the Federated Seamen's Union of Australasia was held at the Maritime-hall, Sydney, on Thursday evening, Mr. Wm. Musto presiding. There was a large…

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