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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1890

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Municipal Council. Merewether

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1890 · page 3

The above Council held their usual fortnightly meeting Tuesday evening. Present The Mayor (Alderman Case), and Aldermen Brown, Price, Curry, Lloyd, Newburn,…

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Morpeth. Municipal Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1890 · page 7

The municipal election in Morpeth is over, Aldermen Wingrave and White being reelected, and Mr. John O'Neil, a well-known storekeeper, having a walk-over for the…

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Hamilton Municipal Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1890 · page 3

THE nominations of Aldermen for the Hamilton Council took place at noon on Tuesday, in the presence of a very large number of ratepayers. Mr. John Arkins acted as…

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Latest Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. Strange Municipal Muddle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1890 · page 5

A STRANGE difficulty has arisen at Orange in connection with the municipal nominations. Yesterday the following candidates were nominated for aldermen of the…

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Municipal Elections. Address by Candidates. HAMILTON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1890 · page 5

MR. J. W. LEES, one of the candidates for municipal honours at Hamilton, held a meeting at the junction of the Adamstown and Lambton roads last evening. Mr. Aitcheson…

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Municipal Council. Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 February 1890 · page 5

A SPECIAL meeting of the above Council was held this evening for the election of Mayor for the now currant municipal year. Present: Aldermen Rushton, Sommerville,…

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Powers of the Federal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 February 1890 · page 5

THE following letter referring to the powers of the Federal Council now sitting in Melbourne appears in the Sydney papers:— "Sir,—I have been detained here by floods…

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District News. Plattsburg. Municipal Matters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 February 1890 · page 3

We are now on the eve of the annual municipal elections, and it is evident from the large attendance of ratepayers at the nomination that considerable interest is being…

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Merewether Municipality. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 February 1890 · page 7

SIR,—I would crave space for a few remarks in your valuable paper concerning my resignation after being nominated by the ratepayers of old Racecourse. I will give two…

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Municipal Elections. Islington Ward

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 February 1890 · page 5

MR. C. C. HURT, a candidate for the Islington Ward in the Wickham Council, addressed a meeting of ratepayers from the balcony of Watt's Family Hotel last evening. There…

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Municipal Council. Carrington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 7

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Carrington Council was held last evening. Present:—The Mayor (Alderman Mathieson), Aldermen Morison, Scott, Hughes,…

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West Maitland Mayoralty. Alderman Young Elected. West Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 5

THE first meeting of the West Maitland Borough Council for the municipal year was held to-night, when Alderman R. A. Young and Alderman John Gillies, who has…

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Trades and Labour Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 7

AT a meeting of the Trades and Labour Council, held in Sydney on Thursday evening, it was resolved. "That a deputation wait upon the Colonial Secretary to urge the…

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A Municipal Mix

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 6

AT a meeting of the Wentworth Municipal Council, convened for the election of Mayor on Thursday, a curious point of municipal law arose. The Mayor (Alderman M'Mahon)…

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Lambton Municipal Election

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

The elections at Lambton are causing unusual interest, some of the candidates doing their canvassing with a degree of earnestness, which is a decided departure from last year…

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Municipal Elections. NEWCASTLE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 7

THE contest between Messrs. G. W. Webb and Alfred Asher, for the municipal representation of the Honeysuckle ward took place yesterday, and created considerable interest…

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The Municipal Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 4

THE people of the district to-day are in the midst of the bustle of the municipal elections, and in some municipalities the contests, which will be concluded to-day, are of the…

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Tamworth Municipal Elections. TAMWORTH

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 5

THE annual municipal elections took place to-day and were the most exciting that have even taken place since the incorporation of the borough. The following is the rough…

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Municipal Elections. MEREWETHER

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 5

MR. DAVID INGLIS addressed a large number of the ratepayers last evening from the balcony of Mr. Nash's Hotel. Alderman Newburn presided, and after making a few…

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To-day's Municipal Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 5

TO-DAY'S elections will take place in the municipalities of Adamstown, Wickham, Waratah, Lambton, Hamilton, Merewether, Carrington, Stockton, New Lambton, and Plattsburg…

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