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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1905

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Carrington Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1905 · page 3

The ordinary meeting of the Carrington Council was held on Friday evening. There were present: The Mayor (Alderman A. Thornton), and Aldermen Bromley, Rodgers, Garrett,…

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District News. Adamstown. Municipal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1905 · page 6

The council clerk, Mr. W. Brown, has been advised that to carry out the provisions of the Municipal Act, it is necessary to compile the municipal roll from persons…

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Lambton Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1905 · page 3

The ordinary meeting of the Lambton Council was held last night. There were present: The Mayor. Alderman Edward Chariton, and Aldermen Noble, Hardy,…

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Merewether Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 7

The ordinary mooting of the Merewether Council was hell on Tuesday evening. There were present: The Mayor (Alderman Forshaw), Aldermen…

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Stockton Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 3

The ordinary mooting of the Stockton Council was held on Tuesday night. There were present Aldermen T. Riddell (Mayor), M. Callen, C. Hudson, J. Fraser, E. Roes,…

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Waratah. Council Meeting Lapsed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 6

The ordinary meeting of the Waratah Municipal Council lapsed for want of a quorum on Tuesday evening. There were present Aldermen Silcock, Greenland, and…

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Greta Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 2

The ordinary meeting of the Greta Council was held on Wednesday evening. There were present : The Mayor, Alderman B. Pryor), and Aldermen North…

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Merewether Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 3

Sir,—The ratepayers of Merewether ought to thank Mr. Newburn for bringing before the public the question of the Mayors spending money without being…

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Adamstown Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 6

The ordinary meeting of the Adamstown Council was held on Wednesday night. All the aldermen were present, and the Mayor presided…

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Plattsburg Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 7

The ordinary meeting of the Plattsburg Council was held on Thursday evening. Present: Aldermen Renfrew, Broadfoot, Timmins, Steel, and Renfrew, senr…

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Municipal Extravagance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 10

In Victoria we have, on the whole, had but little to complain of in the way of municipal extravagance, i.e., if we take the English standard, where corporations…

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Newcastle Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1905 · page 5

A meeting of the City Council was held last night. There were present: The Mayor, Alderman J. Gilbert, and Aldermen Moreney Reid, Cann, James, Cook, Light, Ellis,…

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Mayor of Boulder City. an Official Welcome

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1905 · page 5

Councillor W. T. Rabbish, the Mayor of Boulder City (W.A.), who is spending a brief holiday in Newcastle, was present at the meeting of the City Council last night,…

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Lord Mayor's Fund. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 5

The Lord Mayor, Alderman Allen Taylor, to-day presided over a meeting of the executive committee of the Lord Mayor's Bush Fire Relief Fund, which has now reached…

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Wallsend Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 7

The ordinary meeting of time Wallsend Council was held on Tuesdsy evening, there being present the Mayor, Alderman T. Fryer, and Aldermen Maddison, Frew,…

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Wickham Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 6

The ordinary meeting of the Wickham Council was held last evening. There were present: The Mayor (Alderman R. J. Bond), and Aldermen Mason, O'Neill, Toll,…

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New Lambton Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 6

The ordinary meeting of the New Lambton Council was held last night. There were present: The Mayor, Alderman Benjamin Bradley, and Aldermen Lowington,…

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Carrington Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1905 · page 2

The ordinary meeting of the Carrington Council was held on Friday evening. There were present: The Mayor (Alderman Thornton), Aldermen Bromley, Rodgers,…

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Newcastle Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1905 · page 5

At the adjourned meeting of the Newcastle Council last night, there were present: The Mayor (Alderman J. Gilbert), and Aldermen Moroney, Reid,…

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Lambton Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 January 1905 · page 6

The ordinary meeting of the Lambton Council was held last night. There were present: The Mayor. Alderman Edward Charlton, and Aldermen Bell, Smith,…

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