From the Maitland Mercury report:
A suggestion for a working party to plan the bicentenary of the European settlement of Maitland has been rejected. Cr Philip Penfold’s motion to start preparations for the 200th anniversary of the arrival of the white settlers who laid the foundation for the modern city was described as premature at last night’s Maitland City Council meeting.
Full article availsble at Maitland Mercury, 23 Feb, 2011.
