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Blue Mountains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1894

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Katoomba Municipal Council. Monday, January 2, 1894

Katoomba Times · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 2

PRESENT--The Mayor (Ald. Mullany), Aldermen [?], McKillop, and the Council Clerk (Mr. W. F. Goyder). The [?]ates of the previous meeting were read…

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Katoomba Municipal council. Monday, January 1[?], 1894

Katoomba Times · Friday 19 January 1894 · page 3

PRESENT-- The Mayor (Ald. P. Mullany), Aldermen Smith, Copeland, Spark, Mckillop, and the Council Clerk (Mr. W. F. Goyder). The minutes of the previous meeting were rend…

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Katoomba Municipal Council. Monday, January 29, 1894

Katoomba Times · Friday 2 February 1894 · page 2

PRESENT--The Mayor (Ald. P. Mullany), Aldormen Davi[?], Spark, Mckillop, and the Council Clerk (Mr. W. F. Goyder). The minutes of the previous meeting were read…

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katoomba Municipal Nominations

Katoomba Times · Friday 9 February 1894 · page 3

AT noon on Tuesday at public meeting of ratepayers held in the Council Chambers, Katoomba, the Mayor announced that he had received nominations from Alderman Davies and Messrs. Craig and…

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Katoomba Municipal Election

Katoomba Times · Friday 9 February 1894 · page 2

ON Saturday Katoomba ratepayers will be asked to select two aldermen from three candidates, viz., Messrs. G. Davics, R. Alleu, and C. W. Craig. If the speeches of the three…

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Election of Mayor

Katoomba Times · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 2

AFTER the minutes of the previous meeting were read and conformed at Council Chamber. katoomba on Tuesday night Alderman Mullany said the principle business was the election of the Mayor for the…

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Katoomba Municipal Council. Monday, February 12, 1894

Katoomba Times · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 2

Present--Md. Smith, Davies Copeland Spark [?]en and the Council Clerk (Mr. W. F. [?] Mayor (Ald. P. Mullany) Being [?] Smith[?] was voted to the chair…

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Katoomba Municipal Election

Katoomba Times · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 2

ON Saturday last the polling for the [?] took place [?] the Council Chamber [?] the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. very [?] taken in the [?]…

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Katoomba Municipal Council. Monday, March 12, 1894

Katoomba Times · Friday 16 March 1894 · page 2

PRESENT―The Mayor (Alderman Spark), Alderman Smith, M[?]kill[?]avies, Copeland. Allen, and the Council [?]Mr. W. F. Goyder). The minister of the previous meeting were road…

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Katoomba Municipal Council. Monday, April [?], 1894

Katoomba Times · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 2

PRESENT—The Mayor (Alderman Spark), Aldermen Smith, Davies, Copeland, and the Council Clerk (Mr. W. F. Goyder). the minutes of the previous meeting were road…

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Katoomba Council and a Sinking Fund

Katoomba Times · Friday 27 April 1894 · page 2

At next meeting of Katoomba Council the Mayor has promised to bring forward a motion which, if passed, will have the effect of wiping off the slate some of the £5000 of borrowed…

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Katoomba Municipal Appeal Court

Katoomba Times · Friday 27 April 1894 · page 3

At Katoomba Court House before Mr. T. Mullany and Dr. Prangley, JJ.P., the following appeals against the assessment were heard:-- G. H. Cooper, land, Katoomba-street, reduced from…

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The N.Z. Mrs. Mayor

Katoomba Times · Friday 11 May 1894 · page 3

MRS. YATSS has altogether mistaken her position, She is the representative of the people at Onehunga, not their dictator. The arrogance of her bearing can be excused on account of her inexperience and…

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Katoomba Municipal Council. Monday, May 7, 1894

Katoomba Times · Friday 11 May 1894 · page 2

PRESENT--The Mayor (Alderman Spark) Aldermen Copeland, McKillop, and the Council Clerk. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed…

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Extraordinary Vacancies in the Katoomba Council

Katoomba Times · Friday 11 May 1894 · page 3

On Monday night last the nominations for the two vacant seats caused by the resignation of Alderman Smith and Allen closed, and the returning officer informed us that only two persons were nominated…

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Katoomba Municipal Election

Katoomba Times · Friday 18 May 1894 · page 2

ON Tuesday at noon the returning officer (Alderman D. McKillop, J.P.) attended at the Council Chambers to announce the interest the ratepayers bad taken with reference to the nomination of…

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Municipal Taxation

Katoomba Times · Friday 18 May 1894 · page 2

NOR WITH STANDING the expressed determination of the Premier to pass at all hazards a Local Government bill before dropping the certain upon the drama be is helping to play,…

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Katoomba Municipal Council. Monday, May 7, 1894

Katoomba Times · Friday 25 May 1894 · page 3

PRESENT--The Mayor (Alderman Spark). Aldermen Copeland, MoKillop, and the Council Clerk. The minutes of the previous mooting were read and confirmed…

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Katoomba Municipal Council. Monday, June 4, 1894

Katoomba Times · Friday 8 June 1894 · page 3

PRESENT--The Mayor (Alderman Spark), Aldermen Davies, McKillop, and the Council Clerk. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed…

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Municipal Election at Katoomba. Extraordinary Vacancy

The Mountaineer · Friday 7 September 1894 · page 2

THE vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. R. W. Copeland from the above council appears to have caused more star than at the annual election held last February…

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