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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1896

308 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 8 of 16

Judge Windeyer and the Privy Council

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 14 July 1896 · page 3

Queensland favors the appointment' of Judge Windeyer on the Judicial Committee .of the Privy Council…

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Legislative Council. Parliament House, Wednesday night

National Advocate · Thursday 16 July 1896 · page 3

The debate on the second reading in the Council of the Mining Laws Amendment Bill was resumed and adjourned. The Hon. Dr. Garran moved the…

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Legislative Council Parliament House, Thursday night

National Advocate · Friday 17 July 1896 · page 3

In the Council the Dentist's Bill was further considered in Committee…

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Arrest of a Mayor. SYDNEY, Sunday night

National Advocate · Monday 20 July 1896 · page 3

Hyman Moss, solicitor, Mayor of Moss Vale, was arrested at Nowra on a charge of forgery, and reminded to Moss Vale. He was on a visit to his relatives in…

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Dubbo Municipal Council. a Stormy Meeting. Dubbo, Monday night

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1896 · page 3

There was a very stormy meeting of the Council to-night over the Kitchen affair. The notice paper contained motion in the name of Alderman Uttley…

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The Mayor of Moss Vale. Moss Vale

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1896 · page 3

Alderman Goodridge was elected Mayor in succession of Mr. Moss, who had resigned in consequence of recent events resulting in his arrest…

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A Mayor Committed for Forgery

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 23 July 1896 · page 3

Hyman Moss, solicitor and ex-mayor of Moss Vale, has been a committed for trial on a charge of forgery…

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Bathurst Council

National Advocate · Thursday 23 July 1896 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Bathurst Borough Council was held last night, when there were present—The Mayor (Alderman W. P. Bassett)…

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Legislative Council. Parliament House, Wednesday night

National Advocate · Thursday 23 July 1896 · page 3

In the Council the Mining Law Amendment Bill debate, in the second reading, was continued. The Hon. C. E. Pilcher generally…

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Borough Council. Wednesday, July 22Nd, 1896

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 23 July 1896 · page 3

Present: The Major (Alderman Basset) Aldermen Halliday, Tremain, Orago, Webb, Simmons, Ryan, Ennis Taylor and Hurst. STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS…

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Officers of the Council. Rearrangement of the Work. Scheme for Retrenchment. £300 Per Annum Saved

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 23 July 1896 · page 2

At a meeting of the Council belt a fortnight ago some correspondence of a very important nature was pieced before the Aldermen, and it was then resolved that a joint…

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Molong Municipal Council

Molong Argus · Friday 24 July 1896 · page 4

THE fortnightly meeting of the local Council was held in the Town Hall on Tuesday evening. Present: The Mayor and A[?]men Wynne, Hull, Hardwick. Parker and Couch…

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Charge of Forgery Against an Ex-Mayor

National Advocate · Friday 24 July 1896 · page 2

At the Moss Vale police court on Wednesday, before Mr. N. H. Throsby and Mr. John Cullen, Js.P., Hyam A. Moss, solicitor, and ex-Mayor of the…

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Legislative Council. Parliament House, Thursday night

National Advocate · Friday 24 July 1896 · page 3

In the Council the Hon. E. Pulsford moved—" That, in the opinion of this House, a patent issued in any portion of the British Empire ought to confer…

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Sydney County Council

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 28 July 1896 · page 3

The proposal to constitute Sydney County Council is generally accepted in municipal circles…

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Death of an ex-Mayor. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 29 July 1896 · page 3

Thomas Clark, ex-Mayor of Mudgee, died this morning, aged 68. He was taken ill in Church on Sunday night. Deceased was Mayor when the Town Hall…

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Legislative Council. Parliament House. Wednesday night

National Advocate · Thursday 30 July 1896 · page 3

In the Council the Mining Act Amendment Bill was read a third time by 15 to 13. The debate on the second reading of…

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Parliamentary. a Three Months' Supply Bill. the Country Telephone System. Grants to Municipalities. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 30 July 1896 · page 2

The Assembly was occupied till an early hour this morning in discussing the three months' Supply Bill, amounting to ,£2,104,000, introduced by the…

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Legislative Council. Parliament House, Thursday night

National Advocate · Friday 31 July 1896 · page 3

In the Council the Supply Bill was passed in all its stages. This was the only business done…

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Roads Bridges and Municipalities

National Advocate · Friday 31 July 1896 · page 2

The Temporary Supply Bill which passed in the Assembly on Wednesday night, provides for £200,000 for the construction and maintenance of roads…

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