Important Municipal Proposal
The Lane Cove Council are instigating steps which, if carried out. will affect many owners of vacant land who neglect to pay their rates to mnnicipalities. At a meeting it was proposed,…
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Council & local affairs, 1898
167 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 9
The Municipal Stakes
THIS interesting and exciting event is now a matter of history, and the result came as a great surprise to many. The race will be handed down to posterity as the memorable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton Borough Council. Election of Mayor
The new Council met on Thursday evening for the election of Mayor; Ald. M'Guren, the retiring Mayor, presiding. The Chairman, before commencing proceedings, read a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New Mayor
When the present Mayor of Sydney was elected, I mentioned that he was a wealthy man, and that as his wife, who is an uneducated woman, had great social…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Grafton Municipal Council
The Council met last evening for the election of Mayor. All the Aldermen were present except Ald. Beatson. It was decided that the election take place by open voting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Election of Mayor of Ulmarra
All of the Aldermen were present on Tuesday, when Mr. Niland presided, and explained why they had met. It was decided to have the election with open doors and by show of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maclean Municipality
Throughout Wednesday much interest appeared to be centred in the aldermanic election, which under the new Act did not terminate till 5 p.m. Out of 303 voters only…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Conducting Municipal Elections
During the progress of the recent municipal elections in this district some alleged irregularities have arisen. The principal of these has been the closing of the poll at 3 p.m.,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alderman See's Resignation
Mr. Editor.—Having read ex-Alderman See's reasons for resiguing his seat for the West Ward in the Grafton Borough Council, it has struck me that he has not given all the…
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THE municipal laws of New South Wales require amending in many directions, but in none does there appear to be greater need for alteration than in the system of electing the Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mayor's Plate
A GOODLY number of persons rolled up to see the above contest, but (as was known a day previously) the race did not come off, much to the disgust of those who put in an appearance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Election of Mayor
A SPECIAL meeting of the Maclean Municipal Council was called on Friday night for the purpose of electing the Mayor for the ensuing 12 months. Only the retiring Mayor and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Municipal Cup
[ON returning to the office after lunch on Thursday, the office boy found the following under the door, where it had evidently been sureptitiously deposited by some person with more…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Municipal Election
SIR,—Nearly all one-horse centres of the dimensions and population of Maclean are susceptible to certain monopolies, prejudices and other distasteful elements that go to make up an undesirable state of things for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Municipal Pars
MAYORAI, election to-night. To let—The Mayor's chair! The pet boiled over last Friday night. The secret canens was given away by a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maclean Municipal Council. Election of Mayor
THE adjourned meeting for the election of Mayor was held on Tuesday evening. At the hour of meeting seven aldermen were present, the absentees being Alderman Dowling, who was prevented from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Complimentary Social to Alderman Crason
On Thursday evening Alderman Carson was entertained at a social gathering at the Oddfellows Hall, which was attended by about 70 persons. The function was arranged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →His Worship the Mayor
Mayor Harris has made a definite announcement on the subject ot Mayoral entertainments. He does not intend to give any quarterly luncheons, nor will he give a ball…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Grafton Municipal Council
The first meeting of the new Council was held on Wednesday. Present, the Mayor, Ald. C. T. Schwinghammer, Hawthorne and Kearney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maclean Municipal Council
THE regular meeting of the Council was held on Tuesday night. Present—The Mayor, Alderman Kelly, Macdonald, McMillan, O'Connor, See, Maenauglitan and Lobban…
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