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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1869

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The Borough Council

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 10 July 1869 · page 4

MET on Thursday. Present—the Mayor, and Aldermen Collins, Butler, Clarke, Clegg, and Hawkins. Before signing the minutes, the Mayor said he…

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Resignation of the Mayor of Cork

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 14 July 1869 · page 4

In the course of these debates frequent reference was made to the mayor of Cork. As soon as the government obtained authentic information, and it was found that a special charter protected the mayor of…

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The Mayor of Cork on O'farrell

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 14 July 1869 · page 4

The Mayor of Cork, a Mr. Daniel O'Sullivan, within the same week, afforded another illustration of Irish feeling. At a farewell banquet given to the liberated Fenians, Warren and Costello, on the eve…

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The Borough Council

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 17 July 1869 · page 4

MET on Thursday. Present—the Mayor, Aldermen Gale, Collins, Butler, Stewart, Hawkins, and Clegg. The Mayor remarked that this was a special meeting, and called upon…

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A Municipal Difficulty

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 21 July 1869 · page 3

IT appears from a report contained in the Singleton Times of Saturday last that the people of Singleton are in a difficulty with regard to appeals against municipal assessments. The appeal court consisted…

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The Borough Council

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 24 July 1869 · page 4

MET on Thursday. Present—the Mayor and Aldermen Butler, Clarke, Collins, Gale, Hawkains, and Richards. Minutes of last meeting were road and confirmed…

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The Borough Council

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 31 July 1869 · page 4

MET on Thursday. Present—the Mayor, Aldermen Gale, Collins, Clarke, Butler, and Hawkins. The Town-clerk read a report from the city surveyor, drawing attention to the state of the road…

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The Newcastle Municipality

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 31 July 1869 · page 2

THE city of Newcastle has been the scene of a vehement agitation, touching the proposal of the town council to lease the market reserve. This proposal was to be carried into…

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The Borough Council

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 7 August 1869 · page 4

MET on Thursday. present—the Mayor, Aldermen Butler, Clegg, Gale, and Hawkins. The minutes of last meeting were read confirmed. The Town-clerk read a letter from Henry Payten,…

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The Late Mayor of Cork

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 11 August 1869 · page 4

The proverbial fickleness of "the many-headed monster" was never better illustrated than by the case of ex-Mayor O'Sullivan. At one time he was the most…

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News on the Mail. the Gold Fields of Sutherland Shire

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 14 August 1869 · page 4

THE universality of the existence of gold in this part of Scotland is its most striking peculiarity. It is found almost wherever it has been looked for; and apparently of similar quality in all…

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The Borough Council

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 21 August 1869 · page 4

MET on Thursday Present—Aldermen Clarke (in the chair), Gale, Butler, Stewart, and Hawkins. The Town-clerk read the report of the improvement committee recommending the expenditure of…

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The Borough Council

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 28 August 1869 · page 4

MET on Thursday. Present the Mayor, and Aldermen Gale, Stewart, Collins, Clarks, and Clegg. The Town-clerk read a letter from the town-clerk at Bathurst in reply to one making inquiries…

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The Borough Council

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 8 September 1869 · page 4

MET on Monday. Present, the Mayor and Aldermen Butler, Gale, Stewart, and Clegg. A circular concerning the use of dry earth-closets in the borough was read…

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The Borough Council

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 8 September 1869 · page 2

MET on Monday. Present, the Mayor and Aldermen Butler, Gale, Stewart, and Clegg. A circular concerning the use of dry earth-closets in the borough was read…

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The Borough Council

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 22 September 1869 · page 2

MET on Monday evening at half-past seven. The Mayor, and Alderman Butler, Collins, Clarke, Clegg, and Hawkins were present. The correspondence road was—…

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The Borough Council

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 2 October 1869 · page 4

MET on Thursday. Present the Mayor, and Aldermen Richards, Butler, Clarke, Hawkins, and Clegg. Alderman Butler reported that the sum of £519 10s. 8d. had been paid to the credit of the…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, September 29

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 5 October 1869 · page 3

THE HON. J. H. PLUNKETT.--Mr. Owen moved a resolution of which lie gave notice on Tuesday, "That this Council desires to express and place on record in its minutes, its sense of the great…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, October 6

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 12 October 1869 · page 3

A BILL TO REGULATE COMMONS.--Mr. Owen moved for, and obtained leave to bring in a bill to regulate" Commons," rendered necessary, he said, by the change of circumstances which had…

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The Borough Council

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 16 October 1869 · page 4

MET on Thursday. Present—Aldermen Collins (in the chair), Butler, Clarke, Clegg, and Hawkins. The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed…

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