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

Council & local affairs, 1873

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Thursday 8 May 1873 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting was held last evening. Present —The Mayor, and Aldermen Ball, White, Clegg, Evans, and Fitzpatrick. The minutes of the previous meeting were read…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1873 · page 2

[WE are indebted to the Herald for the following account of yesterday’s sitting of the council, our reporter being under a misapprehension with respect to the time the meeting would take place.]…

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The Borough Council

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 10 May 1873 · page 4

HELD a special meeting on Wednesday evening. Present—the Mayor and Aldermen Fitzpatrick, Bill, Clegg, White, and Evans. A letter was read from Mr. H. B. Watts, secretary…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 May 1873 · page 2

THE adjourned special meeting of the above council was held on Monday evening at seven o’clock. Present—The Mayor, and Aldermen Fitzpatrick, Clegg, Evans, White, Leicester, Ball, and Davies…

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Borough Council

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 14 May 1873 · page 2

AN adjourned meeting was held on Monday evening. Present—the Mayor and Aldermen Leicester, Evans, Fitzpatrick, White, Clegg, Ball, and Davies, Alderman Clegg moved—"That the estimates now…

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The Approaching Municipal Election

The Yass Courier · Friday 16 May 1873 · page 2

ON last Wednesday evening a meeting was held at the Globe Hotel "to take into consideration who will be the coming aldermen and auditors." There were nearly forty persons present…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Saturday 17 May 1873 · page 2
Also in The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle

THE adjourned special meeting of the above council was held in the chambers on Thursday evening. Present—The Mayor, and Aldermen Fitzpatrick, Evans, Clegg, Ball, White, Leicester, and Stewart…

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"GOVERNOR"—The Governor with the advice of the executive council.—Interpretation clause of the Volunteer Act

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 24 May 1873 · page 4

IT is thought desirable to give prominence to the above in considering what action ought now to be taken in re the recommendation of the select committee of the Legislative…

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Local and General. the Municipal District of Yass. Nomination of Candidates and Election of Auditors

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 3 June 1873 · page 2

YESTERDAY, at noon, the nomination of candidates for the office of aldermen in the first Municipal Council at Yass was held at the Court-house. There were about one hundred and fifty persons present, and the greatest good humour prevailed…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Thursday 5 June 1873 · page 2

THE following is the business to be transacted at the regular monthly meeting of this council, which is being held this afternoon . — Reception of Finance Report of 5th June…

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Borough Council

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 7 June 1873 · page 4
Also in Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser

THE regular monthly meeting was held on Thursday afternoon. Present—the Mayor and Aldermen Laicester, White, Evans, Davies, Fitzpatrick and Ball…

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Yass Municipality.—election of Aldermen

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 10 June 1873 · page 2

ON Friday last the poll for the election of aldermen for the first Council of the Municipal District of Yass took place. Although the streets were very muddy, and frequent showers fell…

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Report of the Council of Education

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 11 June 1873 · page 3

THE report of the council of education on the condition of the public schools for 1872 has just boon issued from the government printing-office. The work of public education is of so much real concern to…

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Local and General. Yass Municipality -- Election of Mayor

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 17 June 1873 · page 2

ON last Friday, at three p.m., in accordance with appointment by the Returning Officer (Mr. Yates), the lately elected aldermen of Yass met at the Court-house for the purpose of choosing one of…

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The Municipalities Act. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 24 June 1873 · page 3

SIR,--I am a resident of a town that has long been incorporated, and have witnessed the mischief that has followed, first, from the creation of municipalities at all, and next from their unnecessary…

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Municipal Appeals

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 25 June 1873 · page 2

AN appeal court was held in the court-house on Tuesday, when certain ratepayers appealed against the amounts at which their properties were assessed by the municipal council…

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Yass Municipal Council. Thursday, June 26

The Yass Courier · Friday 27 June 1873 · page 2

A MEETING of the Yass Municipal Council was held at the Court-house yesterday afternoon, at half-past two. Present, the Mayor (Mr. Cottrell) and Aldermen Colls. Jones, Sampson, Grovenor, Conlon,…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Thursday 3 July 1873 · page 2

The regular monthly meeting of the above council takes place this (Thursday) afternoon, at four o’clock Following is the business to be transacted:— Reception of improvement committee report of…

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