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

Council & local affairs, 1874

123 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 3 of 7

Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, March 18

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 24 March 1874 · page 3

Sir W. MANNING moved that the report from the select committee on the Legislative Council Bill, laid upon the table on the 26th ultimo, be now adopted. Having made a few allusions to the…

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Municipalism

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 24 March 1874 · page 3

IF one may judge from an article in The Courier our Yass friends are beginning to find that a municipal council is not quite so fine a thing as they fancied. And this is the case with most…

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The Borough Council

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 25 March 1874 · page 2

MET on Monday. Present—Aldermen Hunt (in the chair), White, Ball, Clegg, and McGovern Letters were read from the colonial secretary's department informing the council of the…

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Yass Municipal Council. Friday, March 27

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 31 March 1874 · page 2

PRESENT--Aldermen Colls (in the chair) Rees Jones, Sampson, Remmington, and Conlon. The minutes of the previous meeting were confirmed…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, March 25

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 31 March 1874 · page 3

Mr. INNES moved the second reading of the Insolvency Laws Amendment Bill, which he said was to expedite and lessen the expensiveness of proceedings in insolvency by bringing about unity…

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Correspondence. Municipalism on Its Dignity. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 31 March 1874 · page 3

SIR,--A venerable divine long ago used to caution his hearers especially against sins of omission. Our august Council might perhaps profit by a similar caution. Fortunately, no individual…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Thursday 2 April 1874 · page 2

THE regular monthly meeting of the above council will be held this (Thursday) afternoon at four o’clock. Following is the business to be transacted:…

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Yass Municipal Council. Tuesday, March 31

The Yass Courier · Friday 3 April 1874 · page 3

PRESENT--The Mayor (Mr. Cottrell), and Aldermen Rees Jones, Grovenor, Conlon, Remmington, Sampson, and Colls. The minutes of the previous meeting were…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1874 · page 2

THE regular monthly meeting of the above council was held on Thursday afternoon. Present—The Mayor, and Aldermen Ball, Southall, Hunt, Mc Govern, and White…

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The Borough Council

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 4 April 1874 · page 4

MER on Thursday. Present—the Mayor and Aldermen Ball, Southall, McGovern, Hunt, and White. The Mayor read a letter from the auditors suggesting that a sum of 10s. 6d., charged by the bank…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, April 1

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 7 April 1874 · page 3

In reply to a question by Mr. C. CAMPBELL, it was stated by Mr. SAMUEL [?] the question whether any further steps should be taken to ascertain whether one of the survivors of the…

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Local and General. Yass Municipal Council. Friday, April 7

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 21 April 1874 · page 2

PRESENT--The Mayor (Mr. Cottrell), and Aldermen Bees Jones, Conlon, Grovenor, and Ritchie. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed…

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Yass Municipal Council. Election of Alderman

The Yass Courier · Friday 24 April 1874 · page 2

ON Wednesday last, the election of an alderman, to supply the vacancy in O'Brien Ward, was holden at the Municipal Chamber, at noon. The Mayor (Mr. J. Cottrell) acted as…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, April 22

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 28 April 1874 · page 3

Mr. DOCKER said it was scarcely courteous on the part of the representative of the Government or consistent with his relations to the House, to ask them to meet week after week with no business…

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Local and General. Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Saturday, April 25. Before the Mayor (Mr. Cottrell)

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 28 April 1874 · page 2

HIGHWAY ROBBERY.--George Casey was charged with having robbed the Queanbeyan mail near Collector. Senior-constable Haughey applied that the…

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Working of Municipalities

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 28 April 1874 · page 2

THE select committee of the Legislative Assembly, appointed on the 19th September, 1873, for the purpose of inquiring into and reporting upon the present working and financial position of…

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Working of Municipalities

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 2 May 1874 · page 2

THE select committee of the Legislative Assembly, appointed on the 19th September 1873, for the purpose of inquiring into and reporting upon the present working and…

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The Report on the Municipalities

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 2 May 1874 · page 2

THE report of the select committee of the Legislative Assembly which was appointed to examine into and report upon the present working and financial position of the…

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Local and General. Yass Municipal Council. Friday. May 1

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 5 May 1874 · page 2

PRESENT--The Mayor (Mr. Cottrell), and Aldermen Grovenor, Tanswell, Colls, Sampson, and Conlon. The minutes of last meeting were read and…

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Municipal Reform

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 6 May 1874 · page 4

THE report of the select committee of the Legislative Assembly on the working and financial position of the municipalities now incorporated, begins with the assurance that…

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