Death of Ex-Alderman Oatley
Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 January 1879 · page 2
IT is with regret that we announce the somewhat sudden death of Mr. James Oatley, J.P., on Tuesday morning, at half-past -4 oâclock, at his residence Bourke-street Woolloomooloo. Lately the deceased…
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Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 January 1879 · page 2
LAST evening a meeting of the municipal council was held at the chambers in Belmore Square. The Mayor occupied the chair, and Aldermen Jacob, Clifford, Mc Govern,…
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Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 January 1879 · page 4
THOSE of our readers who desire to take part in the last approaching municipal elections will do well to inspect the municipal lists, which are now ready and can be seen at the council chambers…
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Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 January 1879 · page 4
THE correspondence read last evening, and referred to elsewhere, included a letter from the Town-Clerk to Mr. Frederick Horn, re-questing the removal of an obstruction in…
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Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 January 1879 · page 4
No tenders were received last evening for the deposit of night soil. Tenders were received from the following for the erection of cottage at sale yards reserve :âJohn Raward, ,£289 ;…
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The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 11 January 1879 · page 2
THE usual meeting of the borough council took place in the council chamber on Wednesday. The chair was taken by the Mayor. The aldermen present were Messrs. Mc Govern, Clifford, O'Brien,…
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Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 January 1879 · page 3
THE regular fortnightly meeting of the Goulburn Borough Council was held last evening, there being presentâThe Mayor, and Aldermen Jacob, Wilkie, Clifford, OâBrien, and…
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Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 January 1879 · page 4
ON Tuesday, the 4th of next month, a meeting of ratepayers will be held in the council chambers for the purpose of nominating and electing three gentlemen to serve as…
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Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 January 1879 · page 4
SIR,âAs I perceive by the local journals th[?] we are on the eve of a municipal election, trust this may appear in time to avert the fa[?] which awaits Goulburn if her citizens do [?]…
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Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 January 1879 · page 4
THE election of two gentlemen to fill the position of auditors of the municipal accounts is also fixed to take place on Tuesday week. Messrs. P. G. Myers and W. S…
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The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 25 January 1879 · page 2
MET on Wednesday. Present—the Mayor, and Aldermen Clifford, O'Brien, Jacob, Mc Govern, and Wilkie. The minutes of the previous meeting were read…
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The Yass Courier · Tuesday 28 January 1879 · page 2
The President reported the receipt of a letter from the private secretary to the Governor, notifying the appointment of Sir John Robertson as Vice-President of the Executive Council, and…
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The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 29 January 1879 · page 4
WE are rapidly approaching a time of special municipal interest all over the colony. The "first Tuesday in February " is the day specified in the act of 1867 for…
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The Yass Courier · Friday 31 January 1879 · page 2
A SPECIAL meeting of the Yass Municipal Council was held on Tuesday, 23th instant, at 3.30 p.m. Present, Aldermen Tanswell (in the chair), Foot, W. Comins, Sampson, and Howell…
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Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 February 1879 · page 4
TO-DAY at noon about 65 persons assembled at the Goulburn Municipal Chambers for the nomination of aldermen and auditors. The Mayor occupied the chair. The following gentlemen were nominated…
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The Yass Courier · Tuesday 4 February 1879 · page 4
Mr. Samuel laid on the table farther papers relating to the duplication of the telegraph cable between Australia and Great Britain. Mr. Darley moved the second reading of…
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Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 February 1879 · page 2
ON Tuesday at noon about sixty-five persons assembled in the Council Chambers for the election of aldermen and auditors for the ensuing municipal year. The chair was…
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The Yass Courier · Friday 7 February 1879 · page 2
THE annual election of aldermen for the three wards in Yass took place in the Council Chambers on last Tuesday. The only persons present were his worship the late Mayor (Dr. Perry)…
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The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 2
THE polling for the centre ward took place yesterday at the council chamber. Mr. H. A. Podmore officiated as presiding officer with Mr. Shannon as poll-clerk and Mr. W. M. Russell as [?]ineer for Mr…
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Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 4
IT is known that in Goulburn, with one or two exceptions, men of large property will not -interest themselves in municipal matters. They may poke fun al the aldermainc body,…
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