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

Council & local affairs, 1885

240 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 9 of 12

Borough Council

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 27 August 1885 · page 2
Also in Goulburn Evening Penny Post, Southern Argus

A special meeting of the borough council was held on Wednesday morning; present—the Mayor, and Aldermen Davies, Tait, Clifford, Wombey, Meyer, and Richardson. The…

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Important Municipal Case

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 August 1885 · page 2

AT the Newtown Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. O'Malley Clarke, S.M., John Mills was, on the information of the inspector of nuisances for the borough of Ashfield, charged with a breach of the…

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The Bathurst Aldermen and the Governor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 3

A SPECIAL meeting of the Bathurst Borough Council, on Wednesday evening, was called by the Mayor, in consequence of a telegram received from Mr. Wright, Minister for Works, asking for early…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 6
Also in Southern Argus

THE usual bi-monthly meeting of the Council was held on Thursday evening last, when there were present—The Mayor, and Aldermen Clifford, Moyer, Richardson, Tait, Davies, and R. T. Ball…

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The Borough Council

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 3

MET on Thursday evening: present, the Mayor, and Aldermen Clifford, Tait, Meyer, Richardson, Davies, and R.T. Ball. Minutes were confirmed and reports and…

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Important Municipal Case

Southern Argus · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 2

At the Newtown Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. O'Mnlley Clarke, S.M., John Mills was, on the information of the inspector of nuisances for the borough of Ashfield, charged with a breach of the…

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Queanbeyan. Borough Council Meeting

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 September 1885 · page 4

THE Borough Council held its regular fortnightly meeting on Thursday evening. There were present—Aldermen Lazarus (who was elected to the chair), Gale, Land, Maloney, and Mc Namara. The Mayor…

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Borough Council Meeting

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 5 September 1885 · page 2

THE regular meeting of the Borough Council of Young was held in the Council Chambers on last Thursday evening. Present—the Mayor (Alderman Sharp) in the chair, Aldermen Russell,…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 10 September 1885 · page 2
Also in Goulburn Evening Penny Post

The following notices of motion have been given for the meeting of the borough council this evening:—By Alderman Clifford—" That the market reserve fronting Auburn…

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Yass Municipal Council

The Yass Courier · Friday 11 September 1885 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Council was held on Tuesday evening last. Present-- The Mayor (Mr. A. C. Wood, in the chair), and Aldermen Iceton, Harper, Walters and Nichols…

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Honorable Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, and Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly,--

The Yass Courier · Friday 11 September 1885 · page 2

12. The public income of the first eight months of the present year largely exceeds that of the corresponding period of 1884. The five and a half million Loan, the negotiation of which was…

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The Borough Council

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 12 September 1885 · page 3
Also in Goulburn Evening Penny Post

MET on Thursday evening; present the Mayer and Aldermen Tait, Clifford, Richardson, Meyer, R. T. Ball, and Wombey. The minutes were confirmed and reports and…

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Goulburn Borough Council

Southern Argus · Saturday 12 September 1885 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council was held on Thursday evening in the Council Chambers, Market-street, Present—the Mayor (in the chair), and Aldermen Tait, Clifford, Meyer,…

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The Legislative Council Appointments

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 September 1885 · page 6

The recent appointments, to the Legislative Council were referred to in the Assembly on Wednesday. Mr. Abigail was, very sweeping in his criticism of Mr. Lackey, whose elevation to the…

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Parliamentary. Legislative Council Wednesday, September 9

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 15 September 1885 · page 2

Mr. Paddington severely criticised the financial position of the colony, and contended that appropriations supposed to have been paid out of a surplus, which was of an imaginary…

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