The Borough Council
MET on Friday evening; present the Mayor, and Aldermen J. Clifford, Hawkins, Wombey, Gillespie, and Ball. Dairies Supervision Act.—The Mayor moved…
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Council & local affairs, 1888
236 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 5 of 12
The Sydney Municipal Frauds
A FEW years ago the world was shocked by the revelations of corruption in the civic life of New York. A ring of unscrupulous adventurers managed to get…
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THE ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council was held in the Chamber on Thursday evening. The Mayor (Alderman Cranfield) and Aldermen Webb, Hourn, Mackenzie, Rogan,…
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MUNICIPAL.—The time for receiving nominations for an alder for the south ward, in the room of Mr. D. Clifford, resigned, expired on, Saturday night. No nominations were received, and the…
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A SPECIAL meeting of the Council was held on Tuesday night. Present--The Mayor, and Alder men Dyball, Zoellner, Barber and Wood. The minutes of the last meeting were read, and…
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THE Council met on Thursday evening. It was twenty-five minutes after the usual time for commencing before a quorum could be got together. Present—The Mayor, and Aldermen…
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MET on Thursday evening; present, the Mayor and Aldermen J. Clifford, Wombey, Richardson, and Ball. Finance Reports.—The report of the finance committee (April 9, present the Mayor and Alderman…
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A SPECIAL meeting of the council should have been held on Tuesday evening last for the purpose of considering the annual report of the Improvement Committee, but there being no…
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SHORTLY before 1 o'clock this afternoon the town was startled by a rumour which spread with amazing rapidity to the effect that the Mayor, Mr. Francis Tait, had dropped dead…
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IN the Cootamundra Police Court on Tuesday Inst, ail information laid by Richard Resell against Alderman Matthews for having been guilty of corrupt practice at the recent annual municipal…
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THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Yass Council, was held on Tuesday night. Present-- The Mayor, Aldermen Zoellner, Dyball, Wood, and Nichols…
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A special meeting of the Council will be held on Thursday next at noon for the purpose of electing a Mayor. The Act provides that a meeting must be summoned within seven days of…
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The Hon. Peter Faucett took his seat. Mr. Cox presented a petition from Captain Rossi in reference to the land of St. Saviour's glebe, Goulburn. Petition received…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death of the Mayor of Goulburn. an Apoplectic Seizure. (From the Penny Post.)
SHORTLY before one o'clock on last Saturday afternoon the town was startled by a rumour, which spread with amazing rapidity, to the effect that the Mayor, Mr. Francis Tate, had dropped dead…
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A SPECIAL meeting of the Council was held this morning for the purpose of electing a Mayor in the room of Mr. Francis Tait, deceased. Aldermen Clifford, Hawkins, Gillespie, Ball,…
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THE ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council was hold in the Chamber on Thursday evening, at which there was a full attendance of aldermen. The minutes of last meeting wore read…
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A week ago, and what was I— A small gun, not a cannon, And now, ere you could wink your eye, I find I'm Mayor Gannon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Municipal Rates for the year
At the meeting of tile Council last night the rate for 1888-9 was struck no follows—general vates 1s in the £, lighting rate 3d in the £, and fire-brigade rate 1d in the £…
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