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

Council & local affairs, 1888

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Correspondence. Erudite Aldermen. to the Editor “Burrangong Argus.”

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 2 May 1888 · page 3

SIR,—After listening to a long, desultory rigmarole about the cost of supplying the Borough with the electric light, one of the aldermen remarked, solto voce, to his neighbour on the left;…

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The Council Threatened with Actions

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 May 1888 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the Borough Council was held yesterday afternoon to consider two letters received from Mr. John Davidson, solicitor, noting on behalf of Benjamin Canham…

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The Basis of Municipal Taxation

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 May 1888 · page 2

DUBBO, Tuesday.—Last night, at the general meeting of the Dubbo Municipal Council, the petition which a fortnight ago was presented by Mr. George Plummer and signed by over 150…

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Municipal Council

The Yass Courier · Friday 4 May 1888 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Yass Municipal Council was held on Tuesday evening last. Present.-- The Mayor (Mr. E. A. Iceton) and Alderman Colls, Thomson, Zoellner, Nichols,…

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Privy Council Appeal Case. LONDON, May 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 May 1888 · page 6

The judgment which was given for the plaintiffs in the 'case of the executors of Williams versus the Colonial and London Chartered Banks has been reversed by the Privy…

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Parliamentary. Wednesday, May 2. IN the Logislative Council

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 5 May 1888 · page 3

IN the Legislative Council, The Vine Diseases Act Amendment Bill and the Silverton Tramway Act Amendment Bill were received from the Assembly and read the first time…

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Municipal Vacancy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 May 1888 · page 2

AT midnight on Sunday the time expired for the receipt of nominations of candidates willing to fill the vacancy in the representation of the Centre Ward caused by the death of Alderman…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 May 1888 · page 2

AT the meeting of the Borough Council this evening Alderman Wombey will move—That a petition be forwarded to the Governor in council, praying that a new ward be added to this…

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Borough Council

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 12 May 1888 · page 2
Also in Goulburn Evening Penny Post

THE usual fortnightly, meeting of the Borough Council was held in the Chamber on Thursday evening. The Mayor and Aldermen Webb, Rogan, Cohen, Hourn, Forsythe, Mackenzie, and Nielsen…

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The Borough Council

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 12 May 1888 · page 3

MET on Thursday evening; present, Aldermen Gillespie (in the chair), Clifford, Wombey, Richardson, and Hawkins. A telegram was received from the Mayor…

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The Mayor and the Decisions of Small Debts Court

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 12 May 1888 · page 2

THE Mayor (Alderman Cranfield), bring dissatisfied, with the recent decisions of the Small Debts Court in three cases of. claims fo rates, caused the following very intelligible letter, to be…

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Election of an Alderman

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 May 1888 · page 4

THE election of an alderman to fill the extraordinary vacancy in the Municipal Council caused by the death of Alderman Francis Tait took place at tile Council Chambers at noon…

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Municipal Council

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 15 May 1888 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Yass Municipal Council was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday evening last. Present--The Mayor and Aldermen Colls, Dyball, Wood, Zoellner…

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Our Centralising and Ling Mayor

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 16 May 1888 · page 2

AT the last fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council, held on Thursday night, the Mayor’s recent unjustifiable action in [?]tively forwarding an order to M[?]. John Sands, of Sydney,…

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Municipal Council

The Yass Courier · Friday 18 May 1888 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Yass Municipal Council was held on Tuesday night. Present.--The Mayor, and Aldermen Nichols, Zoellner, Wood and Dyball…

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Fitzroy Municipal Loan. LONDON, May 17

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 May 1888 · page 6

The 5 per cent. loan of £20,000 placed on the market by the Municipal Council of Fitzroy, Melbourne, has been subscribed threefold. The average price realised was £109 11s…

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Municipal Taxation

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 May 1888 · page 3

AT the monthly meeting of the committee of the New South Wales Municipal Association a largely-signed petition, praying that the basis of taxation under the new Local Government Bill…

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Municipal Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 May 1888 · page 2

No nominations having been received for the extraordinary vacancy in the Council caused by the resignation of Mr. D. Clifford, one of the representatives of the South Ward, an alderman…

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Municipal Election

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 22 May 1888 · page 2

A MEETING of ratepayers was held in the Council Chambers at noon on Friday for the election of an Alderman for Hardy Ward, the seat for which became vacant by the death of the late Alderman…

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