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

Council & local affairs, 1889

223 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 11 of 12

Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 4

A SPECIAL meeting of the Council was held last night for the purpose of considering a second progress report from Mr. Christic. There were present—Aldermen Ball (chair), Clifford,…

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The Borough Council

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 4

MET on Thursday evening; present, Aldermen Gillespie (in the chair), Clifford, Hawkins , Womboy, Ball, Mc Alister, Howard, and Macgraw. Train and Mundy Streets.—Alderman Mc Alister…

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The Borough Council and Mr. Christie's Recommendations

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 19 November 1889 · page 2

THE following are the recommendations dealt with at a meeting of the council on Friday evening, having been submitted by Mr. Christie, the accountant engaged to revise the clerical staff and the system of…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 November 1889 · page 2

The notices of motion for the meeting this evening are as follows:—By Alderman Richardson; That specifications be prepared, and tenders be called for forming and ballasting of…

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Municipal Council

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 November 1889 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Burrowa Municipal Council was held in the Council Chamber on Tuesday evening. Present: The Mayor…

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Municipal Council. Tuesday, November 26

The Yass Courier · Friday 29 November 1889 · page 2

Present-- The Mayor and Aldermen Cross, Zoellner, Callaghan, Thomson, Nichols and Dyball. The minutes of the last meeting were read…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 November 1889 · page 3

THE usual meeting of the Council was bold on Thursday. There were present—The Mayor, Aldermen Clifford, Hawkins, Richardson, Wombey, Ball, Roberts, Howard, Macgraw,…

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The Borough Council

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 30 November 1889 · page 3

MET on Thursday evening; present, the Mayor and Aldermen Clifford, Hawkins, Wembey, Richardson, Ball, Roberts, Howard, Macgraw, and Mc Alister. LAGOON-STREET.—Alderman Richardson moved…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 December 1889 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the Council was hold last (Wednesday) evening to deal with several items which had been postponed from the last ordinary meeting. There were present:—The…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 December 1889 · page 2

Notice has been given of the following motions for this evening:—By Alderman Howard: 1. That plans and specifications be prepared for making Auburn-street, from…

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Municipal Council

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 December 1889 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Burrowa Municipal Council was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday evening. Present: The Mayor…

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Municipal Council. Tuesday, Dec. 10

The Yass Courier · Friday 13 December 1889 · page 2

Present-- The Mayor, and Aldermen, Coen, Cross, Callaghan, Thomson, Dyball and Nichols The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed on the motion of Alderman Callaghan,…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 December 1889 · page 3

THE ordinary meeting of the Council was held on Thursday night. Present: Aldermen Ball (chair), Clifford, Macgraw, Wombey, Richardson, Roberts, and Gillespie…

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The Borough Council

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 14 December 1889 · page 4

MET on Thursday evening; present, Aldermen Ball (in the chair), Clifford, Womboy, Richardson, Roberts, Macgraw, and Gillespie. OLD HOSPITAL AND CROOKWELL RAILWAY.—…

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Row at a Council Meeting

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 December 1889 · page 3

A DISTURBANCE of a disgraceful character occurred at the meeting of the Brunswick Council, Victoria, on Thursday night, which threatened at one time to culminate in a general…

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The Borough Council

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 17 December 1889 · page 2

HELD a special meeting on Saturday evening; present, the Mayor and Aldermen Clifford, Hawkins, Wombey, Richardson, Gillespie, Ball, Roberts, Quirk, and Macgraw…

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The Municipal Accounts

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 17 December 1889 · page 2

FOLLOWING summaries of the third and fourth progress reports of Mr. G. Christic, special accountant, appointed to investigate books of the borough council, together with recommendations from the…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 December 1889 · page 2

AT a special meeting of the Council last evening the third and fourth progress reports of Mr. Christie were adopted. The reports, with the most important appendices, wars published in…

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A Moribund Municipality

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 December 1889 · page 6

PROBABLY there are few municipalities which can show so fully as that of Young, the direful effects of mismanagement and neglect of the public interests on the part…

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Thursday, December 19. In the Council

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 21 December 1889 · page 4

In the Council, The Appropriation Bill was received from the Assembly, passed through all its stages, and returned. The other business transacted was unimportant,…

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