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

Council & local affairs, 1890

228 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 12

LOCAL & General News. Municipal Council. Tuesday January 21

The Yass Courier · Friday 24 January 1890 · page 2

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

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Election of Aldermen

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 4

NOMINATIONS for the vacancies in the four wards of the city close at 12 o'clock on Monday night. In response to a requisition Mr. H. O'Brien has consented to stand for the Centre…

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A New Mayor Wanted

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 3

Just before the rising of the Council on Thursday night the present Mayor, whose term of office is just expiring, announced that he did not intend becoming a candidate for Mayoral honours…

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Retirement of Two Aldermen. Long and Faithful Service

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 3

AT the meeting of the Council on Thursday night Alderman Macgraw referred to the pending retirement from the table of Aldermen Clifford and Womnbey. That was the last meeting at which…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 4

THE ordinary meeting of the Council was hold on Thursday night. There were present—the Mayor, Aldermen Clifford, Hawkins, Ball, Quirk, Macgraw, Howard, McAlister, Richardson, and…

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The Borough Council

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1890 · page 2

M[?] on Thursday: present, the Mayor and Aldermen Clifford, Hawkins, Ball, Quirk, Macgraw, Howard, Me Alister, Richardson, and Roberts. ARREARS OF RATES.—Alderman Macgraw moved…

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Municipal Revision Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 January 1890 · page 2

A meeting was held at noon on Saturday at the Town Hall for the purpose of revising the municipal lists for the year. There were present—the Mayor, Aldermen Clifford, Hawkins, Ball,…

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Borough Council

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 1 February 1890 · page 2

THE ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council was held on Thursday evening. There were present the Mayor (Alderman Forsythe in the chair), with Aldermen Turland, Cranfield,…

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Pugilistic Aldermen

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 February 1890 · page 4

SOME excitement has been caused in Canterbury by a fistic encounter between two of the aldermen. It seems that a dispute occurred at the revision court, when a "set-to" was resolved…

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Election of Aldermen

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 February 1890 · page 2

THE nomination of aldermen for the different wards, rendered necessary by the retirement of the late representatives through the effluxion of time, was proceeded with at the Council Chambers…

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Annual Municipal Election

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 5 February 1890 · page 2

THE nominations of aldermen and auditors to fill the vacancies caused in the Borough Council by the reti[?]e nent, through effluxion of time, of Aldermen G. A. Cranfield, A. Burrows, and J. H…

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Correspondence. the Municipal Election. to the Editor of the “Burrangong Argus.”

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 5 February 1890 · page 2

SIR.—The contest for the three scats in the Borough Council, [?]endered vacant through the expiration of the term of office of Aldermen Cranfield, Burrows and Turland, should engender…

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The Municipal Elections

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 6 February 1890 · page 2

THE public nomination of candidates for the vacancies caused in the borough council by the annual retirement took place at the town-hall at noon on Tuesday last. As it was known that there was no…

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Municipal Council

The Burrowa News · Friday 7 February 1890 · 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 Nomination Day

The Yass Courier · Friday 7 February 1890 · page 2

THE annual nomination of aldermen tor the Municipal District at Yass was held at noon on Tuesday. The Mayor and returning officer, Mr. E. A. Iceton.) opened the proceedings by reading…

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Election of Mayor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 3
Also in Goulburn Herald

A MEETING of the Borough Council was held at noon yesterday, for the purpose of electing the Mayor for the ensuing year. There were present—the Mayor (in the chair), and Aldermen Ball,…

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The New Mayor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 4

The new Mayor has instructed the Town-Clerk to notify through the press that he will be at the Town Hall for a certain time every day, so that persons wishing to see him on municipal…

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Borough Council. Finance Committee

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 3

AFTER the election of the Mayor yesterday, the Mayor suggested that the Finance Committee be appointed at once, and the idea being adopted, the following members were chosen:—The…

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Annual Municipal Election. Result of the Polling

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 2

THE election of three aldermen to fill the three vacancies in the Borough Council occasioned by the retirement, by ef[?]lution of time, of Messrs. G, A. Cranfield, J. H. Turland. and A, Burrows, was…

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