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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Council & local affairs
251 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 13
As an outcome of the determination of the Council to admit no responsibility in connection with the recent accident to a daughter of the Rev. Mr. Hutchings and allow no compensation,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE WATER BY-LAWS.—At a recent meeting of the borough council the water by laws, after repeated delays, were finally adopted, and forwarded for the approval of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE test case to decide upon the legality of the Council by-laws relating to certain water charges will, we understand, come before the Police Court on Monday next, according to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Borough Council will soon have to consider the necessity of negotiating a loan to cover the cost of the projected gasworks, and in their borrowings they should carefully…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE usual fortnightly meeting was held on Friday evening. There were present: the Mayor (Alder-men Bourn) and Aldermen Cranfield, Forsythe, Taylor, Heeley, Armstrong, Rogan and Slatyer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE borough council met on Thursday; present, the Mayor and Aldermen Hawkins, Gillespie, Richardson, O'Brien. Howard, Gannon, Roberts, and Macgraw…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE ordinary meeting of the Council was held on Thursday night. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen O'Brien, Hawkins, Gilleapie, Gannon, Macgraw, Howard, Richardson and Roberts…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the District Court yesterday, before his Honor Judge Murray, the Rev. Edgar Hutchings (on behalf of his daughter) sued the Borough Council for £200 as compensation for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →HELD a special meeting last night with closed doors for the purpose of consulting with Mr. Betts, city solicitor, with reference to the test case, Borough Council v. Meyer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A SPECIAL meeting of the Council was held on Tuesday evening to consider the newly-gazetted water by-laws and amend them if necessary. By-law 8, which in its original form mentioned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Council was held on Thursday, there being present the Mayor (Alderman Hourn) and Aldermen Forsythe, Taylor. Heeley, Armstrong, Wright, Rogan and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE question of lighting municipalities by electricity has lately come prominently before the public, and the few experiments made in this direction seem, so far, to have been attended…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NOTICE has been given of the following motions for the meeting this evening:— Alderman McAlister will move:—"That Combermere-street be formed and curbed and guttered on the north…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The fortnightly meeting of the Burrowa Municipal Council was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday evening. Present: The Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE borough council met last evening; present, the Mayor and Aldermen Hanwkins, Roberts, O'Brien, Gillespie, Johnson, Richard. son, Mo Alister, Howard, Maegraw, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No township in the colony has been freer from destructive fires than Yass. This immunity, has not, perhaps, been the result of extra care fulness on the part of the inhabitants; in fact,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE fortnightly meeting of the Yass Municipal Council was held on Tuesday evening. Present-- The Mayor, and Aldermen Callaghan, Dyball, Iceton, Margrie, Poplin and Nichols…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE usual meeting of the Council was held on Thursday night. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen O'Brien, Hawkins. Gillespie, Macgraw, Howard, McAlister, Richardson, Johnson,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →YASS Thursday.—The local Council Chambers were nearly destroyed by fire last night. The auditors, who had been auditing the accounts with the council clerk, left the Chambers at 11…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE following appears in the ECHO of Saturday :— “The question of lighting municipalities by electricity Ins lately come prominently before tile public, and the few experiments made in this…
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