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

Council & local affairs, 1892

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Borough Council. Special Meeting

Goulburn Herald · Friday 21 October 1892 · page 4

A SPECIAL meeting of the borough council was hold last evening with a view of transacting the business of the regular meeting of the 13th instant, which lapsed for want of a…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 October 1892 · page 3

THE adjourned meeting of the Council was held on Thursday night:—Present Aldermen O'Brien (chair), Hawkins, Gillespfe, Lansdowne, Huxtable McAlister, and Richardson. Apologies were read…

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The Legislative Council. London, Oct. 24

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 October 1892 · page 3

The Times expresses approval of the proposals made by Sir Henry Parkes in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the abolition of the nominee Legislative Council, and asserts that if…

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Municipal Council

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 October 1892 · page 2

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

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Yass Municipal Council

The Yass Courier · Friday 28 October 1892 · page 2

THE ordinary fortnightly meeting of the above was held in the Council room on Tuesday night, 25th October. Mayor Coen presided, and there were also present…

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Yass Municipal Council

The Yass Courier · Friday 28 October 1892 · page 2

THE business of the Council meeting began on Tuesday night at 10 minutes to eight o'clock. Seven aldermen were present, and two, Messrs. Colls and Nichols, absent-- the former in Sydney…

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Borough Council. Regular Meeting

Goulburn Herald · Friday 28 October 1892 · page 3

THE borough council met last evening; present, the Mayor, and Aldermen Hawkins, Richanrdson, Ball, McAlister, Lansdowne, and Huxtable…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 October 1892 · page 3

THE usual meeting of the Council was held on Thursday night. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Hawkins, Lansdowne, Huxtable, Ball, McAlistor, Richardson. Apologies were made for the absence…

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A Mayor Poisoned by Citizens. London, Oct. 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 October 1892 · page 4

The Mayor of the town of Lemberg, in Galicia, has been poisoned by a number of citizens, who resented the stringent measures taken by the local Council for preventing the spread of cholers…

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Borough Council. Leasing of Public Baths

Goulburn Herald · Friday 4 November 1892 · page 4

A SPECIAL meeting of the borough council was held last evening with closed doors, with a view of dealing with the tenders sent in for leasing the public baths, and the applications…

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Municipal Council

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 November 1892 · page 2

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

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Yass Municipal Council

The Yass Courier · Friday 11 November 1892 · page 2

THE [?] meeting look place in the committee room on Tuesday night last. Mayor Coen presided and there were also present. [?] Nichols, A. W. Thomson,…

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Municipal Council Versus Stubbs & Ward. Discussion in the Council

The Yass Courier · Friday 11 November 1892 · page 2

DURING the meeting on Tuesday night Inst Alderman George Thompson asked the mayor it there was any report from the Council Clerk as to how the case against Stubbs and…

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Borough Council. Regular Meeting

Goulburn Herald · Friday 11 November 1892 · page 3

THE borough council mot last evening; present the Mayor and Aldermen Hawkins, Richard. son, Ball, Roberts, Lansdowne, and Huxtable. Ansent ALDERMEN.-Apologies for their…

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Alderman Macgraw

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 November 1892 · page 4

RESIDENTS will regret to hear that Alderman Maegraw is again very ill, and it was feared this morning that he was dying…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 November 1892 · page 3

THE usual meeting of the Council was held on Thursday night. Present—the Mayor Aldermen Hawkins, Huxtable, Lansdowne, Richardson, Roberts, and Ball. Apologies for absence were…

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The Lord Mayor's Show. London, Nov. 9

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 November 1892 · page 3

The Lord Mayor's Show to-day was very poor. Many parts of the city displayed no bunting, and the Lord Mayor Elect (Alderman Knill) was often hisses as the procession passes along. The…

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Alderman Macgraw

Goulburn Herald · Monday 14 November 1892 · page 2

WE are sorry to learn that Alderman Macgraw, who has been ill for some time past, has suffered another relapse, and is now in a very critical state…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Wednesday, 3 p.m. Appeal to the Privy Council

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 16 November 1892 · page 3

LEAVE appeal to the privy council was to-day granted by the supreme court, in the Agricultural Society Ground case, which involved the right of charging for admission to…

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Anti-lord Mayor's Show. London, Nov. 14

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 November 1892 · page 4

The Salvation "Army" is organising an anti-Lord Mayor's Show in order to emphasise the misery of the unemployed in London…

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