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

Council & local affairs, 1893

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Legislative Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 February 1893 · page 4

THE Legislative Council sat for a little over two hours on Friday. The debate on the second reading of the Imprisonment for Debt Abolition Bill was resumed by Mr. Simpson, who spoke strongly in…

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Yass Municipal Council

The Yass Courier · Friday 24 February 1893 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the Yass Municipal Council was held on Monday evening last. Present-- Aldermen A. W. Thomson (Mayor), Colls, Dyball, Callaghan, G. Thomson, McCallum,…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 7

TH usual meeting of the Council was held on Thursday night. Present—Aldermen O'Brien (in the chair), Hawkins, Gillespie, Lansdowne, Huxtable, Read, Richardson, McShane, Ball…

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The Municipal Government of London. London, Feb. 22

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 7

The Government has appointed a Royal Commission to advise upon a scheme for the amalgamation of the city with greater London. In the betting for the Waterloo Cup Fullerton,…

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The Electoral Bill. As Amended in the Legislative Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 March 1893 · page 2

FOLLOWING is a brief summary of the amendments made in the Electoral Bill by the Council:— Qualification.-Altered from six months' residence in the colony to 12 months (and 12 months after…

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Yass Municipal Council

The Yass Courier · Friday 3 March 1893 · page 2

THE ordinary fortnightly meeting of the above took place at the committee-room, Mechanics' Institute, on Tuesday night last. Alderman A. W. Thomson (Mayor) presided, and there were also present…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1893 · page 2

FRESH notice for to-morrow night has been given by Aldermen McAlister and Richardson of their motions which were sent in too late for last meeting of the council; that of…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 March 1893 · page 2

AT to-night's meeting of the Council Alderman Richardson will move the motion which he was prevented from bringing forward at the last meeting on the ground that sufficient notice had not been…

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Borough Council. Regular Meeting

Goulburn Herald · Friday 10 March 1893 · page 4

THE borough council met last evening; present, the Mayor and Aldermen Hawkins, Richardson, Ball, Roberts, O'Brien, McAlister, McShane, Read, and Huxtable…

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A Hint to Municipal Returning-officers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 March 1893 · page 4

THE matter of the application of Thomas Charles Humphrys, who sought to oust William Carter from the position of alderman of the borough of Junee, came before the…

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Yass Municipal Council

The Yass Courier · Friday 17 March 1893 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Yass Municipal Council was held on Tuesday evening last. Present-- The Mayor (A. W. Thomson), and Aldermen Colls, Callaghan,…

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Municipal Council

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 2

AN adjourned meeting of the Council was held on Thursday, March 16th, for the purpose of considering the Finance Committee's report upon the assessment and valuation…

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Borough Council. Regular Meeting

Goulburn Herald · Friday 24 March 1893 · page 3

THE borough council met last evening; present, Alderman O'Brien (in the chair), Richardson, Lansdowne, Hawkins, Haxtable, Read, and Mo Shane…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 March 1893 · page 7

THE usual meeting was held on Thursday night. Present: Aldermen O'Brien (in the chair), Hawkins, Lansdowne, Huxtable, Read, Richardson, and Me Shane…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Wednesday, 3 p.m. Municipal Deputation

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 29 March 1893 · page 3

A DEPUTATION consisting of Sixteen representatives of municipalities waited on the premier to-day, and asked that the govern. should give a special endowment of 5/-…

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Parliamentary. the Council and the Income Tax.—the Estimates

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 March 1893 · page 4

THE Legislative Council having on Tuesday evening dealt with some preliminary business, entered upon the consideration of the Income Tax Bill, the second reading of which was moved by the Minister…

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Local & General News. Yass Municipal Council

The Yass Courier · Friday 31 March 1893 · page 2

THE usual meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Tuesday last. Present--The Mayor and Aldermen Coen, Nichols, Callaghan. G. Thomson and Dyball…

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The Council and the Electoral Bill

Goulburn Herald · Friday 31 March 1893 · page 4

When the Electoral Bill comes before the council on Wednesday—the day on which the Assembly's message intimating disagreement with some of the amendments made by the…

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Municipal Grant

Goulburn Herald · Friday 31 March 1893 · page 4

AT a meeting of the executive council on Wednesday the request of the Municipal Association that the municipalities should get a special endowment of 5/- in the £,…

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Parliamentary. Vice-president of the Executive Council

Goulburn Herald · Friday 7 April 1893 · page 2

IN the Legislative Council on Wednesday Mr. O'Connor announced that the position of vice-president of the executive council (vacant by the resignation of Sir Julian Salomons)…

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