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

Council & local affairs, 1893

228 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 7 of 12

Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 5

THE usual meeting of the Council was held on Thursday night. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Hawkins, Gillespie, Read, Richardson, McShane. An apology was read from Alderman Ball, who…

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Municipal Council

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 August 1893 · page 2

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

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Mining Companies and Municipal Rolls

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 9 August 1893 · page 2

A case in which mining companies who pay rates are interested was argued and decided yesterday by the supreme court in banco. John Travers of Broken Hill applied for a…

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The Municipalities Waterworks Question

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 August 1893 · page 2

THE different municipalities interested in the securing of concessions in connection with the repayment of the moneys involved in the several water supply accounts are holding a conference in…

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Municipal Council

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 August 1893 · page 2

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

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Borough Council Regular Meeting

Goulburn Herald · Friday 11 August 1893 · page 3

THE borough council met last evening; present, Aldermen O'Brien (in the chair), Richardson, Robertc, Lansdowne, Huxtable, McShane, and Read…

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The Debt on Municipal Waterworks

Goulburn Herald · Friday 11 August 1893 · page 4

AN important conference of delegates from the principal municipal councils of the colony is being held in Sydney to discuss the claims recently made by…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 August 1893 · page 4

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

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Municipal Waterworks. a Conference in Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 August 1893 · page 4

A CONFERENCE of representatives of several of the more important country municipalities in the colony, was held on Thursday morning at the Hotel Australia, the following…

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The New Belmore Market. a Difference Between the Sydney City Council and the New South Wales Fruit Growers. Extraordinary State of Affairs. (Forwarded to the Goulburn Evening Post by arrangement with Hennessey's Intercolonial Press Association.) SYDNEY, August 5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 August 1893 · page 5

THERE is strife between the City Council, the fruit-growers, and the Sydney wholesale dealers. On face of it some one has blundered. Let me remark here as a general…

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Municipal Waterworks

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 16 August 1893 · page 2

ON Friday last a large deputation representing the various municipalities which have availed themselves of the provisions of the Country Towns Water Supply Act…

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Municipal Council

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 August 1893 · 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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Borough Council. Special Meeting

Goulburn Herald · Friday 18 August 1893 · page 2

A SPECEAL meeting of the borough council was held last evening; present the Mayor and Aldermen Hawkins, Richardson, Gillespie, Roberts, Bell, O'Brien, Lansdowne,…

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The Council and the Municipal Association. the Motion to Withdraw Rescinded

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 August 1893 · page 4

IT will be remembered that at the last regular meeting of the Council, held on the 10th instant, a motion was adopted by a small majority to withdraw from the Municipal Association, the ostensible…

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Council Neglect

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 August 1893 · page 2

A CLEAR case of Council neglect was disclosed at the Police Court on Monday. Two ratepayers named Alexander Stewart and John Field were summoned for having failed to pay some 30s each…

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The Council and Carters

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 August 1893 · page 4

AT the Police Court yesterday morning, before the Police-Magistrate and Messrs. Ball and Oliver, Charles Kercher was charged with having drawn a load of sand within the borough for reward without…

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Borough Council. Regular Meeting

Goulburn Herald · Friday 25 August 1893 · page 3

THE borough council meet last evening; present the Mayor and Aldermen Richardson, Ball, O'Brien, Lansdowne, McShane, Read, and Huxtable…

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Correspondence. Municipal Favours. (To the Editor of the Yass Courier.)

The Yass Courier · Friday 25 August 1893 · page 2

SIR,-- In the last report of the meeting of the Yass Municipal Council I have observed an item in the expenditure of £4 5s. Gd. to G. Bates. It has not been given what the money was for, but there…

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Cathedral Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 August 1893 · page 2

A MEETING of adult members of the Church of England was held in the Diocesan Registry on Friday evening for the purpose of electing eight members of the Cathedral Council. The Dean…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 August 1893 · page 4

THE usual meeting of the Council was held on Thursday night. There were present—the Mayor, Aldermen O'Brien, Lansdowne, Read, Ball, Richardson, McShane, and Huxtable. (During…

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