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

Council & local affairs, 1894

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Municipal Waterworks Debts

Goulburn Herald · Friday 8 June 1894 · page 2

ALBURY, Wednesday.—By the government statement the amount of the overdue instalments and interest is very much larger than anticipated. The total cost of the works,including…

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Municipal Rate Notices. to the Editor

Goulburn Herald · Friday 8 June 1894 · page 3

SIR.—I think it is desirable to draw the attention of the ratepayers of Goulburn to the form in which the notices are prepared. Probably many of the ratepayers are not…

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Important Municipal Case

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 June 1894 · page 2

IN the No. 1 Jury Court, on Monday (before the Chief Justice and a jury of four), the Municipal District of Gundagal v. NOrton was an action brought by the…

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Municipal Appeal Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 2

THE Municipal Appeal Court will be held at the Court-house on Monday, 18th June next (not Tuesday, as incorrectly stated in an advertisement in another column). Notices of appeal must be…

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Freetrade Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 June 1894 · page 4

THE Freetrade Council has considered a considerable quantity of correspondence from freetrade candidates in the various electorates, both metropolitan and in…

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Borough Council. Special Meeting

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 13 June 1894 · page 4

A SPECIAL meeting of the borough Council was held on Monday evening: present the Mayor and Aldermen Hawkinse, Richardsonu, Ball, Howard, Mu Alister, Laundowne, McShane…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 June 1894 · page 3

THE following motions will come before the Council at to-night's meeting:— Alderman Line will move:—"That estimate of cost be prepared for forming and ballasting with…

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Municipal Appeals

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 June 1894 · page 2

THERE are altogether 170 appellants against the municipal assessment, and as many of these have lodged several appeals the list to be dealt with is a formidable one. The friendly appeal court will be…

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Borough Council. Regular Meeting

Goulburn Herald · Friday 15 June 1894 · page 2

THE borough council mot last evening; present, the full council. COWPER-STREET.—Alderman Knowlman presented a petition from several residents,…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 June 1894 · page 4

THE ordinary meeting of the Council was held on Thursday night. There was a full attendance. FINANCIAL. The Finance Committee recommended the…

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Municipal Appeal Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 June 1894 · page 2

THIS year's friendly appeal court, which has boon engaging the minds of our aldermen during the last two or three dove, has brought about quite a revival of interest in municipal matters, the Town Mall…

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Borough Council Amenities

Goulburn Herald · Monday 18 June 1894 · page 2

THE dignified calm which generally characterises meetings of the Goulburn Borough Council was somewhat ruffled during the sitting of the friendly appeal court on Friday…

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Freetrade Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 June 1894 · page 2

MR. G. H. REID, leader of the Opposition, states that he is busy communicating with the members of the Freetrade Council, who are preparing for the election compaign, and arrangements are also being…

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Executive Council. the Release of Bertrand. Commutation of Stanton's Sentence

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 19 June 1894 · page 2

A meeting of the Executive Council was held on Saturday morning. The case of Stanton, sentenced to death for incestuous intercourse with his daughter by force was…

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Municipal Appeals Before the Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 June 1894 · page 2

THE municipal appeals dealt with at the friendly appeal court last week came up for final consideration at the Police Court on Monday before Messrs. W. Caswell, P M., A. Ellis, and J. Oliver…

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Borough Council. a Special Meeting

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 20 June 1894 · page 2

Was held last evening to deal with business adjourned from the regular meeting on Thursday to enable the friendly appeal court being commenced. Present Aldermen…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 June 1894 · page 4

THE adjourned meeting of the Council to deal with matters postponed from the last meeting was held on Tuesday night. Present—Aldermen Roberts (in the chair), Hawkins, Knowlman, Lansdowne, Line,…

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Freetrade Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 June 1894 · page 2

A meeting of the Freetrade Council was held in the council's rooms, Wentworth-court, on Wednesday night, at which there were a number of representatives from the country. An interesting…

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A Warning to Municipalities

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 June 1894 · page 2

"There's no disguising the fact," said Sir George Dibbs on Wednesday to a deputation of ratepayers who prayed him to check the Manly Borough Council in a wild career of sewerage expenditure,…

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Municipal Government in Paris. London, June 20

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 June 1894 · page 2

In the French Chamber of Deputies a bill has been Introduced and read the first time conceding complete self-government to the Municipal Council of Paris…

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