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

Council & local affairs, 1895

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Election of Mayor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 February 1895 · page 2

THE election of Mayor of Goulburn took place at noon to-day at the Town Hall in the presence of a full Council. There was a large number of the public present, and the out-going Mayor, Alderman…

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Gundaroo Shire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 February 1895 · page 4

Mr. Alexander Dyce has written to the commissioners to the effect that the people concerned do not approve of the boundaries which it is proposed to give to Gundaroo…

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Municipalities Desirous of Becoming Shires

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 February 1895 · page 3

WHILST the preparations for the establishment of local government have been proceeding attention has been drawn to two classes of cases which were seemingly never…

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Election of Mayor. Alderman O'brien Re-elected

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 2

A MEETING of the borough council was held at noon yesterday for the purpose of electing the Mayer for the ensuing year; present, the full council. There were also about a hundred…

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Election of Mayor

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 2

A special meeting of the Borough Council was held on Monday evening. Present— the Mayor (Mr. W. J. Hills), Messrs. Taylor, Rogan, Mackenzie, Hourn, Forsythe,…

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Municipal Matters

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 2

THE election of Aldermen being over, we have to compliment Messrs. HILLS, MACKENZIE and TAYLOR upon their re-election. It is always pleasant to humans to win and…

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The Debt on Municipal Waterworks

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 February 1895 · page 3

ALBURY, Wednesday.—At a special meeting of the Council to-night to consider the demand of the Government for the re-payment of the waterworks debt by instalments it was stated that to pay the…

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Municipal Council

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 February 1895 · page 2

A SPECIAL MEETING of the Burrows Municipal Council was held in the Council Chambers on Friday evening. Present: The Mayor (Alderman…

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Election of Mayor

The Yass Courier · Friday 15 February 1895 · page 2
Also in The Burrowa News

A MEETING of aldermen for the election of Mayor took place in the Council Chambers on Tuesday afternoon at half-past 4 o'clock. Present-- Alderman A. W. Thomson, T…

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The Borough Council

Goulburn Herald · Friday 15 February 1895 · page 3

MET last evening; present:—The Mayor and Aldermen Richardson, Roberts, Howard, Mo Alister, Knowlman, Line, C. J. McShane, Wilkie, Ayling, and Barrett…

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A Municipal Dilemma

Goulburn Herald · Friday 15 February 1895 · page 4

ON Tuesday the Ashfield council met for the first time since the elections, and the proceedings have resulted in the aldermen finding themselves in…

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The New Mayor

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 2

After the business of the Council meeting—the election of Mayor—on Monday evening, at the invitation of the newly-elected Mayor (Alderman D. Mackenzie), an adjournment was made to the…

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The Liability of a Municipality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 1

DURING last Term an application for a rule nisi was granted, at the instance of the Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited, calling upon the municipal district of Lamb…

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Burrowa — Resignation of Alderman Kershaw

Goulburn Herald · Monday 18 February 1895 · page 4

As the last meeting of the Barrowa council a letter was read from Alderman Kershaw, resigning as an alderman owing to prolonged ill-health…

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Reported Appointments to the Council

Goulburn Herald · Monday 18 February 1895 · page 3

In reference to the reported new appointments to the Legislative Council, the premier today declined to either deny or confirm the report…

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Strange Municipal Complications

Goulburn Herald · Monday 18 February 1895 · page 4

THE developments in connection with the election of the Mayor of Balmain on Friday night were characterised by some extraordinary proceedings. It…

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Municipal Council

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 19 February 1895 · page 2

A special meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Friday evening last. Present: The Mayor, and Aldermen Colls, Conlon, G. Thomson, Dyball, Coen. A. W. Thomson, Iceton,…

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Rumoured Legislative Council Appointments

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 February 1895 · page 4

A rumour was current in the city on Saturday that the Government proposed to ask the Governor to make a number of appointments to the Legislative Council and…

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