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

Council & local affairs, 1895

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Half-Holiday and Borough Council

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 6 April 1895 · page 2

VERY little may be said with regard to the motion proposed by Alderman Armstrong and seconded by Alderman Rogan, that the Council protests against the Half Holiday. To all thinkers…

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The Privy Council. London, April 8

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 April 1895 · page 4

After the Easter recess the Premier, the Earl of Rosebery, will introduce a bill in the House of Lords making certain colonial Judges members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council…

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Municipal Council

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 April 1895 · 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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The Borough Council

Goulburn Herald · Friday 12 April 1895 · page 3

MET last evening; present the Mayor and Aldermen Richardson, Howard, P. and C. J. Mc Shane, Knowlman, Wilkie, Ayling, and Barrett…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 April 1895 · page 4

THE Council met on Thursday night. Present.—the Mayor and Aldermen Ayliug, C. J. McShane, Barrett, Richardson, P. McShan, Wilkie, Howard, Knowlman…

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Borough Council

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 20 April 1895 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council was held in the Council Chambers on Thursday evening. Present, the Mayor, (Alderman Mackenzie) in the chair. Aldermen Rogan,…

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Retrenchment at the Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 April 1895 · page 2

THE Council met in committee on Thursday evening with closed doors, to consider the scheme of retrenchment. We understand that the committee resolved to recommend that one officer be discharged,…

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Council Laborers’ Wages

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 24 April 1895 · page 2

ALDERMAN MILLARD and those who supported him in his proposition received a merited rebuff on Thursday night from their brother aldermen. To all appearances the proposer of the motion adroitly…

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The Council and Retrenchment

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 April 1895 · page 2

THE Council sat in committee of the whole on Tuesday evening with closed doors to further consider a scheme of retrenchment. At the former meeting it was agreed that secrecy should be…

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Municipal Council

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 April 1895 · page 2

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

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The Borough Council

Goulburn Herald · Friday 26 April 1895 · page 3

MET last evening, present the Mayor and full council. PETITIONS.—Alderman Wilkie presented a petition from several carters offering to work…

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Alderman Millard and Council Labourers’ Wages

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 27 April 1895 · page 2

IN to-day’s issue is published a letter from Alderman Millard in answer to one appearing in the columns of last issue of the Aura from “Workman,” commenting on that Alderman a…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 April 1895 · page 5

THE Council met on Thursday night. There was a full Council present. FINANCIAL. The Finance Committee recommended the…

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Borough Council

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 4 May 1895 · page 2

THE -usual fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council was held in the Council Chambers on Thursday evening. Present-the Mayor (Alderman Mackenzie), in the chair. Aldermen Rogan,…

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The Council and Retrenchment

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 May 1895 · page 2

THE Council ant in committee of the whole last evening, with closed doors, to further consider the retrenchment scheme. We understand that the same conclusions were arrived at as on the first…

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Allowance to the Mayor

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 8 May 1895 · page 2

A MEMORIAL is in course of signature in Goulburn asking the municipal council to vote an allowance to the mayor…

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Municipal Retrenchment

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 8 May 1895 · page 2

THE council at its [?] meeting referred back to the retrenchment committee that part of its recommendations relating to the salaries of the clerical staff. The committee, which…

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Municipal Retrenchment

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 8 May 1895 · page 3

MR. EDITOR—That everyone has to retrench now-a-days more or less is too common an experience to require more than mention, and that our city fathers should, in the…

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Member and Mayor

The Yass Courier · Friday 10 May 1895 · page 2

Albury, Tuesday.--At the local police court to-day, Mr. John Wilkinson, M.P. for Albury prosecuted Mr. David Scott Watson, mayor of the town for insulting language. The member…

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Yass Municipal Council

The Yass Courier · Friday 10 May 1895 · page 2

THE usual forttnightly meeting of the Yass Municipal Council was held on Tuesday evening last. Present:--The Mayor, and Aldermen Bradford, G. Thomson, Dyball, and A. W…

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