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

Council & local affairs, 1895

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The Borough Council

Goulburn Herald · Friday 10 May 1895 · page 3

MET last evening; present the full council During a portion of the evening the Mayor retired and Alderman Howard was voted to the chair…

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Mayor and Member. ALBURY

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 11 May 1895 · page 2

At the police court to-day, John Wilkinson, M.P. for Albury, summoned D. S. Watson, Mayor of Albury, on a charge of using insulting language towards him in a public place. The words…

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The Mayor and the Member

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 May 1895 · page 5

ALBURY, Tuesday.—At the police court to-day, John Wilkinson, M.P. for Albury, summoned D. S. Watson, Mayor of Albury, on a charge of using insulting language towards him in a public place…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 May 1895 · page 5

THE usual meeting of the Council was held on Thursday night. There was a full Council present. FINANCIAL. The following accounts were passed for…

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Proxies at Municipal Appeal Courts

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 May 1895 · page 2

AT the Newtown Police Court on Monday, before Mr. G. W. F. Addison, S.M., appeals wore heard against the assessments made by the Brough of Enfield. At the initial proceedings the Council…

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Municipal Retrenchment. (To the Editor Goulburn Evening Penny Post.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 May 1895 · page 2

DEAR SIR,—Kindly allow me space to correct a slight error in your report of last Council meeting. I did not say that I considered £250 sufficient for office expenses, but that I personally thought that…

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Bourke V. Municipal Council of Sydney

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 May 1895 · page 2

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has given its reserved decision in the we of Bourke v. the Municipal Council of Sydney, allowing the appeal…

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Privy Council Appeals. Cook V. Morris

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 May 1895 · page 2

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has reserved its decision in the New South Wales appeal case of Cook v. Morris, official assignee…

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Municipal Economy

Goulburn Herald · Friday 17 May 1895 · page 4

TENDERS were received by the Moruya council at its monthly meeting last week for the performance of the duties of valuator in conjunction with the…

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Borough Council

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 18 May 1895 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council was held in the Town Hall, on Thursday evening. Present: the Mayor (Alderman Mackenzie in the chair). Alderman Hourn, Forsythe,…

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The Privy Council. London, May 14

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 May 1895 · page 4

Sir William Harcourt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced in the House of Commons last night that a bill providing for the appointment of colonial Judges as members of Judicial Committee…

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Important to Municipalities

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 21 May 1895 · page 2

THE following letter and remarks we extract from the report of the last meeting of the Cootamundra Municipal Council, and we hope the Yass Aldermen will take the hint and…

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Municipal Appeal Court

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 22 May 1895 · page 2

MOST of the rate-notices for the half-year ending August next have been delivered, and the remainder will be disposed of within a few days. A court of petty sessions will be…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 May 1895 · page 2

THE following motions are set down for this evening:—Alderman Ayling to move: "That half the width of the footpath on the western side of Grafton-street between Bradley-street and…

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Yass Municipal Council

The Yass Courier · Friday 24 May 1895 · page 2

THE usual meeting of the Yass Municipal Council was held on Tuesday evening last. Present the Mayor and Aldermen A. W. Thomson, Dyball, G. Thomson, M. Coen, and Conlon…

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The Borough Council

Goulburn Herald · Friday 24 May 1895 · page 3

MET last evening: present the Mayor and Aldermen P. McShane, Knowlmen, Line, Wilkie, Ayling, and Barrett. APOLOGIES were received from Aldermen…

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Political & Governmental. Legislative Council

Goulburn Herald · Friday 24 May 1895 · page 2

THE presentation of a petit on from the electorate of Darham against the Land and Income Tax Assessment Bill constituted the sole business tre[?]t by the Legislative…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 May 1895 · page 5

THE Council met on Thursday night. Present—the Mayor, Aldermen Ayling, Knowlman, Wilkie, Line, Barrett, P. McShane. Apologies for absence were received from Aldermen Roberts, Richardson,…

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Information for the Yass Aldermen

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 28 May 1895 · page 2

THE following is an extract from last Saturday's Daily Telegraph :--The decision of the full Court in the Redfern municipal test ease on Tuesday, whereby Alderman William Davis was called…

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The Council and the New Taxation

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 May 1895 · page 4

A MEMBER of the Legislative Council, speaking with reference to the land and income tax proposals, said the members of the Council would never dream of allowing such a trifle as the epithets of Mr. Reid…

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