Special Grant to Municipalities
A deputation representing the various municipal bodies of the colony waited on the Premier on Thursday to ask for Government aid towards municipal expenses. In reply the Premier said that…
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Council & local affairs, 1897
231 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 12 of 12
Mr. Reid and His Change of Opinion Re Local Government.— Now Thinks As We Have Long Done. — a System Unsuited to Scattered Populations. — the Reasons.— Fallacy About the Municipalities and Outside Areas and How Their Works Are Paid For.—enlarged Powers and Functions of the Municipal Councils
MR. REID has been accused of "climbing down" in regard to the question of local government. Now as "to climb" means to "go up laboriously," to…
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THE election of Judge Van Wyck as Mayor of Greater New York means that the mayoralty, under the new charter, is a dictatorship, one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Borough Council
COUNCIL met last evening; present the Mayor and Ald. Roberts, Howard, O'Brien, Mc Alister, Knowlman, Line, Wilkie, and Newman. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE (December 7,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Borough Council. a Breezy Meeting
The usual fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council was held in the Council Chambers, Town Hall on Thursday evening. Present—The Mayor (Alderman Taylor) in the chair, Aldermen…
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UPON being seen on Thursday night, shortly after the remarkable vote given by the Legislative Council upon the second reading of the Probate Duties Bill, Mr. Reid explained the attitude that the Government…
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The usual fortnightly meeting of the council lapsed on Tuesday evening last in consequence of not being able to form a quorum…
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QUEANDBRYAN, Wednesday.—The sudden death of Mr. E H. Land caused much surprise in the town and district. The deceased gentleman was apparently well at 6 o'clock this morning, but at about 7 he was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Borough Council. Improvements in Faithfull-st.— Ye Electric Light.— Ye Ministyr Says Technical College Indefinitely Postponed.—sympathy with Alderman Knowlman.—instalment Due on Waterworks
IMPROVEMENTS IN FAITHFULL ST.—YE ELECTRIC LIGHT.—YE MINISTYR SAYS TECHNICAL COLLEGE INDEFINITELY POSTPONED.—SYMPATHY…
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THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council was held at the Council Chambers on Thursday evening. Present, the Mayor, (Alderman Taylor) in the chair, Aldermen Gordon,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Defalcations by a Late Assistant Council Clerk
Several months ago a sub-committee of the municipal council of Newtown were appointed by their brother aldermen to investigate the accounts of the borough. The committee, consisting of the…
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