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

Council & local affairs, 1898

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A Gold Mine Offered to a Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 June 1898 · page 2

AT the last meeting of the Concord Borough Council a novel proposition was submitted in a letter, which read:—"Tuena Post-office, New South Wales, May 18, 1898. To his Worship the Mayor…

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A Council Non-plussed

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 24 June 1898 · page 4

THE alderman at Cowra seem to be suffering from bees in their municipal bonnet. How to obtain relief is the problem…

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Borough Council. Further Retrenchment Proposed.—water . Meters.—purchase of Stone-crusher.—yeloan.—lighting Rates.—tree-planting, Eastgrove

Goulburn Herald · Friday 24 June 1898 · page 2

THE Council met last evening ; present, the Mayor and Ald. Richardson, Roberie, Howard, O'Brien, Koowiman, Line, Barrett, and Thomas…

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Municipal Appeal Court. Wednesday, June 22. (Before Mr. C. W. Weekes, P.M.)

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 June 1898 · page 2

The Mayor (Alderman I. Stevenson), assisted by the Council Clerk, appeared for the Burrowa Municipal Council. There were two appeals by Mr. B…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 June 1898 · page 5

THE Council met on Thursday night. Present—the Mayor and Aldermen Thomas, Knowlman, Line, O'Brien, Richardson, Roberts, Barrett, Howard. FINANCIAL…

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Our Borough Council Inspector's Salary. Tree Planting

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 25 June 1898 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Council was held on Monday, the 20th instant, when the following members were present -- Aldermen…

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

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 June 1898 · page 2

SIR,—With reference to the late retrenchment carried out in the Council, I find from what is being said outside that a misapprehension exists as to what was done, and it is being stated that the…

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Municipal Gasworks for Parramatta

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 June 1898 · page 4

AT the meeting of the Parramatta Borough Council on Monday evening the matter of establishing a local gasworks wars again considered. A report was received…

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Municipal Council

The Burrowa News · Friday 1 July 1898 · 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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Yass Municipal Council

The Yass Courier · Friday 1 July 1898 · page 2

THE usual meeting of the Yass Municipal Council was held on Tuesday last. The following report from Sydney was read, also correspondence from Mr. Affleck stating that…

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Municipal Retrenchment

Goulburn Herald · Friday 1 July 1898 · page 4

MR. EDITOR,—With reference to the late retrenchment carried out in the council, I find from what is being said outside, that a misapprehension exists…

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The Finances. a Surplus of £122,000. Five Shillings in the £ for the Municipalities

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 July 1898 · page 3

THE returns of the revenue and expenditure for the past quarter and for the financial year, which closed on June 30, were published on Friday. They are highly satisfactory, and disclose a surplus much…

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Local & General News. Yass Municipal Council

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 5 July 1898 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Yass Municipal Council was held on Tuesday last. Present--the Mayor, and Aldermen A. W. Thomson, Dyball, Cusack, Lynch, Bradford…

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Special Grant to Municipalities

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 6 July 1898 · page 3

The Premier is keeping his promise that, provided the revenue was satisfactory, the special grant of 2s. 6d. in the £ to municipalities would be paid. A circular was yesterday issued, asking…

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Electorate of Goulburn. Alderman Barrett's Candidature

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 July 1898 · page 2

A MEETING of supporters of Alderman Barrett's candidature was held at the Oddfellows' Hall last evening. The attendance was very small. Mr. John Williams was voted to the chair, and…

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Our Borough Council

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 9 July 1898 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Murrumburrah Council was held last Monday night, the Mayor and Aldermen Parry, Barnes, McGrory, Russell…

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The Stock Boards' Council of Advice

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 July 1898 · page 6

AT the annual meeting of delegates from the various stock boards of the colony, at Aarons' Exchange Hotel, on Monday evening, it was announced in relation to the destruction of noxious…

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Borough Council

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 13 July 1898 · page 4

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council was held in the Council Chambers, Town Hall, on Thursday evening. Present — The Mayor (Alderman…

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Municipal Inspectors and the Health Act

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 July 1898 · page 2

THE new Public Health Act, as is generally known, has .placed a vast amount of labour and responsibility upon municipal councils and their sanitary inspectors; and upon the latter in many…

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Municipal Council

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 July 1898 · page 2

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

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