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

Council & local affairs, 1899

318 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 3 of 16

Municipal Elections. the Official Declaration of the Poll

Goulburn Herald · Monday 13 February 1899 · page 3

TOOK place in the Town Hall at noon on Saturday in the presence of a moderate attendance. The Mayor announced the result of the…

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Election of Mayor

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 14 February 1899 · page 2

ON Friday last, at noon the aldermen met for the election of Mayor. Present--Aldermen Bradford, Lynch, Kenny, Cusack, Harrison and Cripps…

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Election of Mayor. Alderman John Knowlman Elected

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 February 1899 · page 4

A SPECIAL meeting of the Council was held on Tues. day night to elect a Mayor for the present municipal year. Alderman McShane was in the chair, and there was a full Council. In fact, as the new…

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BROWN & CO. v. Yass Municipal Council. New Trial Granted

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 16 February 1899 · page 2

THE Full Court had before it on Monday an application on behalf of the defendants in the case of George James Lewis, Thos. Brown, Edward Henry Rogers, and Geo…

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Municipal Council

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 2

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

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Election of Mayor

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 2

Before the election of the Mayor for the ensuing year was proceeded with, the retiring Major (Alderman I. Stevenson), who retired through effluxion of time…

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Election of Mayor. Alderman Hogan Chosen

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the Borough Council was held in the Council Chambers, Town Hall on Wednesday evening. Present, The Mayor (Alderman Gordon) in the chair, Aldermen…

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Municipal Elections

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 2

THE election for Murrumburrah and Harden Wards took place last Saturday, and as usual matters passed off very quietly in both ends of the town…

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Municipal

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 20 February 1899 · page 2

AT a special meeting of the Yass municipal council on Saturday night it was decided to go on with the new trial, Lewis v. the Municipal District of Yass…

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Municipal Council

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 2

A special meeting of the Council was held on Saturday 18th inst. Those present were the Mayor and Aldermen Lynch, Cusack, Harrison, Cripps and Thomson…

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Storm in the Council

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 2

ON Saturday night a "friendly" meeting was called for the purpose of deciding what steps should be taken in defending the case Brown v. the Council, which will probably come on…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 February 1899 · page 2

THE following motions will be dealt with at to-night's meeting of the Council:— Alderman Barrett to move—"That two street sprinklers of different patterns, as explained in letter…

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Municipal Council

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 February 1899 · 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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Local & General News Yass Municipal Council

The Yass Courier · Friday 24 February 1899 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting was held on Tuesday evening. Present-- the Mayor (Ald. Bradford), and Aldermen Dyball, Thane, Kenny, Lynch, Cusack, and Harrison…

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Diseases Which Are Encouraged by Neglect of Sanitary Precautions.—the Plague, Cholera Typhoid.—when the Cholera Scare Was on the Municipal Authorities Were Obstructed by the Ignorant.—let Us Hope Nothing of the Kind Will Again Occur Either in Times of Scare or Otherwise

Goulburn Herald · Friday 24 February 1899 · page 2

THE researches of scientists in Europe coincide with the experience of the medical profession and others and prove that though such diseases as…

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Borough Council

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 25 February 1899 · page 2
Also in Goulburn Evening Penny Post

A SPECIAL meeting of the Borough Council was held in the Council Chambers, Town Hall, on Thursday evening. Present, The Major (Alderman Hogan)…

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Borough Council

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council was held in the Council Chambers, Town Hall, on Thursday evening, [?] Present, the Mayor (Alderman Hogan) in the chair Aldermen…

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Our Borough Council

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 2

THE first regular meeting of the newly constructed Council was held in the Council Chambers on Monday evening last, the 27th February, The only absentee was Alderman…

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The Governor and the Goulburn Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 2

By direction of the Mayor the Town-Clerk on Thursday last wrote to his Excellency the Governor as follows:— Town Hall, Goulburn, 2nd March, 1899…

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