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

Council & local affairs, 1903

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Borough Council

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 15 August 1903 · page 3

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

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Our Borough Council

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 15 August 1903 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above was held last Monday night, when the following members were present:-Aldermen Mills (Mayor),…

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Arrears of Municipal Rates

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 August 1903 · page 4

The remissness of municipal councils in allowing rates on property to accrue for years before taking action for their recovery was referred to by Judge Docker in the Parramatta Court on Wednesday…

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The Sydney Council

Goulburn Herald · Monday 17 August 1903 · page 2

SOME remarkable evidence in regard to aldermanic patronage and improper interference with civic administration was given before the health committee on Friday. Mr. Gordon,…

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Yass Municipal Council

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 20 August 1903 · page 2

The fortnightly meeting of the Council took place on Tuesday evening. Mayor Cusack in the chair, and present also Ald. Tierney, Dyball, Howard, Thane,…

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Municipal Finances

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 20 August 1903 · page 2

The financial condition of tho local Council may be quite candidly described as unsatisfactory : further than that there is a considerable drift,…

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Municipal Council

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 August 1903 · page 2

THE usual fornightly meeting of the Burrowa Municipal Council was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday evening, 18th inst. Present: The Mayer…

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Yass Municipal Council

The Yass Courier · Friday 21 August 1903 · page 2

AT the fortnightly meeting of tho local council on Tuesday night there were present: Aldermen Cusack (mayor), Thane, Dyball, Tierney, Howard and…

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The Ships' Stores Case. Test of Privy Council Judgment

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 22 August 1903 · page 4

Tie Prime Minister has received from England the text of the judgement of the Privy Council in the ship stores appeal case, in which the P…

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The Leprosy Bill. Rejected by the Council

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 24 August 1903 · page 2

Another of the legislative conceptions of the Member for Yass has disappeared into oblivion. This time the Honorable Member got a bit further ahead than…

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Reformers in Council

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 25 August 1903 · page 4

Land-law reform is, very properly, one of the planks of the reform platform, and at the recent reform conference in Sydney it was rosolved, among other things,…

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The Borough Council

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 26 August 1903 · page 2

AT to-morrow night's meeting Ald. Dwyer will move:—1. That the water inspector be instructed to prepare and lay before the council at its next ordinary meeting, a list of…

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The Sanitary System. an Alderman Fined

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 27 August 1903 · page 2

Before Mr. Thomas P.M. on the local Bench on Tuesday morning a case having important bearing upon the new sanitary system in thin town, and the…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 August 1903 · page 2

The following motions will be dealt with at to-night's meeting:— Alderman Dwyer to move,—"That the Water Inspector be instructed to prepare and lay…

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Local and General News, An Alderman in Trouble an Amusing Case

The Yass Courier · Friday 28 August 1903 · page 2

THE new sanitary system introduced by the local council gave rise to a highly amusing case on Tuesday last when James Dyball, an alderman, was charged…

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The Borough Council

Goulburn Herald · Friday 28 August 1903 · page 3

MET last night. Present—the Mayor and Ald. Roberts, Richardson, Line, Donnelly. Dwyer, Rogers, Ayling, and Barrett. REPORTS.—The finance committee (August…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 August 1903 · page 6
Also in The Burrangong Argus, The Young Chronicle

The Council met on Thursday night. Present —the Mayor and Aldermen Roberts, Richardson, Line, Donelly, Dwyer, Rogers, Ayling, Barrett…

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Our Borough Council

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1903 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above was held last Monday night, when the following members were in attendance--Aldermen Mills (Mayor)…

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