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

Council & local affairs, 1903

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Municipal Baths

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 31 August 1903 · page 2

A necessary detail to which the Council might very well direct their attention, in view of the approaching summer and the permanent sheet of water now…

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New Municipal Bill

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 1 September 1903 · page 4

Replying on Thursday to Mr. W. Affleok, who asked the Colonial Secretary if he intended to introduce and restore to the business paper, at…

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Yass Municipal Council

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 3 September 1903 · page 2

The fortnightly meeting of the Council took place 011 Tuesday evening, Mayor Cusack in the chair, and present also Aid. Howard, O'Brien, Tierney, and…

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The Council and the Relief Fund

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 3 September 1903 · page 2

Granting the sway of the very best motives, the decision of the local Council on Tuesday night, on the laboriously argued initiative of the Mayor, to apply…

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Yass municipal Council. a Strange Request

The Yass Courier · Friday 4 September 1903 · page 2

A MEETING of the Council was held on Tuesday evening. There were present the Mayor, and Aldermen Thane, Tierney, O’Brien, and Howard…

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The Financial Position of the Council

The Yass Courier · Friday 4 September 1903 · page 2

AT the Council meeting on Tuesday night a balance sheet of tho Council was laid on the table and the same was advertised in Tuesday’s Gazette. On…

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Witty Alderman

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 5 September 1903 · page 1

There are some good punsters amongst the members of the Murrumburrah Council, and occasionally they indulge in a…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 9 September 1903 · page 2

AT to-morrow night's meeting Ald. Dwyer will move:— "That the town clerk be instructed to obtain from manufacturers of acetylene gas…

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Borough Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 September 1903 · page 2

The following will be dealt with at to-night's meeting:—Alderman Dwyer to move—1. "That the Town-Clerk be instructed to obtain, from…

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The Borough Council

Goulburn Herald · Friday 11 September 1903 · page 4

MET last night, present the Mayor and Ald. Richardson. Dwyer, Rogers, Barrett, Line, Costley, Ayling, Donnelly, and O'Brien PETITION.—The Mayor read a petition from…

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Boxing Under Municipal Auspices

Goulburn Herald · Friday 11 September 1903 · page 2

ALDERMAN John Gilbert drew the attention of the mayor at a meeting of the Newcastle Borough Council on Monday night to a report which had appeared in the local press…

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Municipality for Crookwell

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 11 September 1903 · page 2

THE special general meeting of the Crookwell Progress Association was held at the School of Arts rooms on Wednesday night. There was a good…

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Borough Council

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 12 September 1903 · page 2
Also in Goulburn Evening Penny Post

The usual fortnightly meeting of Council was held in the Council Chambers on Thursday evening last. Present--The Mayor (chair), Aldermen Rennie, Ehrlich,…

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Our Borough Council

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 12 September 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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Borough Council

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 16 September 1903 · page 3

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

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Municipal Conference

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 16 September 1903 · page 2

THE twenty-first annual meeting of the Municipal Association was opened at the Sydney Town Hall yesterday under the presidency of the Lord Mayor, who, in…

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Municipal Conference

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 September 1903 · page 2

The municipal conference was continued on Wednesday. In two days about 180 delegates, representing 112 councils, have attended. A motion from Uralla, protesting against councils and…

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The Municipal Conference

Goulburn Herald · Friday 18 September 1903 · page 2

WAS continued in Sydney on Wednesday and concluded yesterday. A motion from Uralla, protesting against councils and public bodies having to send all communications to public…

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Municipal Association

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 18 September 1903 · page 2

AT the annual session of the Municipal Association on Tuesday, the Lord Mayor strongly complained of the absence of local government. The…

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