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Illawarra · Council & local affairs
74 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 4 of 4
SIR—It might be of much service to many of those residing in the northern portion of Illawarra, if you would state in your next paper how the 1s in the £, the highest rate of assessment allowed by the Act, is to be levied…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR—I regret being in the painful position of having to inform you that a class of individuals in the vicimity of Fairy Meadow have united heart and hand for the purpose of overthrowing the petition adopted by the late…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR [?] several young men, some of them not householders, have been carrying round pieces of paper, with no heading, no counter-petition attached, obtaining signatures adverse to the proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In accordance with advertisement, the Committee appointed at the public held at Dapto, on the 29th ultimo, met at Elliott's Fig Tree Hotel on Tuesday last, to deliberate and drew up a draft petition, &c. There…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE are not surprised at the opposition being offered to the introduction of Municipalities. To be misunderstood and misrepresented is the fate of new measures as well as new men, especially…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The President took his seat at five minutes to 12 o'clock. The Usher of the Black Rod announced the approach of his Excellency the Governor-General immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Wednesday last, the meeting to consider the propricty of establishing a Municipal Council, and which had been adjourned from the 24th Nov., re-assembled in the Court-house. Before any commencement was made,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Tuesday last, in accordance with adjournment, a meeting of the Committee appointed to carry out the movement to procure the incorporation of the southern portion of the Police District of Illawarra, was held at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Handbills, extensively circulated, and advertisements in the local papers, brought together, on Monday evening last, the 13th inst, the largest assemblage that ever met in Shellharbor, for any public object. The two sitting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Attorney-General obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the District Courts Bill, which was read a first time. The proposed ammendments are merely to make the bill read and operate as a whole in respect of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr John Thomas Smith, Mayor of Melbourne, and now on a visit among us, is, without doubt, a colonial celebrity, and, for aught we know, a prophet in his own country. Independently of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The District Courts Act Amendment Bill, and the Supreme Court Additional Judge Appointment Bill, and the Graduates of British Universities Hill, were read a second time, and stand for consideration in committee—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A public meriting was held in Mr Thomas' Hotel, on Tuesday, the 21st instant, to consider the desirability of having a Municipality established in the district. The meeting was not largely…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At 3 o'clock, on Tuesday afternoon, a meeting was held at Mr Thomas', to consider the desirability of a Municipality for the district. Mr Graham was voted to the chair. After some…
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