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Illawarra · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1898

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Kiama Council

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 2

THE above Council met as usual on Thursday last; the only absentee being Alderman Love. Minutes of previous meeting were…

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Gerringong Council. Monday, Jan. 3

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 4 January 1898 · page 2

THE fortnightly meeting of the above Council took place yesterday, when the Mayor (R. Wilson, Esq.) and Aldermen. Noble, Taylor, Sharpe, Moffitt and…

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North Illawarra Council

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the council was held on Wednesday evening, when there ware present—The Mayor (Ald. Payne), Aldermen: Williams, Philpott, Murdoch,…

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Wollongong Borough Council

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 2

The monthly meeting was held on Friday evening, when there were present—The Mayor (Alderman H. O. MacCabe), Aldermen Beatson, Wiseman,…

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Kiama Municipal Council

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 2

Tim above Council met as usual on Thursday last, the only absent member being Alderman Hunt. Minutes of previous meeting were read…

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Municipal Council Jamberoo

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 2

AT the fortnightly meeting on Saturday last. (the one which fell on Nee Year's Day having b en allowed to lapse), all, the members woo present, except Alderman…

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Gerringong Council

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 2

THE usual meeting of the above took place yesterday, when the full Council, with the exception of Alderman Sharpe, were present…

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Central Illawarra Council. (To the Editor.)

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 27 January 1898 · page 2

SIR,—I notice in Saturday's issue of your paper that the Central Illawarra Council decided to throw my letter cut as there was no truth in it. Now, sir, seeing that some…

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The New Municipalities Act

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 27 January 1898 · page 4

A correspondent writes asking whether it is true that a new Municipalities Act was passed during last session; if, so, he says, be was not aware of if, and…

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The Municipal Nominations

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 27 January 1898 · page 2

Nominations in connection with the municipal elections closed on Monday evening. CENTRAL ILLAWARRA…

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Kiama Municipal Council

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 2

THE above Council met on Thursday last at the Council Chamber, when there were present: The Mayor and Alderman Pike, Harvey, Cornford, Weston and Leggatt…

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Meeting of the Co-Operative Council. Pleasing References to the Export Trade and the Plenitude of the Season

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 2

ON Thursday lost, at Kiama, a meeting was held of the Co Operative Council of Advice appointed by virtue of a resolution passed at the conference of New South Wales…

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District Municipal Elections

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 2

THERE are no less than eight candidates for election to three aldermanic vacancies in the Kiama Municipal Council. The published list in last issue gave seven names,…

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Jamberoo Council

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 2

AT the fortnightly meeting on Saturday last there were present all the alderman expert Messrs, Love and Noble. Minutes of previous business were read,…

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Gerringong Council

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 2

THE usual meeting of the above was hold yesterday, when there were present:—The Mayor, Aldermen Hindmarsh, Blow, M. first, Noble and Sharpe…

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Shellharbour Borough Council

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 2

THE above Council met on the 22nd January. Present: the Mayor (Alderman W. C. Dunster), Aldermen Fraser, Mood, East, Couch, Fryer, Dawes and Heininger,…

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Gerringong Municipal Council. Election of Aldermen and Auditors

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1898 · page 2

The election of three aldermen in the room of Aldermen. Wilson, Noble and Sharpe, and two auditors in the room of Messrs. R. Miller and J. Walker, took…

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Borough of Jamberoo. Election of Aldermen and Auditors

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1898 · page 2

PUNCTUALLY at noon on Tuesday last Alderman M. King, who had began appointed Returning Officer for the above borough, publicly read the following…

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Address by Mr. Joseph Weston. Municipal Matters in Kiama

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1898 · page 2

ON Tuesday evening last a very sparse audience assembled in the Oddfellows' Hall to hear Mr. Joseph Weston's address to the ratepayers on municipal matters generally…

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Municipal Nominations. Wollongong

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 3 February 1898 · page 2

At noon on Tuesday the Returning-officer (Mayor MacCabe) publicly read the nominations received for the offices of aldermen and auditors as follows:—Aldermen.—East…

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