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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1904

190 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 10

The Municipal Election

Western Champion · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 11

The nomination of candidates for the three vacancies in the local Municipal Council, caused by the retirement, of Alderman Metcalfe, Medlyn and Tait…

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Original Correspondence. Municipal Reform. (To the Editor of the Grenfell Record.)

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 4

SIR,—A little over twelve months ago I addressed a letter, upon the question of rating, land values, to the press of the State. About one hundred papers were good enough to…

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Municipal Council

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 3 February 1904 · page 4

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above was held in the Council Chambers on Monday night last. Present: Aldermen Thomas Tasker,…

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Municipal Matters. The Approaching Election. Comments on the Candidates

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 3 February 1904 · page 2

The approach of the Municipal elections is herald by the appereance in these columns of the customary candidates' addresses…

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Municipal

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 3 February 1904 · page 5

The election of three aldermen to fill the vacancies in the Municipal Council, caused by the retirement of Aldermen W. Green, H…

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Wyalong Municipal Council

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 2

THE [?]nal monthly meeting of the Wyalong Council was held on Tuesday night last, the 2nd inst. Present—Ald. E. A. Neeld ([?]er), [?]men, F. Neeld, Peach…

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Parkes Council. Monday Evening. [Contributed.] Present: The full Council. COREESPONDENCE

Western Champion · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 7

Letter from Mr. J. B. Reymond, M.P., as follows:—23: 1: 04 I had a long interview yesterday with the Minister for Works about the…

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Embezzlement of a Council's Money

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 3

Somewhat of a surprise, says the Mudgee Post, was created at a meeting of the Gulgong Municipal Council on January 13 by the reading of a letter…

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Municipal Election. Public Nomination

Western Champion · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 15

At the Council Chambers on Tuesday at noon, the candidates for the vacancies in the local Council were publicly nominated. There was a…

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Municipal Notes

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 2

MUNICIPAL electors shauld not fail to record their votes to morrow. Vote for three men who will not be tied to the apron strings of any purse-proud autocrat…

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Municipal Election

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 2

TO-MORROW the people of Wyalong will have an opportunity of striking a blow for freedom, and electing to the Municipal Council man who will at least attempt to…

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Grenfell Municipal Council

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1904 · page 2

THE usual monthly meeting of the above was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday night last. Present: The Mayor (chair), and full Council. Correspondence received on motion of Alderman…

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Borough Council

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 6 February 1904 · page 2

The ordinary fortnightly and last meeting of the municipal year was held in the Council Chambers on Monday night at 7.30 p.m…

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Municipal Council. the Repairing of Roads. What the Progress Committee Did. Aldermanic Amenities

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 6 February 1904 · page 2

The Council met in the Municipal Chambers, Wyalong, on Tuesday night. His Worship the Mayor (Ald E. A. Neeld) presided, and there were…

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Municipal Matters. to Day's Election. Whom to Vote For

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 6 February 1904 · page 2

Municipal election to-day. Three aldermen to be elected. The popular choice will be, of course. Friskea, Woodward, & Wyllie,…

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Municipal Nominations

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1904 · page 2

THIS dismal function took place in the Council Chamber at noon on Tuesday last. Alderman Harveyson presided, and not one ratepayer outside some halfdozen immediately concerned was present…

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Municipal Elections. Nomination Day

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 6 February 1904 · page 2

The nomination of candidates for the position of Aldermen caused by the retirement, through the effluxion of time, of Aldermen J. T. West, A. R. West, and…

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A Boycotting Mayor

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1904 · page 2

DURING the late municipal election Mayor Neeld practiced his favorite and contemptible tactics of boycotting the "STAR" by witholding all…

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Municipal Pars

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1904 · page 2

AT the last meeting of the Council some pretty strong remarks were made by Ald. Peach in regard to the neglect of some of the aldermen to do their duty in support…

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Municipal Election

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1904 · page 2

THE Municipal election for the return of three alderman to fill the vacancies caused in the retirement of Aldermen Chudleigh, Hunter and Frisken, was…

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