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

Council & local affairs, 1906

312 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 16 of 16

Our Local Parliament. Among the Aldermen. [Written for the CHAMPION.]

Western Champion · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 4

Elsewhere in this issue I have dealt briefly with some aspects, historical and otherwise, of our municipal existence, and now propose to devote a…

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Parkes Council Clerk

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 18

PARKES Municipal Council has dismissed the Council Clerk, the charge against him being neglect to inform the Mayor or the alderman of the fact that a…

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The Council Fine

Western Champion · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 14

In consequence of the correspondence from the Crown Solicitor's Department, published elsewhere, statutory declarations, signed by the Mayor…

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An Indifferent Municipality

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 25

THE successful issue of the case, Rex v. Municipality of Parkes, and the infliction of the full fine in the Supreme Court was mentioned at the…

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The Municipality of Parkes. Chiefly Historical—with Some Ideas and Opinions. [Written for the CHAMPION.]

Western Champion · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 23

The exact date at which the idea of embracing what a gallant and popular ex-mayor is fond of describing as the "City of Parkes" and it's vicinity…

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Borough Council

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 22 December 1906 · page 4

The ordinary meeting of tho Borough Council was held in the Council Chambers on Monday night. Present : Ald. Dr. Foley (Mayor), Golsby,…

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The Raid of Koepenick. Captain and Mayor

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 22 December 1906 · page 4

The London "Daily Telegraph" humorously summarises, in a leading article on the 18th October, the details of the "joke" which has set all Europe…

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Goobang Shire Council

Western Champion · Friday 28 December 1906 · page 6

At the meeting of the above shire, briefly reported in our last, it was resolved to write to the Lachlan Shire Council proposing that it should…

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Parkes Council. Special Meetings

Western Champion · Friday 28 December 1906 · page 10

A special meeting of the Parkes Municipal Council was held on Thursday evening, the Aldermen present being Messrs Close (Mayor), Medlyn,…

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Weddin Shire Council

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 29 December 1906 · page 2

THE above Council met on Saturday last. Present: Councillors J. Newman (chair), W. W. Priddle. G. K. Minter, J. Jones, and P. McGrath…

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Waugoola Shire Council

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 29 December 1906 · page 4

A meeting of the Councillors for the above Shire was held in the Municipal Council Chambers on Saturday afternoon. Present: Crs. Sloan (president), Purcell,…

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Lord Mayor in Paris. the Third Visit

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 29 December 1906 · page 3

The third State visit of a Lord Mayor of London to Paris was very notable. It occurred in January, 1875, after an interval marked by…

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