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Mid North Coast · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1908

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Council Elections

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 2 January 1908 · page 4

WITH the close of the present month Shire Councils and Municipalities are brought into line under the Local Government, Act. On the last Friday…

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The Dairy. Municipal Milk Depots

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 2 January 1908 · page 7

The following are the main provisions of the Bill Introduced into the House of Commons by Mr John Burns, President of the Local Government Board…

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Gloucester Shire Council

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 6

A meeting of the Council was held on Saturday, 28th December, 1907. Present:—Councillors Bell, Higgins, W. N. Laurie, J. E. Laurie, and…

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Municipal Council

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 2

THE usual meeting of the above body was held in the Town Hall on Monday week. The Mayor occupied the chair, and there were also present—Ald. Baird, McLaren…

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Shire Council

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 3

A MEETING of the Macleay Shire Council was held at the Council's rooms, West Kempsey, on Thursday January 2nd. The president, Counciller G. A. Hill, occupied…

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Shire Council Expenses

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 5

AT the last meeting of the Blaxland Shire Council a letter was read from the Public Works Department stating that the…

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Borough Council

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 5

THE Usual fortnightly meeting of the Council was held on friday night last There were present:—The Mayor (Ald. Small), Aidn, O'Halloran…

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Stroud Shire Council

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 6

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Stroud Shire Council was held at the Council Chambers, Stroud, on Saturday the 4th January. There…

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Municipal Council

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting was held in the Town Hall on Monday evening last. The Mayor occupied the chair, and there were also present:—Ald. Hayward, Fenn…

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Council Elections

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 3

With the close of the present month shire Councils and Municipalities are brought into line under the local Government Act, On the last Friday…

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The Shire Elections

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 2

At the present moment tenty elector of this State is confronted with a most solemn and serious duty, for upon the vote to be oat in the various Shires within the next few days depends, in a large…

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Municipal Nominations

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 2

Yesterday (Friday) being nomination day in connection with the forthcoming election, at the Town Hall at north the Returning Officer, Mr. W. A. Spence, in the presence…

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A Word to Municipal Candidates and Voters. (To the Editor.)

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 4

Sir,—I trait that you will allow me to submit several points which I think well worth considering by the electors, especially those who are candidates for municipal…

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New Municipal Laws. How Elections Are to Be Conducted

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 4

The advent of the New Year brings into full operation the provisions of the Local Government Act. For the first time the whole of the aldermen retire from office…

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Local Government. Shire Nominations

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 6

Up to the present no interest has been manifested in the official nominations for the Shire Council, and the proceedings at the Council Rooms on Friday last were…

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Borough Council

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 5

THE last meeting of aldermen in the present Municipal year was held on Friday night last in the Council Chamber. There were present—The Mayor (Ald. Small)…

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Hastings Shire Council

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 2

The last meeting of the members of the present Council met at Wauchope on Thursday last. Five of the sitting members will seek re-election, but the familiar figure of the first President will be…

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Municipal Council

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 2

The final meeting of the above body, under the old Act, was held in the Town Hall on Monday night. The Mayor occupied the chair, and there were also present:…

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Shire Rates

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 4

At the Small Debts Court, Maclean, the Harwood Shire Council sued several persons for rates. The plaints having been issued while the appeals were pending, all the…

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Gloucester Shire. [To the Editor]

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 2

SIR.—A report being in circulation that I, in my position as a Councillor of 'this Shire, am in sympathy, and did advocate the spending of Shire funds…

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