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Mid North Coast · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1909

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Municipal Council

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 6

THE ordinary fortnightly, meeting of the Council was held on Friday night. There were present the Mayor (Ald. S. L. Rudder), Aldn. W. T. Dangar,…

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Electing a Mayor

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 4

ON Thursday a special meeting of the Deniliquin Municipal Council was called to elect a Mayor. Only from responded, and the meeting adjourned sine die. the four,…

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Election of Mayor

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 6

A special mooting of the Council was held after the general meeting on Friday night for the purpose of, electing a Mayor for the ensuing year…

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Shire Council Meeting

Nambucca News · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 4

Continuing our report from last issue, amongst other correspondence dealt with were letters from the Works Department stating that the proclamation of legal…

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Kempsey Municipal Council. Ald. Small Elected Mayor

Macleay Argus · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 15

A SPECIAL meeting of the Council of the Municipality of Kempsey was held on Friday of last week for the purpose of choosing a Mayor for the…

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Kempsey Municipal Council

Macleay Argus · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 19

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Friday last week. The Mayor (Ald. Rudder) occupied the chair, and…

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Our Municipal Council

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 2

THE regular meeting of the above was held in the Town Hall on Monday night. Present—Ald. Rosenhaum (Mayor), Steward, Orr, McLaren and Atkinson…

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Municipal Points

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 3

THE monthly meeting of the Local Government Association was held lost week in the room, Queen Victoria Markets. Mr. J. Wheeler presided…

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Municipal Control

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 8

THE Telegraph says there can be retained hardly any doubt that the attempted boycott—if it can be so-called-of the City Council's…

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Shire Engineer Entertained

Nambucca News · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 4

On Wednesday evening a number of Bowraville residents assembled at Gilkison's hotel to bid farewell to Mr. W. H. Grant, late Engineer of Bellingen…

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Macleay Shire Council

Macleay Argus · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 19

A SPECIAL meeting of the above Council was held on Monday last for the purpose of receiving the auditor's report and adopting the balance…

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Aldermen and Trouble

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 5

A DISGRACEFUL Brawl occurred at the Richmond Council meeting, Windsor, one night recently. When the appointment of the works committee came before the…

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The Tuberculin Test. Some Information for Kempsey Aldermen

Macleay Argus · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 8

IN view of the proposal made to the Kempsey aldermen at last meeting by the Stock Inspector to subject registered cows to the tuberculin…

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Municipal Council

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 4

A MEETING of the Council was held on Friday night last. There were present:—Alda. Small, Barnett, Bowe O'Meara, Dangar, O'Halloran and…

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Shire Councils and Box Drains

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 3

A PorsT in regard to tho powers of Councils over box drains constructed prior to the passing of tlie Local Government Act was raised in a case hufore Mr. W. Rurton Smith, P.M., in which the Wellington Municipal Council proceed against John £. O'liiien, licensee of tho Great Central Hotel, for that, .having, without the permission of the Council, branched n private drain from his premises into the public drain under the control of the Council, in contravention of…

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Points in Municipal Law

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 3

REFERENCE was recently made to the Small Debts Court action commenced by Redfern Council to recover rates in respect of St. Vincent's and St…

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Municipal Fish Trade. Sydney

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 4

Last night the Lord Mayor said the Council must go into the fish agency business in a thorough manner, and success was beyond doubt…

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Mr. Lee and the Shire Council

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 8

When the ceremony of filing the first shot was over, the Minister for Works repaired to the Shire Chambers, where he was met by the Councillors…

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Kempsey Municipal Council

Macleay Argus · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 13

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Friday last week. In the absence of Mayor Rudder, Ald. Small was…

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Our Municipal Council

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above was held in the Town Hall on Monday night. Present—The Mayor (in the chair), Ald. Fenn, Atkinson, McLaren, O'Connor, Orr and Stewart…

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