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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1887

16 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Municipal District of Cooma. Thursday, April, 6

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 9 April 1887 · page 3

PRESENT: The Mayor (Alderman O'Rourke), in the Chair, and Aldermen Haiu and Wetch. MINUTES…

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Municipal District of Cooma. Tuesday, May 3. PRESENT: The Mayor, Aldermen Rolfe, Faulkner, Hain and Harris. MINUTES

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 7 May 1887 · page 2

The minutes of the previous meeting were real and signed. FINANCIAL. The Finance Committee…

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The Municipal Council

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 7 May 1887 · page 2

IT Joes seem super fluous to say that the Municipal District Council of Cooma is a public body. It is from this fact that we are led to the…

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Cooma Municipal Council. Thursday 7Th JuNE, 1887. Pretext: The Mayor, Aldermen Rolfe, Faulkner, and Hain. MINUTES

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 11 June 1887 · page 2

Thee minutes at the previous meeting were read and confirmed. CORRESPONDENCE. A letter of a private character was read…

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The Municipal Meeting

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1887 · page 2

AN important meeting of the Council was held on Tuesday evening last, when accounts were pasted and orders mads amounting to over £550. It will…

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The Municipal Council

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 2

THERE is a right and a wrong way in doing everything, but within those two borders there are many different stylet. For instance, there is the straight way…

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The Municipal Council

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 6 August 1887 · page 2

THE ordinary monthly meeting of the Council was held on Tuesday evening last. A large amount of nervous excitement was visible at the opening…

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Municipal District of Cooma Tuesday, Aug. 2Nd 1887

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 6 August 1887 · page 4

PRESENT:—The Mayor in the chair, Aldermen, Welsh Hain, Faulkner and Roife. MINUTES…

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Municipal District of Cooma. Tuesday, 6th September, 1887

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 10 September 1887 · page 2

PRESENT: The Major, Alderman Faulkner and Hain. MINUTES. The minutes of the previous meeting…

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Important to Municipalities

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 1 October 1887 · page 4

A DEFINITE answer to a question of great importance to municipal councils and ratepayers in general has been lately given by the judicial…

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Municipal Election

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 19 October 1887 · page 2

THE nomination of candidates for the coming Municipal election to fill the vacant seat in Cooma Council took place in the Council Chambers on Monday. The Mayor read the…

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The Municipal Contest. (To the Editor of the Me[?] Mercury.)

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 22 October 1887 · page 2

SIR,—It is currently reported that Mr. Wigg has retired from the above [?] If such is the case he is like a man who under took a long journey and when in sight of his…

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Cooma Municipal Election. (To the Editor of the [?] .)

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 22 October 1887 · page 2

SIR,—By the [?] of the Local Government bill published in your last issue. I find that civil servants are dispualified for the office of alderman, or [?] in any…

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Municipal Election

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 26 October 1887 · page 2

THE election of an Alderman, in the place of Mr. J. Harris, resigned, took place at the Council Chambers on Saturday last. Mr. D.O'Rourke. Mayor presiding. There…

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Cooma Municipal Council

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 19 November 1887 · page 3

WEDNESDAY, [?]TH NOVEMBER, 1837. PRESENT:—The Mayor, Aldermen Dodds, Harn, and Welch. MINUTES…

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Cooma Municipal Council Tuesday, 6Th December, 1887

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 10 December 1887 · page 2

PRESENT:—Aldermen J. Hain (in the chair) Dodds Rolfe and Faulkner. MINUTES. The minutes of the previous meeting…

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