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Murray · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1876

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Towong Shire Council

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 15 July 1876 · page 9

An ordinary meeting of this Council was held on Tuesday, July 4th; present—Councillors Broome, Lynch, McNichol, and Parker. The minutes of former meeting and…

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Wodonga Shire Council

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 22 July 1876 · page 11

An ordinary meeting of this council was held at the Shire Hall, Wodonga, on Thursday; there were present the President (Mr. J. Woodland), Councillors Bambrick, Reidy, Lochhead, Maher,…

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Deniliquin Municipal Council. Monday, July 17

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 July 1876 · page 2

Present—Aldermen Evans (in the chair), Burchfield, and Mackenzie. Minutes of previous regular meeting were read and confirmed…

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Municipal Council. Thursday, 29th July, 1876

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 26 July 1876 · page 2

Present, Allen Lakeman, Esq., (Mayor), Aldermen Sabine, Tartakover, Williams, and Churche. Minutes of last meeting read and confirmed. A letter was read from Mr Robert M'Donald,…

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Rutherglen Borough Council. Monday, July 24Th, 1876. Present--Crs Hunter (in the chair), Audley, Booth, Douglas, King, Lord, Meehan, and Nott

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 July 1876 · page 3

The new member, Cr. Lord, having signed the usual declaration, took his seat at the council table. The minutes of the previous…

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Albury Borough Council

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 29 July 1876 · page 10

A special meeting of this body was held on Monday evening: the members present being Alderman L. Jones (in the chair), and Aldermen Fallow, McLennan, Adams, Thorold, Waller, and…

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Towong Shire Council

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 5 August 1876 · page 11

An ordinary meeting of this Council was held at the Shire Offices, Tallangatta, on Tuesday, the 1st inst.; there were present the President (Mr. Sutherland) in the chair, and Councillors Lynch…

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Loans to Municipalities Bill

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 August 1876 · page 4

The following is the full text of the bill introduced by the Colonial Treasurer, to authorize advances of money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the purpose of loans to…

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Deniliquin Municipal [?] Monday, July [?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 August 1876 · page 2

Present—A. W. F. Noyes Esq. [?] men Davidson, Watson, [?] Minutes of previous meeting [?] confirmed…

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Rutherglen Shire Council Ordinary Meeting. Saturday, August 5th,1875

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 August 1876 · page 3

Present--Crs. Burrowes (President), Doolan, Bray, Olcorn, and Fraser. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed,…

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Rutherglen Borough Council. Monday, August 7Th, 1876

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 August 1876 · page 3

Present--Crs. Hunter (in the chair), Nott, Meechan, Buckley, Douglas, King, Lord and Audley. Crs Audiey, King and Meehan. re-elected…

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Wodonga Shire Election

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 12 August 1876 · page 11

Very little excitement—we had almost written interest—was displayed in connection with the municipal elections at Wodonga, on Thursday. Evidently the ratepayers considered a contest…

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Rutherglen Shire Council. Extraordinary Meeting. Tuesday, August 15th, 1876

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 August 1876 · page 3

Present--Crs. Burrowes (President), Scott, Fraser, Neilson, Olcorn, Stewart, and Doolan. NEW COUNCILLORS…

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Wodonga Shire Council

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 19 August 1876 · page 11

An ordinary meeting of this Council was hold at the Shire Offices on Thursday ; there were present —Councillors Woodland, Bambrick, Reidy and Lochhcad. The newly-elected councillors, Maher…

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Deniliquin Municipal Council. Monday. August 14

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 August 1876 · page 2

Present—A. W. F. Noyes, Esq. (Mayor), Aldermen Davidson, Burchfield, and Watson. Minutes of previous regular meeting were read and confirmed…

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Albury Borough Council

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 19 August 1876 · page 10

The ordinary meeting of this body was held on Wednesday evening last, the members present being—the Mayor, and Aldermen M’Lennan, Adams, Thorold, W. J. Jones, and Fallon. The…

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Rutherglen Borough Council. Monday, August 21St, 1876

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 August 1876 · page 3

Present--Crs. Hunter (Mayor), King, Buckley, Audley, Lord, Booth, and Mechan. The minutes of the previous…

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The Rutherglen Borough Council and the Electoral Roll. To the Editor

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 September 1876 · page 4

SIR,--The other day my mental comatosety received a considerable waking up on my being incidentally informed that that august…

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Deniliquin Municipal Council. Monday. August 28

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 September 1876 · page 2

Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Evans, Watson, Burchfield, and M’Koozie. Minutes of previous regular meeting were read and confirmed…

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Municipal Council. Thursday, 31st August

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 6 September 1876 · page 4

Present:—Allen Lakeman, Esq., (Mayor), Aldermen, Williams, Churche, Tartakover. Minutes of last meeting read and confirmed. A conversation arose as to the alignment of the streets;…

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