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Murray · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1903

438 stories in Murray's papers · page 15 of 22

Deniliquin Municipal Council

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 August 1903 · page 4

The usual meeting of the Council was held on Monday evening. Present :— Ald. Jefferson (Mayor), and Ald. J. [?] Jane, Evans, Cameron, Windeyer, Wilkerson, Jones and Kelly…

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Read Work at north Deniliquin Alleged Interference by an Alderman

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 August 1903 · page 2

The Cornell Clerk, in his usual report at the Council meeting on the 10th inst, stated that the ganger in charge of number of men at North Deniliquin who were being paid from a special…

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Rutherglen Shire

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 September 1903 · page 2

The only contest in the Shire this year was for the [?]t vacated by Cr. O'Des (South Riding). There were only two candidates--Messrs. H. Williams jun, and…

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Municipal Election. Yesterday's Poll

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 September 1903 · page 2

The poll for the election of a Council of nine aldermen and two auditors was conducted yesterday at the Court House. Great interest was taken in the…

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Balranald Municipal Council. Monday, August 24Th, 1903

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 2 September 1903 · page 2

Present—The Mayor (Ald. Green-ham), Aldermen Dowling, Comitti, and M'Innes. On the motion of Ald. Comitti,…

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Wodonga Shire Council. Wednesday, September 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 September 1903 · page 24

Present—Councillors Beardmore (President), Whan, Leighson, Bacoett, M'Farlane, and M'G[?]ch. CORRESPONDENCE…

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Municipal Council

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 4 September 1903 · page 5

A meeting of the Jerilderie Municipal Council was held on Monday evening last. Present: Aldermen Kennedy (chair), Steele and Brooks…

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Lord Mayor's Fund

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 September 1903 · page 2

Several towns in Riverina appear to be making good use of the above fund to Improve their surroundings, although it was designed to relieve n[?]tious…

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First Meeting of Council

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 September 1903 · page 2

The first meeting of the newly-elected Council will be held to-day, the aldermen having been summoned to meet at 12 noon at the School of Arts by the…

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At the Council Table

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 4 September 1903 · page 2

[?] President McGrady:—“We say we are right in the stand we have taken, and what is more the public is with us to a man, an shown by the…

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Narandera. Tuesday, September 1. Council Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 September 1903 · page 16

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Council was held on Monday evening last. The Railway Commissioners wrote, seating that they still adhered to their former…

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Municipal Election. Declaring the Poll

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 September 1903 · page 2

On Tuesday morning last upwards of 100 ratepayers assembled, at the Court House for the purpose of hearing the poll declared in connection with the…

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Municipal Financing

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 September 1903 · page 2

The Mayor of Marrickville (Alderman T. England) has established something like a record in municipal financing (says the "S.M. Herald") During the…

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The Rising in Turkey. Alarm In Stamboul. Bulgarian Council of War. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Monday 7 September 1903 · page 2

The situation in Turkey continues critical in the extreme, and the tension in Constantinople, is very severe. The Constantinople correspondent of…

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Our Aldermen

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 September 1903 · page 2

If our artist does not disappoint us, we shall present readers with some One [?]ne drawing portraits of our newly elected [?]dermen in Friday's issue. The…

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Corowa Municipal Council

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 September 1903 · page 3

The first meeting of the above was held on Friday last at the School of Arts. There were present-- Aldermen Shortt, Cbivell, Gardner, Thompson,…

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Hay Municipal Council

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 9 September 1903 · page 2

The Council met on Monday night. There were present:—The Mayor (Alderman Gibson), and Aldermen Butterworth, Horton, Bent, and…

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Balranald Municipal Council. Monday, September 7Th, 1903

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 9 September 1903 · page 2

Present—The Mayor (Ald. Grsenham), Aldermen and Dowling. On the motion of Ald. Close, seconded by Ald Dowling, the minutes…

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Rutherglen Shire Council Mems

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 September 1903 · page 4

At the monthly meeting of the above on Saturday last a letter was read from G.G. Ha[?] Wahgunyah, asking permission to disturb the main road in…

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Interesting to Aldermen

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 September 1903 · page 2

A care which created considerable local interest was heard at the Mudgee police court recently, before Mr. Edwards. S.M. and other magistrates…

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