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Murray · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1908

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Council Delegates in Sydney

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 September 1908 · page 2

The report of the Mayor, (Ald. Evans) and Ald. Jones on their recent visit to Sydney and interviews with the heads of departments on matters of importance…

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Municipal Appeal Court. Futher Reductions in Assessments

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 19 September 1908 · page 2

The Albury Municipal Appeal Court Mr. J. W. Fletcher. P.M., presiding [?] again resumed its sitting at the Court house yesterday morning. Mr. F. W. [?]…

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Municipal Rating. the Rates for Services

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 September 1908 · page 2

In a letter to an evening contemporary on Saturday Alderman Daniel wrote lengthily in an attempt to disprove the truth of a paragraph published in our issue of…

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Albury Municipal Valuations

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 September 1908 · page 2

Messrs. H.F. Jackson and W.F. Percy were in attendance at the town hall on Saturday to meet ratepayers in conterence with reference to arriving at some…

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Items of News Albury Municipal Appeals

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 September 1908 · page 2

The friendly appeal court dealt with 24 cases yesterday. In these the valuers are [?] totalled £11,342; the appellants valued their lands at £7205; and the…

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Wakool Shire Council. the Engineer's Instruction Book-

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 23 September 1908 · page 6

At the last meeting of the Wakool Shire Council, held at Moulamein on Thursday, 11th instant, the following little incident occurred, which some…

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Municipal Appeal Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 September 1908 · page 2

The Albury Municipal Appeal Court continued its sitting at the Court-house yesterday. Mr. Father. P.M., presided. Mr. [?] represented the council…

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Municipal Appeal Court. Assessments Cut Down

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 September 1908 · page 2

The Albury M[?] Appeal Cound con Ground a sting of the Courd-hour [?]…

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Murrumbidgee Shire Council

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 September 1908 · page 44

Ordinary monthly meeting of the Murrumbidgee Shire Council was held at the Council Chambers, Darlington, on Friday, the 11th inst. The following gentlemen…

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Coreen Shire Council

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 September 1908 · page 44

The usual monthly meeting of the above was held last week. Present-Crs. F. Dunn (president), J. F. Kingston, J. Lonsdale, A. M'Dougall, F. W. Knight, J…

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Berrigan Shire Council

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 25 September 1908 · page 5

The ordinary meeting of the above was held on Monday last when there were present :— Councillors Gorman (president), Reynoldsoy, pyle Murphy,…

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Our Sydney Municipal Council

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 25 September 1908 · page 3

[?]mee[?] the Jerilderie Municipal Court was held on Monday [?] Present:—Ald. Wise (chair), [?] Clark, Brooks, and Steele…

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"Single-tax, Gloom, and Moonshine." Discussion in Albury Council

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 September 1908 · page 41

Some little time ago Mr. J. Bowser, member for the Wangaratta electorate in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, visited Albury for the purpose of…

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Album's Sanitation. Proposed Sewerage Scheme. Discussed by the Council

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 September 1908 · page 41

A special meeting of the Albury Borough Council was held at the Town Hall on Friday evening for the purpose of discussing the proposed septic tank scehme of…

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Municipal Assessments

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 September 1908 · page 33

A decision which has caused some stir in local government circles was given at Newcastle by Acting Judge Edmunds. The Newcastle and Wallsend Coal Company appealed against…

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Albury Municipal Appeal Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 September 1908 · page 46

This court resumed its sittings at the court-house on Friday morning, Mr. J. W. Fletcher, P.M., presiding. The appeal of Elizabeth Costin was…

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DESSAIX v. Albury Municipality.—rehearing Applied For

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 25 September 1908 · page 2

It may be remembered that at the last Albury District Court Thomas Patrick Dessaix of Albury made a claim for damages against the Albury Municipal…

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Municipal Assessments. an Important Decision

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 4

A decision of Importance to Municipal Councils bas been given at Newcastle by Acting-Judge Edmunds. The matter, which came before the…

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Council of the Municipality of Hay

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 September 1908 · page 2

The Council met last night. There were present:—The Mayor (Ald. Bent), and Aldermen McMahon, Butterworth, Rawnsley, Maclure, Houston and Lincoln…

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Council Chambers

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 29 September 1908 · page 3

The Municipal Council invites tenders for the erection of Council Chambers, returnable on or before Monday next, 5th October…

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