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New England · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1907

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Shire Council

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 2

The Yallaroi Shire Council met on Friday last. Present: Councillors R. Capel (deputy- president), F. Houston, W. Phillips, G. Pendergast, J…

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Dumaresq Shire Council

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 4

THE third meeting of the Dumaresq Shire Council was held at the local Municipal Chambers on Saturday last, when there were present Crs. Hiscox (president),…

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The Council Halts

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 2

Some of the Shire Councils are having a little difficulty in the appointment of engineers. The Yallaroi Shire Council had, as it thought, completed all…

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Municipality Fined £40

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 3

In No. 1 Jury Court before Mr. Justice Owen and a jury of four, the Attorney-General proceeded against the Municipal Council of Parkes for…

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Dumapesq Shire Council

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 2

A meeting of the Shire Council was held at the Council Chambers on Saturday morning when there were present: Cr W. Hiscox (Chairman),…

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LOCAL & General News. Guyra Shire Council

Guyra Argus · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 2

A meeting of the Guyra Shire Council wil be held on Monday next, at the Courthoure, at 9.30 a.m…

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Municipal Council

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 2

IN consequence of Tuesday being a holiday, the Council meeting was held on Monday evening. In the absence of the Mayor, Aid. Healey presided, and Aldermen Rule,…

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Shire Councils. McINTYRE SHIRE

The Inverell Times · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 2

The above Shire met at their offices on Saturday last. There were present Councillors Gordon (President), Arthur, Hughes, Bucknell, and the temporary…

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Bannockburn Shire

The Inverell Times · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 2

The above Shire Council met on Saturday last when there were present Councillors J. W. Anderson (President), Makim, Cosh, and Cooper…

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Shire Officers

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 2

WHEN the Local Government Bill was poising through Parliament considerable [?] was felt officers of the [?] change would have upon their positions. Many feared that the local…

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Lord Mayor in Paris. the Third Visit

The Inverell Times · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 3

The third State visit of a Lord Mayor of London to Doris was very notable. It occurred in January 1875, after an interval marked by…

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Apsley Shire Council

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Council Chambers on Saturday morning, the following being present:-- Crs. W…

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Municipal Council

The Uralla News · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 2

At a special meeting of the above held oil Friday, 28th alt., there were present: Mayor Carter and Aid. Burdeley, Harrisson, Low, and Henry…

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Shire Councils' Engineers

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 2

The Local Government Act gays distinctly (section 48), "That the Shire Councils shall fix the salary for the…

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Correspondence. [BY giving insertion to letters, we are not necessarily identified with the opinions or statements contained therein.] Vagaries of Our Municipality. (To the Editor of the Uralla News.)

The Uralla News · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 2

Sir,—Inconsistency is generally annoying, but it is often decidedly amusing; and inconsistency is writ large over our municipal armugemeuts…

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Shire Council

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

The Yallaroi Shire Council met on Friday. Present: Councillors Capel (deputy-President), Phillips, Pendergast, and Donaldson, and the acting…

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MacIntyre Shire Council

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

A meeting of the[?] shire was held at the offices on Saturday morning [?]. There were present [?] C. G. Gordon[?]…

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Guyra Shire Council. [By Telegraph.] Guyra

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 5

THE Guyra Shire Council, to-day, fixed a salary of £300 per yew for Shire Engineer, and offered the position to Mr. J. R. Solomons, of Armidale…

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Gostwyck Shire Council. [By Telegraph.] Uralla

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 5

THE Goatwyck Shire Council met here on Saturday night, all the members being present except Councillor Smith. Seventeen applications for the position of Shire Clerk,…

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Severn Shire

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

ON Friday Intimation was received that Severn Shire had been classified as a fourth class shire, and that the endowment due for the first year would total £3181. The unimproved capital value…

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