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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1905

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Municipal Council

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Dubbo Muncipal Council was held on Monday evening. His Worship the Mayor (Alderman J. A. Ryan) presided, and there…

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The Mayor-Editor " Scrap " How they Settle Differences in another Place

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 2

IN a town, the name of which wild horses should not drag from us, but which may be roughly indicated as situated the 140th degree of longitude and just about 30 miles south-east of…

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The Saleyards. Aldermen and Auctioneers Confer

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 5

A conference of members of the Wellington Municipal Council and local auctioneers was held at the Council Chambers last night in…

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Wrightville Council

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 6

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Wrightville Municipal Council was held on Wednesday night of last week. Present: Aldermen J…

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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. Saturday, January 2[?], 1905. Five Years Mayor

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 4

IN a few days Alderman J. A. Ryan closes his fifth consecutive term as Mayor of Dubbo; the present is therefore a fitting time at which to refer to some…

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Municipal Revision Court. Lists accepted without alteration

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 4

A MEETING of the Municipal Revision Court for the municipality of Dubbo was held at the Town Hall on Wednesday at noon. Present: The Mayor (Mr. J. A. Ryan. J.P.) Aldermen…

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Municipal Revision Court. An Interesting Point

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 5

THE Municipal Revision Court was held in the Town Hall on Wednesday at noon, when the municipal lists for the year 1905-6 were revised and adopted. His…

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The Council. Entries for the Municipal Stakes

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 4

Nominations were received by Alderman Deveson (who acted in the absence of the Mayor, who was in Sydney) on Monday night for the three…

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The Council Nominations

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 4

NOMINATIONS for three seats in the Council, caused by the effluxion of time, closed on Monday night. Very little interest had been displayed in…

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Municipal Council

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 2

The Usual fortnightly meeting of the Narromine Municipal Council lapsed on Tuesday night, there not being a q[?]ram present. Some of the…

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Municipal Elections

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 2

Nominations to fill the vacancies in the Narromine Municipal Council, caused by the retirement by effluxion of time of Aldermen G. W. Bell, J…

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Wrightville Council

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 5

The final mooting of the above Council fur the Municipal year was hold in the Council Chambers on Wednesday evening lust. Present—Aldermen J…

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Cobar Council

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 2

Cobar Council met on Wednesday evening. Present:—Aldermen Hogan (Mayor), Leah, Clifton, Phillips, Duffy, Padula, and Robmson. A…

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A Council's Liability. Street Wo[?]k and Siorm Water

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 6

A case inst[?] the habd[?] of a Municipal Council in its road work [?]me before the Po[?] Magistrate at Cobar on Tuesday, when Mis. Thomss…

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Erratum. Municipal Auditors

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 4

WE regret that by an error in the office the name of Mr. Joseph Field was omitted from the list of candidates for the position of municipal auditor. The error arose from the paragraph…

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Municipal Elections

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 February 1905 · page 2

Mr. Murdoch McLeod has announced that he has no intention of seeking a seat at the Municipal Council table at present, and the coming elections…

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Dubbo Municipal Council. Regular Meeting

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Monday evening. Present—His Worship the Mayor (Alderman J. A. Ryan) in the chair, and…

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The Dubbo Park. The Council's Endeavour to charge for Admission

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 2

INCLUDING in the monthly list of decisions of the Municipal Association laid on the table of the Dubbo Municipal Council on Monday was the following, which we give verbatim:--…

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A Novel Point. Voting at Municipal Elections

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 4

A legal opinion, having an important bearing on the question of the voting powers of ratepayers in municipalities, has been obtained by the Canterbury Council. This was to the…

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Municipal Elections. The Nominations

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 3

THE formal nomination of candidates for tho vacancies in the Municipal Council causud by the retirement, by effluxion of time, of Aldermen J. A. Ryan, G. Palmer,…

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