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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1905

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Mayoral Election. Alderman J. A. Ryan Elected for the Sixth Consecutive Year

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 4

A SPECIAL meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Wednesday evening, for the purpose of electing a Mayor for the ensuing twelve months. There were…

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Municipal Council

The Wellington Times · Monday 20 February 1905 · page 2

The first meeting of the re-constructed Wellington Council was held on Thursday night. There was a bare quorum present, viz., his Worship the…

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Wellington Police Court. Friday, February 17. (Before Mr. T. C. K. McKell, P.m.) Case Against the Ex-mayor

The Wellington Times · Monday 20 February 1905 · page 3

Robert Reeves (Traffic Inspector) v. Joseph Fleming Walker, charged with wilfully trespassing upon the railway station at Wellington on 15th…

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Municipal Council

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 2

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

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Municipal Council. Fortnightly Meeting

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 2

THE fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council of Dubbo was hold on Monday evening. Present: The Mayor (Mr. J. A. Ryan, J.P.), Alderman Heane, Tighe, Palmer, Ritter, Bain…

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Narromine. Resignation of Mayor and Election of his Successor. TUESDAY, 11 a.m

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 2

AT a special summoned meeting of the Narromine Council last night Mr. J. L. Wheeler, recently elected Mayor of the Municipality, explained that certain reasons, largely of a…

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Election of Mayor. a Brief Mayoralty. Alderman Wheeler Resigns. Alderman Gunning Reelected. a Lively Meeting

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 24 February 1905 · page 2

Considerable surprise was manifested in town when it became known that Alderman John Leonard Wheeler, who had been elected Mayor of…

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Narromine. Municipal Council

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 3

OWING to the resignation of Alderman J. L. Wheeler as Mayor after holding the position for a fortnight, a special meeting was convened for Monday night last to elect a Mayor in his…

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Cobar Council

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 2

The above Council met on Wednesday evening. Present—Alderaen II. Cli[?]on (Mayor), Leah, Hogan, Phillips, Duffy. Paduls, Baker, Sm[?]lson, and Morrison…

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Municipal Imbroglio at Gulgoug. "When the Council Goes Alone."

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 4

IN Gulgong they possess a Municipal Council which, like many another, knows a thing or two and doesn't take press advice. In the first place the Returning Officer…

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Special Council Meeting

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 February 1905 · page 3

A special meeting of the Wellington Council was Hold on Thursday night for the purpose of appointing assessors for the current municipal year and to…

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A Suburban Mayor on Municipalism. A New System Imperative

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 2

SPEAKING at a function at Chatswood on Thursday evening, Alderman Mason, the newly-elected Mayor of Willoughby, used some plain words as to the urgent necessity for…

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Municipal Council

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

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above was held on Monday evening. Present: The Mayor (Alderman…

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An Alderman Ousted. Hughes v. Humphrey

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 8

THE case was decided last week in which John Carlisle Humphrey was called upon to show cause why he should not be ousted from the office of alderman…

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Municipal Council

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 March 1905 · page 3

The Wellington Council met for the transaction of general business on Thursday night last. There were present his Worship the Mayor…

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Municipal Council

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

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

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Municipal Council. Fortnightly Meeting

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

THE fortnightly meeting of the Dubbo Municipal Council was held on Monday evening. Present: The Mayor (Mr. J. A. Ryan), Alderman, Tigho, Heane, Bain, Palmer, Poterasu,…

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The Public and the "People's Park." The Council Frames By-laws to Protect the Park

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

AT the Council meeting on Monday, on the motion of Alderman McGuinn, the Council unanimously, and on the advice of the Mayor, adopted a set of now by-laws for Viotoria…

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Cobar Council

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 11 March 1905 · page 5

The regular fortnigtly of the above Council was held on Wednesday evening. Present: — Aldermen Chiton (Mayor) Leah, Hogan, Philips, Duffy…

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Municipal Council

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 7

The fortnightly meeting of the above hold on Monday night. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Gunning), and Aldermen Wheeler,…

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