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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1908

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Cobbora Shire Council

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 May 1908 · page 3

The Cobbora Shire Council met at Cobbbra on Saturday, 9th inst., at Walker's Hotel. The President took the chair at 8…

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Wellington Municipal Council. Fortnightly Meeting

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 May 1908 · page 3

The adjourned fortnightly meeting of the Wellington Municipal Council was held in the Council Chambers on Monday evening. Present: Aldermen…

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Ex-alderman Matheson's Appointment. Report of Water and Lighting Committee

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 May 1908 · page 5

There was a good number of ratepayers in the vicinity of the Council Chambers on Monday evening, many of them no doubt being attracted by…

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Macquarie Shire Office. (To the Editor.)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 May 1908 · page 4

SIR,—My letter of the 6th inst. was merely an explanation of the reason of removal of the Shire Office, and not, as Mr. Johnston seems to think, an…

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The Municipal Election

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 May 1908 · page 4

Very little public interest was manifested in the election of an alderman for Nanima Ward in the Wellington Municipal Council to take the place of…

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Cobbora Shire Council

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 3

The Cobbora Shire Council met at Walker's Hotel, Cobbora, on the 11th inst., when there were present Councillors Whiteley (president), Manusu, Ross, Patrick,…

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Narromine. (From Our Own Correspondent). Shire Council

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 5

The Timbrebongle Shire Council held their ordinary meeting on Monday, the 11th inst, when there were present the president (Councillor T. M. Scott) and…

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An Ex-mayor's Bankruptcy

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 3

Before the Acting-Registrar in Bankruptcy at Condobolin, George Randell said his official duties as alderman and Mayor of Condobolin had run him into financial…

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A Mayor's Expenses The Penally of Popularity

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 3

IN the course of his examination before the Acting-Registrar in Bankruptcy at Sydney on Tuesday, George Randall, of Condobolin, whose estate was sequestrated on March 16…

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A Council Clerk in Trouble

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 5

Arthur Joseph Chapman, late council clerk of the borough of Burwood, was charged at the police court Sydney, yesterday, with embezzling £214s, moneys of the Municipality. Accused…

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Empire Day and the Labor Council

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 5

The Labor Council of Sydney, replying to the British Empire League, decided last night to take no part whatever in the celebrations of Empire Day…

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The Labor Council and the I.d. Act

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 5

It is understood that the Labor Council intends to revoke the proposal that workers should decline to register under the Industrial Disputes Act…

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The A.M.P. Society's Case. Mr. G. E. Campbell's Appeal to the Privy Council

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 4

ON Monday last the Privy Council at London heard the appeal of Mr. G. E. Campbell against the decision of the Supreme Court of New South Wales upholding Mr. Justice Walker's…

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The Municipal Election No Nominations Received

The Wellington Times · Monday 18 May 1908 · page 3

A very unsatisfactory position has developed in connection with the election of an alderman to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of…

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The Shire Conference. Decisions Arrived at

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 2

A CONFERENCE of delegates from the various Shires of the States was opened on Monday, at the Grand Central Hotel, Sydney. There was a fairly large attendance. Talbragar Shire was…

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The New Method of Municipal Rating. Its Complications

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 2

THE Municipal valuers generally (says an inspired article in the " Daily Telegraph ") in assessing on the unimproved capital value, appear to have taken the present selling value of…

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Term of Municipal Assessments. Another Problem under the L. G Act

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 3

A POINT came up last week at the Redfern Police Court as to how long the present Municipal assessments will slant for, i.e whether the term will be one year or three. Mr. King…

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Macquarie Shire Office. (To the Editor.)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 May 1908 · page 5

Sir,—Referring to the Shire Council matter. In my previous letter to you. I simply stated the facts as they occurred, and I agree with Mr. Lorton…

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The Municipal Election

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 May 1908 · page 4

Mr. F. K. Kennard, the returning officer for the municipal election which was to have taken place as a result of the retirement of ex-Alderman…

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'Round Wrightville 'And my lash it stings COUNCIL

The Cobar Herald · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 4

The ordinary meeting of the local Council was hold on Tuesday last. Present:—The Mayor (Ald. Moxon) Aldermen Condon, Sully, Hutchinson…

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