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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1909

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Municipal Council

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1909 · page 3
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

The ordinary meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Monday evening last, the 26th inst., the Mayor presiding. There ware also present—Aldermen Ryan, Ritter,…

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Narromine. Municipal Council

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 28 April 1909 · page 2

The ordinary meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Monday night. The Mayor (Alderman Hogan) occupied the chair, and there were also present: Alderman J. F…

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'Putting the Acid on the Lord Mayor.'

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 28 April 1909 · page 2

EVERY now and then in a big city like Sydney there occurs some instance of malicious injury to property, so motiveless that one is inclined to set it down as the work of a mental…

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Police Court. Tuesday, April, 27. (Before Mr. C. E. Osclear, P.m.) Municipal Cases

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1909 · page 3

Fourteen ratepayers were summoned for arrears of sanitary dues, and a verdict for the amount with coats was given in each case…

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Municipal Council and the Dreadnought Fund

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 April 1909 · page 4

An appeal from the Lord Mayor of Sydney for contributions towards the Dreadnought Fund was received by the Wellington Municipal Council on…

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A Municipal Breeze

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 April 1909 · page 2

There was a slight breeze in the municipal council on Thursday evening between Aldermen Deveson and Me Leod, but it did not reach the dignity of…

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Cobar Council

The Cobar Herald · Friday 30 April 1909 · page 4

A meeting of the above Council was held at the Chambers on Wednesday. Present:—Alds. Morrison (Mayor),. Hogan, Phillips, Duffy…

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"Putting the Acid on the Lord Mayor."

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 8

Every new and then in a big city like Sydney there occurs some instance of malicious injury to property, so motiveless that one is inclined to set it down as the…

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Magquarie Shire Council. Monthly Meeting

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 May 1909 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Macquarie Shire Council was held at the shire office on Saturday. There were present Crs Gaden (president), Fuller,…

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THE Western Herald ANd Darling River Advocate Wednesday, May 5, [?]. the Council

The Western Herald · Wednesday 5 May 1909 · page 2

There was no q[?]rum of the Council of the Municipality of Bourke of Monday night, notwithstanding that there was a considerable amount of business…

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A Militant Mayor. Defies the Police

The Cobar Herald · Friday 7 May 1909 · page 3

The by-laws committee reported to Broken Hill council meeting that the police had been requested to enforce the " move on" clause in…

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Municipal Council

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 8 May 1909 · page 3

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held in the Town Hall on Monday night last. His Worship the Mayor (Alderman H. W. Hogan) presided, and…

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What London's Lord Mayor Can Do

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 8 May 1909 · page 7

ALTHOUGH from time to time the powers of the Lord Mayor over the City have been much curtailed, they are still a good deal more extensive than is…

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Municipal Council. Fortnightly Meeting

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 May 1909 · page 3

The fortnightly meeting of the Wellington Municipal Council was held in the Council Chambers on Thursday evening, there being present Aldermen…

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A Council Case

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 May 1909 · page 2

Among the cases listed for bearing at the Small Debts Court on Friday, before Mr. Oslear, P.M., was one in which the Municipal Council proceeded…

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Shire Council. President

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 11 May 1909 · page 2

A meeting of the above was held on Friday last. Presidents Councillors F. G. Failes (President), D. I. Watt, C. Murchison, T…

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Round Wrightville. COUNCIL

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 11 May 1909 · page 3

What some of our local aldermen called a 'cricis' occurred in connection with the Wrightville Council on Friday evening last. A…

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Talbragar Shire Council

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 12 May 1909 · page 2
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

The regular meeting of the Talbragar Shire Council was held on Saturday last, the 8th inst. The president (Councillor T. H, Mathews) was in the chair, and there…

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