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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1910

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The Council and the Appeal. (To the Editor of the "Dubbo Liberal.")

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 6

Sir.—The Council having taken the extreme course of directing an appeal against the recent decision in the now famous water case, presumably an…

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Wellington Municipal Council. Fortnightly Meeting

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 September 1910 · page 4

The fortnightly meeting of the Wellington municipl council was held in the council the chambers on Thursday evening, there being present. Aldermen Bassett…

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The Municipal Conference

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 14 September 1910 · page 2
Also in The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate

ON Monday morning, his Worship the Mayor (Alderman J. H. Ritter) and Alderman J. A. Ryan, who have been appointed by the Municipal Council to represent that body at the annual…

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Valuer and Council. A Peculiar Case

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 17 September 1910 · page 3

AT the District Court Coonamble, on Thursday last, before Judge Gibson, H. R. Buttsworth sued the local council to recover £50 damages for the cancellation of his…

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Narromine Municipal Council

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 21 September 1910 · page 1

The ordinary meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Monday last. His Worship the Mayor (Alderman H. W. Hogan) presided, and there were present: Aldermen…

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Presbyterian Bazaar. Opened by the Mayor

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 September 1910 · page 6

The bazaar in aid of the Presbyterian Church, in connecting with which the ladies of the congregation have been working hard for a considerable time…

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Public Hospitals. Municipal Control Suggested

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 September 1910 · page 9

On the business paper of the annual conference of the Local Government Association, held last week, appeared the following notice of motion from…

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Wrightville Council. Monday Night

The Cobar Herald · Friday 23 September 1910 · page 5

Present:—Aldermen H. Davis (Mayor), Radcliffe, Rankins, T. Edmonds, Thirkell, T. Buckland and G. Kemp…

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Abolition of Municipal Wards

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 24 September 1910 · page 4

A NOTIFICATION appears in the "Government Gazette," proclaiming the abolition of wards in the Dubbo municipality, but such abolition is not to affect the representation of the…

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Talbragar Shire Council

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 28 September 1910 · page 2

THE Monthly meeting of the Talbragar Shire Council was held on Saturday. The president (Councillor W. W. Baird) was in the chair, and there were also present: Councillors Roberts,…

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Municipal Council. Adverse Criticism of the Mayor

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 28 September 1910 · page 2

THE regular meeting of the council was held on Monday evening. His Worship the Mayor presided, and there were also present: Aldermen McGuinn, Bain, Field, Palmer, Corbett,…

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Talbragar Shire Council. Monthly Meeting

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 September 1910 · page 5

The Council met on Saturday morning. Present—Councillors W. W. Baird (President), Mathews, Cummins, Wake, Graham and Roberts…

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Municipal Council. Ordinary Meeting. Long Discussion on the Clydebank Case

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 September 1910 · page 3

The Council met on Monday evening. Present—His Worship the Mayor (Alderman J. B. Ritter), Aldermen Palmer, Corbett, Wood, Wheeler,…

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No-license in N.z. the Mayor of Invercargill

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 September 1910 · page 3

We have been asked to publish the following letter, addressed by the Mayor of [?] gill to the Secretary of the No-License Association at…

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The Mayor in Sydney and Some Information He Obtained

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 September 1910 · page 2

Has Worship the Mayor (Alderman J. H. Ritter) returned to Dubbo on Saturday, having been absent for about a fortnight. The earlier portion of the…

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Cobar Council

The Cobar Herald · Friday 30 September 1910 · page 4

The above Council met on Wednesday evening. Present:—Aids. Duffy (Mayor), Phillips, Morrison, Francisco, West and Leah…

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London's Lord Mayor

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 1 October 1910 · page 5

Sir Thomas Vezey Strong has been elected Lord Mayor of London…

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Macquarie Shire Council Monthly Meeting

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 October 1910 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Macquarie shire council was held at the office on Saturday, there being present Crs Gaden (President), Fuller, Veech and…

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Shire Councils and Politics

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 October 1910 · page 2

Amongst the correspondence at the meeting of the Macquarie shire council on Saturday was a letter from the Employers' Association urging the council…

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