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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1898

106 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 6

Queanbeyan Borough Council

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 16 July 1898 · page 2

Present Ald. Pike (Mayor), J. Pike, Harris, Knox, Grady, Blackall, Firth, and Hineksman. The minutes of the previous meeting were…

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Braidwood Municipal Council

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 27 July 1898 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Council was held at the Municipal Chambers on Monday evening last. Present; Aldermen Bunn (in the chair) Kershaw, Higgins, Taylor, McDonald,…

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Council Meeting

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 29 July 1898 · page 2

OWING to there being no quorum present last night the Council meeting lapsed, the only Alderman to turn up being, the Ma o, and Aldermen Dixie, Grady,…

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Lapsed Council

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 2

The Council meeting, that should have been held on Thursday last, lapsed for want of a quorum. There were present: Ald Pike (Mayor), Grady, Dixie and Blackall…

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A Lady Mayor

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 August 1898 · page 2

A bright-faced young lady, 22 years of ago, is mayor of Kendrick, Idaho. She is Miss Jessie Parker, who was elected as an…

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Pleasant Perquisite of a Mayor

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 6 August 1898 · page 2

Once every five years the Mayor and corporation of Newcastle-on-Tyne go in state from the mouth of the river to the upper reaches to proclaim their right to…

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Braidwood Municipal Council

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 10 August 1898 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Council was hell at the Municipal Chambers on Monday evening last. Present: Aldermen Higgius (in the chair), Runn, McDonald, Lindsay, Kershaw, Taylor…

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The Borough Council

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 August 1898 · page 2

MET last night. There was only a bare quorum present--the Mayor, and Aldermen Dixie Grade Harris and Knox. The business was brief, and quickly…

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Queanbeyan Borough Council

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 13 August 1898 · page 3

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Queanbeyan Borough Council was held on Thursday night. There were present—Ald. W. Pike (Mayor), Harris, Dixie, Knox, and…

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Braidwood Municipal Council

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 24 August 1898 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Council was held at the Municipal Chambers on Monday evening last. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Kershaw, McDonald, Lindsay, Taylor and…

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The Borough Council

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 26 August 1898 · page 2

SAT last night. The absent members were the Mayor and Alderman Harris and Pike. The reading of the minutes disclosed that the result of the consideration of tenders…

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Queanbeyan Borough Council

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 27 August 1898 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the ion Queanbeyan Borough Council was held on Thursday night. There were present—Ald. Fifth (in the chair), Blackall, Dixie, Knox,…

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A Parish Council Election Address

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 27 August 1898 · page 2

One of the amusing efforts in election addresses that we have seen for some time is that of a candidate who appeared the other day for the workmen's vote for the Swanscombe…

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Braidwood Municipal Council

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 7 September 1898 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Council was held at the Municipal Chambers on Monday evening last, Present: The Mayor, Ablermen Kershew, Higgins, Taylor, Lindsay and…

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Borough Council

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 9 September 1898 · page 2

THERE was a full attendance at last night's Council meeting, with the exception of Alderman Dixie. The correspondence inwards consisted of…

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Pleasant Perquisite of a Mayor

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 10 September 1898 · page 3

Once every five years the Mayor and corporation of Newcastle-on-Tyne go in state from the mouth of the river to the upper reaches to proclaim their right to…

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Queanbeyan Borough Council

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 10 September 1898 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Queanbeyan Borough Council was held on Thursday night. There were present—Ald. W. Pike (Mayor), J. Pike, Harris, Knox,…

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The Municipal Conference

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 10 September 1898 · page 2

T[?]e Municipal Conference takes place in Sydney Town Hall at the end of the month, commencing on the 27th of September. The Mayor and Ald Blackull will represent the…

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Braidwood Municipal Council

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 14 September 1898 · page 2

A special meeting of the Council was held at the Municipal Chambers on Monday evening last. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Higgins, Kershaw, Bunn, Taylor, Lindsay and T. C. Musgrave…

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Braidwood Municipal Council

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 21 September 1898 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Council was held at the Municipal Chamber, on Monday evening last. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Kerabaw, Higgins, McDonald, Lindsay, Taylor aud…

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