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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1901

136 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 7

Municipal Handicap

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 2

OPEN to all ratepayers in the Borough. Prize, a seat in the Municipal Council with abuse and unpopularity added. Weight for Age. Distance, once…

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Election of Mayor

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 12 February 1901 · page 2

AT the close of the official declaration of the poll yesterday, the Returning Officer announced that on Thursday night at 7.30 o'clock a special meeting of the…

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Council Meeting

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1901 · page 2

A special meeting of the Council was held on Friday evening, the only, absentee being Alderman Bunn. This was the first meeting. since the election of aldermen, and the…

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Municipal Elections. Polling Day

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 12 February 1901 · page 2

THE polling for the election of candidates ambitions to serve in the Municipal Council of Queanbeyan progressed very quietly on Saturday. The doors were closed…

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Borough Council. Special Meeting

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 2

LAST night a special meeting of the Borough Council was held for the purpose of clacting the Mayor for the current year and Considering applications for appointments…

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Correspondence. [We do not necessarily identify ourselves with the opinions expressed by our correspondents.] Municipal Meat Inspection. (To the Editor of the Quebnbeyan Observer.)

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 2

SIR,--Some months ago when the above question arose in the Borough Council, the views prompted by circumstances expressed by some of the aldermen together with…

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Borough Council

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 16 February 1901 · page 2

The Mayoral Election meeting of the Council was held on Thursday evening last. Present: Ald Blackall (Mayor), Grady, Knox, Dixie, W. Pike, Hincksman, J. T…

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CORRESPONDENCE. Under this heading we invite discussion on all current topics of general interest to the District. At the same time it must be distinctly understood that we do not hold ourselves in any way responsible for opinions expressed. Municipal Meat Inspection. to the Editor of the Queanbeyan Age

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 16 February 1901 · page 2

Sir,—Some months ago, when the above question arose in the Borough Council the views (prompted by circumstances) expressed by some of the aldermen, together…

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Council Meeting

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1901 · page 2

At the meeting of Council last night the [?] Aldermen Bunn and Henry Accounts amounting [?] £16 [?] were passed for payment…

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Braidwood Municipal Council

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 20 February 1901 · page 2

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

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Borough Council

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 February 1901 · page 2

THERE was a full attendance at the meeting of the Municipal Council last night, including Alderman Hincksman who came in when half the business had been…

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Borough Council

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 23 February 1901 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Council was held on Thursday evening last. Present: Ald Blackall (Mayor), Grady, Knox, Dixie, W. Pike, J. T. Collett, R…

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Call of the Council

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 26 February 1901 · page 2

THE call of the Borough, Council ordered for last hight, to consider a notice filed by Alderman Knox of his intention to move for a repeal of the regulation fees fixed by…

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CORRESPONDENCE. Under this heading we invite discussion on all current topics of general interest to the District. At the same time it must be distinctly understood that we do not hold ourselves in any way responsible for opinions expressed. Municipal Meat Inspection. to the Editor of the Queanbeyan Age

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 27 February 1901 · page 2

SIR,—I ask permission to reply to a letter signed by Ald Pike, which appeared in your issue of last Saturday. The beast to which Mr Pike refers was…

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Council Meeting

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1901 · page 2

At the meeting of Council last night there was a full attendance. The correspondence consisted of advice from departments of £109 18s 9d for minor…

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Manifesto by the Evangelical Council. Character of Candidates. Parliament Should Be Opened with Prayer

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 5 March 1901 · page 3

IN view of the Federal elections the Evangelical Council of New South Wales has issued the following manifesto and appeal to the electors:--…

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Borough Council

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 March 1901 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council was held last night, when there were present. The Mayor and Aldermen Dixie, Grady, Hincksman, Collett,…

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Borough Council

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Council was held on Thursday evening, last. Present: Ald Blackall (Mayor), Grady, Dixie, W. Pike, J. T. Collett, R. Beatty,…

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Clothing the Aldermen

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 12 March 1901 · page 1

In accordance with the custom at the first Court of Aldermen, the Aldermen met at Guildhall, to inspect and select the cloth annually sent to the high…

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Dividing the Electorate. The Commissioners' Reply to the Council

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 March 1901 · page 2

THE following is the reply from the Electoral Districts Commissioners to the protest forwarded by the Borough Council against the partitioning of this electorate:--…

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