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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1905

194 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 10

The Municipal Council’s Officers

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 21 April 1905 · page 2

The following letter appeared in last Wednesday’s “Dispatch”:— [TO THE EDITOR OF THE DISPATCH]. Sir,—With reference to your condensed…

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Municipal Council

The Age · Friday 28 April 1905 · page 2

AT the ordinary meeting of the above last night, there were present:— Aldermen Blackall (chair), McPherson, Knox, Pike, and Hincksman…

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Borough Council

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 2 May 1905 · page 3

THE ordinary meeting of the Borough Council was held on Thursday evening last, Ald. Blackall presiding. There were…

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Council Meeting

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 2 May 1905 · page 2

An ordinary meeting of the Borough Council was held on Thursday night last, the members present being Aldermen Blackall (chair), Hincksman,…

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Snubbing a Lord Mayor

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 1

" It is the ancient custom for the now Lord Mayor of London, attended by the Recorder and Sheriffs, to come into the Law Courts and be introduced to the Lord Chief…

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Queanbeyan Borough Council. Motion to Oust Two Aldermen. Rule Granted

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 2

THE rumours which have been thick in the air nearly ever since the last municipal election, at the effect that the seats of two out of the three…

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Local & General Council Meeting

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 2

At the Council meeting last night the only absentee was the newly-elected alderman, who sent an apology for unavoidable avoidable absence. The correspondence…

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The Municipal Muddle

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 2

ON Friday last, writs were served on Aldermen Woodger and Downey, in connection with the above. It is…

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Braidwood Municipal Council

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 10 May 1905 · page 2

The usual meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Monday night, the Mayor, Alderman Maher, in the chair. The other aldermen present were Messrs. Kershaw, Ellison, O'Connell, Higgins,…

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Municipal Council

The Age · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 3

AT the regular fornightly meeting of the above last night, there were present: Aldermen Hungerford (Mayor), Atkinson, McPherson, Knox, Pike, Blackall, and Hincksman…

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The Shire Boundaries

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 2

We are in receipt of a copy of the map of the boundaries of the proposed shires, comprising the coast and Highlands, and from Wollongong to the…

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Borough Council

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 2

THE ordinary fortnightly meeting of the above was held in the Council Chambers last night when there were present-- Aldermen H. J. Hungerford…

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Queanbeyan Borough Council

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 7

The “Observer” writes:—The rumours which have been thick in the air nearly ever since the last municipal election, to the effect that the seats of two…

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A King’s Motor Car. an Outspoken Mayor

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 5

King Al[?] motor-car having been recently damaged by an electric tramway car in Madrid, orders were given for the prosecution of the tramway…

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The Municipal Muddle

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 2

THE affidavits in conection with the above are now public property. Summarised they are to the following effect:—…

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Queanbeyan Age with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror & Captain's Flat Miner. Friday, May 12, 1905. Trouble in the Council

The Age · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 2

THE rule has been granted by his Honors Mr. Justice Cohen, on the affidavits of Messrs W. S. Hill, E. C. Hincksman and J. H. Hincksman, to issue writs against Thomas…

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Borough Council

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 16 May 1905 · page 3
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THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council was held on Thursday evening last, the Mayor, Ald Hungerford,…

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An Alderman Fined

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 23 May 1905 · page 2

THERE was a peculiar development at the Rockdale Council meeting on Thursday night, when Alderman Gardiner Morton was fined. A…

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Braidwood Municipal Council

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 24 May 1905 · page 2

The regular fortnightly meeting of the Council took place on Monday evening. Present: Alderman Higgins, who took the chair in the absence of the Mayor, and Aldermen Kersbaw, Ellison,…

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