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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1905

194 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 10

Municipal Meeting

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 16 June 1905 · page 3

IN moving the first resolution at Wednesday's meeting Dr. Blackall reviewed the municipal situation, and detailed the events which led…

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Victorian Municipal Subsidy

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 16 June 1905 · page 2

The Victorian Government is reducing the municipal subsidy, which in boom times amounted to £450.000. to £50,000…

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Council Meeting

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1905 · page 2

At last night’s meeting all the aldermen, except the Mayor, were present. After reading the minutes, on the motion of Aldermen Taylor and Ellison the…

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Municipal Nomination-Day

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 20 June 1905 · page 2

ABOUT thirty poisons, not all ratepayers gathered at the Council Chambers at noon to-day, interested in the proceedings about the nomination of candidates for the seats…

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The Coming Municipal Campaign

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 20 June 1905 · page 2

MR. RICHARD MOORE, in announcing his intention to seek the Suffrages and support of the ratepayers at the forthcoming election of aldermen to fill the…

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Municipal Election

The Age · Tuesday 20 June 1905 · page 3

AT noon today the nomination of candidates for the vacancies in the Borough Council resulting from the late ousting proceedings took place. Alderman Blackall as the deputy…

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Council Meeting

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 23 June 1905 · page 2

The adjourned meeting of the Council was held on Wednesday evening. The only absentee was the Mayor. Alderman Higgins presided. The…

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The Municipal Ballot

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 23 June 1905 · page 2

ASSUMED virtue never sits easily on the wearer, and when Mr. Harrison declared, on Tuesday, that he regretted the…

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The Municipal Fight

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 23 June 1905 · page 2

THE attendance at the Council Chambers on Tuesday last, when nominations of aldermen to fill the vacancies in the Borough Council…

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Correspondence. [We do not necessarily identify ourselves with the opinions expressed by our correspondents.] the Municipal "Muddle" Explained. (To the Editor.)

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 23 June 1905 · page 2

SIR,--At the conclusion of the speeches at the council chambers on nomination day the Deputy Returning Officer (Dr. Blackall) took…

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Municipal Appeal Court. Wednesday, June 2[?]

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 23 June 1905 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate and Mr. Gale. The following appeals against the recent assessment of ratable property…

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Chicago Municipal Fight. Forty Millions Involved

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 23 June 1905 · page 4

The Chicago correspondent of the London “Daily Mail” wires on the 4th April:— One of the most exciting municipal elections ever witnessed in America is…

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Municipal Election. the Candidates' Addresses

The Age · Friday 23 June 1905 · page 2

Mr H F Downey thought it unnecessary as an ex-alderman, again to state his views, knowing that he had always given satisfaction. Since his last election in February he…

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Municipal Appeal Court

The Age · Friday 23 June 1905 · page 3

THE following appeals against the recent assessments of ratable properties within the borough were heard and dealt with on Wednesday by the Police Magistrate and Mr Gale:—…

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Correspondence. Municipal Muddle Explained. to the Editor

The Age · Friday 23 June 1905 · page 2

AT the conclusion of the speeches at the council chambers one nomination day the Deputy Returning Officer (Dr. Blackall) took up the cudgels for the Returning Officer…

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Braidwood Municipal Council

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 24 June 1905 · page 2

The Council met on Wednesday night last, being adjourned from Monday out of respect to the bereavenment in the Mayor's family. Alderman Wiggins presided in his absence. Other members…

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Municipal Election. Official Declaration of the Poll

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 27 June 1905 · page 2

The polling on Saturday was marked by a deeper interest than was ever before known in municipal elections at Queanbeyan. Both sides--that is,…

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Municipal Election

The Age · Tuesday 27 June 1905 · page 2

THE municipal election caused by the extra-ordinary vacancy in the Council by the ousting of Aldermen Downey and Woodger took place on Saturday last, and created no…

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Municipal Council

The Age · Friday 30 June 1905 · page 2

AT a special meeting of the above held last night, there were present: Aldermen Hungerford (Mayor), McPherson, Harrison Knox, Moore, Hincksman and Blackall…

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Borough Council

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 June 1905 · page 2

A special meeting of the above was held at the Council Chambers last. All the members were present with the exception of Ald. Pike. The…

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