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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1906

289 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 15

Council Meeting

The Age · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council was held last night. Present : The Mayor and Aldermen Hincksman, Pike, Knox, Harrison, Atkinson and Moore…

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Municipal Election

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 2

There appears to be a little more interest taken in the Annual Municipal Elections this year than for some time past. For the three vacancies, five…

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Municipal Nominations

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 2

TO-DAY at noon, the nominations were officially declared by the returning officer. Aid. Atkinson, in the presents of a large number of…

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Municipal Election. Nomination Day

The Age · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 2

AT the Council Chambers at noon to-day, in the presence of a large number of ratepayers, the Returning Officer (Alderman E. G. Atkinson) read the…

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Municipal

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 2

THE indifference or satisfaction, as the case may be, which in many municipalities has permitted the return unopposed of the retiring…

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Municipal Election

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 2

At noon on Tuesday, the Returning Officer, and Mayor, (Alderman Maher) attended at the Council Chambers when the following candidates were nominated…

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The Municipal Stakes

The Age · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 2

PRIZE, a seat in the Municipal Council for three years with abuse and unpopularity added. Weight for age. Distance, one round the municipal boundary…

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Queanbeyan Age, with Which Are Incorporated, Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror and Captain's Flat Miner. Friday, February 9 1906. the Municipal Elections

The Age · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 2

ON nomination day, Mr. H. J. S. Hungerford sought to impress upon his hearers what a very fair-minded man he was,…

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The New Mayor

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 2

At the meeting of Council last night, Alderman Higgnis was practically elected unanimously as Mayor. Alderman Chapman was proposed, but declined to…

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Municipal Elections

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 2

A HEAVY vote was recorded on Saturday, the three "reform " candidates proving successful. The polling was:…

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Municipal Election

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 2

At noon yesterday. Alderman Maber, Returning Officer, announced the result of the municipal election held on Saturday, as under:—Donald Grant, 98…

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Municipal Election. Polling Day

The Age · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 2

A POLL for the election of three aldermen to the Queanbeyan Borough Council was taken on Saturday last and from early morning until the hour for closing…

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Braidwood Municipal Council

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 2

The Council met on Monday night at 7.30. Present: Aldermen Maher (Mayor), Kershaw, Chapman, O'Connell, Taylor, Grant, Higgins, and Lindsay…

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Election of Mayor

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 3
Also in The Queanbeyan Observer

THE formal business of electing the Mayor was gone through at the Council Chambers at noon yesterday…

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Mayoral Election. ALDERMAN E. G. Atkinson Unanimously Elected

The Age · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the borough aldermen was held in the council chambers yesterday, at noon, for the purpose of electing a mayor for the ensuing year…

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Council Meeting

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 2
Also in The Age

The regular meeting of Council was held on Monday. The newly-elected alderman, Messrs Grant Chapman, and O’Connell, having each signed the…

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Borough Council

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 2
Also in The Queanbeyan Observer

The first meeting of the new "Reform" Council was held last night. There were present: The Mayor (Ald. Atkinson), Ald…

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