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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1911

175 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 9

Municipal Appeal Court. Monday. (Before Mr. Gates, P.M.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 5 April 1911 · page 2

Albert Graham appealed against the assessments on Lot 12 of Section 4, Wallace-street, on the ground that it was excessive. Appellant said be was under the impression…

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Municipal Council

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 3

A special meeting of the above council was held last night, to consider tenders for lighting street lamps. and also to confirm the striking of the rate for…

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Municipal Council. Special Meeting

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the above was held last night for the purpose of confirming the resolution passed at the ordinary meeting held on the 3rd proximo…

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Municipal Council

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the above council was held last night, the members present being the Mayor (Ald. Collett), and Aldermen Woodger, Woodward,…

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Municipal Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 6

MEMBERS present at last Thursday's monthly meeting of the above were: The Mayor and Aldermen Woodger, Woodward, Hannan, Deans and…

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Municipal Council

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 2

A meeting of the Rraidwool Municipal Council was held on monday night last. Present: Aldermen Higgins (Mayor), O'Connell, Anderson, Stoyles, Hill, Taylors, and Lindaay…

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Yarrowlumla Shire Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 2
Also in The Queanbeyan Observer

THE monthly meeting of the above council was held yesterday, the only absentee being Cr. Gordon, from whom an apology was received…

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Councillors and Aldermen in Conference. the Proposed Amalgamation of the Municipal and Shire Councils. the Aldermen Reject the Proposal

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 2

LAST night a conference of the Shire Councillors and Aldermen took place in the Municipal Council chambers with respect to the former council's suggestion to amalgamate…

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Conference of Aldermen and Councillors

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 2

Members fo the Yarrowlumla Shire Council and the aldermen of the Municipality of Queanbeyan met last night in the Chambers of the letter to consider…

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Tallaganda Shire Council

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 2

A meeting of the above Council was held on Thursday. Present: Crs. Hassall (President), Alley, Byrne, Roberta, and McDowall…

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Advertising for a Mayor. an Example of the German Idea of the Way to Govern a City

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 4

German cities are the best governed in the world. How far apart are the ideas of Germans and Americana on the subject of city government…

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Municipal Council

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 2

A meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Monday night last. Present: Aldermen Taylor (in the chair), Stoyles, Hill, Grenenger, Lindsay, O'Connell, Anderson,…

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Municipal Council. a Breezy Meeting. Alderman Woodward in Good Form. Alderman Hannan's Motion Carried. Fortnightly Meetings Again

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 2

THE council met last night. Present: The Mayor, and Aldermen Gibbs, Woodward, Woodger Land, Hannan and McInnes. After the disposal of the routine business,…

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Municipal Council

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the above council was held last night, the members present being the Mayor (Ald. Collet), and Aldermen Gibbs. Woodward, Land,…

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Correspondence. Our Aldermen and Council. (To the Editor)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 May 1911 · page 2

SIR,—On reading your report of the Queanbeyan Municipal Council's meeting in Friday's issue of the AGE, and noticing the "storm in the tea cup" raised over the…

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Who Shall Rule? Pastures Board or Shire Council?

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 24 May 1911 · page 6

The Shires Conference was occupied for three hours on Thursday afternoon in discussing the following proposal by the Mulwarree, Oberon, Hume, Macleay, Lake…

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Municipal Council

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 24 May 1911 · page 2

A meeting of the local Municipal Council was held on Monday night has Present: Aldermen Jas Higgins (Mayor), Stoyles, Grenenger, Taylor, Hill, and Anderson…

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Correspondence. Our Aldermen and Council. (To the Editor)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 2

SIR,—I invite your correspondent “Australian” to step off the fence on which he is so jauntingly balancing and crowing, and state his cure for the following ills:—(1)…

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Yarrowlumla Shire Council

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 2 June 1911 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the above Council was held on Wednesday last, all the councillors being present. The Finance Committee's Report…

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