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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1914

169 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 9

Braidwood Municipal Council Elections

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 2

The Town Clerk at 12 noon yesterday read the list of nomination received for aldermen for the ensuing triennial period As there were only six nominations for the…

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The Perfect Alderman

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 2

IT may interest our aspirants for civic honors to know that the late T. W. Goodge, who was one of the ablest writers on the country press, thus explained…

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Municipal Council Election, January 31st, 1914

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 2

FELLOW ELECTORS,—HAVING been nominated as a Candidate for the above election I desire to state briefly that if elected, my best…

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Correspondence. the Municipal Elections. (To the Editor.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 2

S[?],—Seeing that there are 17 candidates a for Municipal honors seven of whom are retiring alderman, I would like if same was procurable…

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To the Ratepayers of the Municipality of Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 2

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.—At the request of a number of Rate-Payer's I have followed myself to be nominated as a Candidate at the forthcoming…

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To the Ratepayers of the Municipality of Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 2

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,—At the request of numerous ratepaye's I beg to announce that I am a candidate for election to be held on Saturday next…

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Municipal Pars

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 2

GOULBURG candidates for the municipal elections intend addressing the ratepayers from the public platform…

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Shire Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 2

A MEETING of the Yarrowlumla Shire Council was held in the Shire Council Chambers on Tuesday last. Present: Crs. Falconer (President),…

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Yarrowlumla Shire Council

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 2

A meeting of the Yarrowlumla Shire Council was held in the Shire Council Chambers on Tuesday last. There were present--Crs. Falconer…

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Yarrowlumla Shire Elections

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 2

THE ballot papers for the Yarrowlumla Shire elections, in which voting by post prevails, have been in the hands of electors for seven days. If the matter…

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The Civic Steeplechase. a Forecast. Seventeen entries: Nine Prizes. To be run to-morrow, January [?] Winners, each a seat in the Municipal Council, with diminishing Popularity, Heaped up Contumely, and Carping Criticism added. Losers winning the Consolation Stakes of peace of Mind, Popular Respect, and Honoured Citizenship. Officials.—Judge, J. H. Hincksman, Esq. ; stakes, Alfred Lazarus, Esq., J. P. ; clerk of the course, C. Black, Esq. ; Clerk of the scales, F. Penney, Esq

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 2

There was a large and fashionable crowd of rate payers present to witness this interesting Triennial event run. This no doubt was owing to the…

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Municipal Elections

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 2

On Wednesday evening lost upwards of one hundred persons attended at the Triumph Hall to hear Mr. J. G. Harris speak in support of his candidature, as well…

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To the Ratepayers of the Municipality of Queanbeyan. Ladies and GENTLEMEN

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 3

IN again presenting myself to your service after six years as an Alderman, I do so with the full confidence on my past record, which consists of an attendance…

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To the Electors of the Municipality of Queanbeyan

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 3

LADIES and GENTLEMEN,--HAVING again been nominated as a Candidate for Alderman at the forthcoming Triennial Municipal…

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Municipal Elections. Some of the Candidates [?]

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 2

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Correspondence. Municipal Elections (To the Editor)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 2

SIR.—I should be glad [?][?] He as a large number of [?]not a [?]…

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Shire Election

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 2

The election of two councillors for B Biding of Tallaganda Shire for the triennial period takes place to-day. There are five candidates for the two vacant seats—Messrs…

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The Elections. Shire and Municipal Contest. Declaration of Poll

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 2

THE triennial Local Government elections for municipal and shire councils throughout the State took place on Saturday. A great deal of…

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"Swamping" the Council

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 2

The Government will doubles interpret the popular verdict in its favor as a mandate to abolish the Legislative Council with all possible speed. There…

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The New Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 2

The new council will meet for the first time on Thursday night. Messrs Harris, Purcell and G. Morton are the new aldermen and taken right…

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