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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1918

122 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 7

Municipal Council

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

The aldermen met last night for the transaction of the usual fortnightly meeting's business. The Mayor and Aldermen Land, Freebody, Woodger, Breen and…

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Shire Council

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the above was held at the council Chambers on Tuesday last, there being present Crs. T. J. Kelly (president). G. A. McInnes, J…

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Tallaganda Shire Council

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 4

The Council met yesterday. Present : Crs. P. Roberts (president), J. Heazlett, W. U. Alley, J. J. Feehan, and J. E. Mackellar…

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Municipal Council

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 8

The Council met on Monday night. Present: Ald. J. J. Donnelly (Mayor), G. Fisher, M. Anderson, J. Stoyles, J. Vider, E. N…

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Lively Council Meeting

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 2

Further rowdy scenes occurred at a meeting of the Randwick Municipal Council on Tuesday night. Eventually the Mayor told Alderman Danaher that if…

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Municipal Council

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 2

Alderman Woodger was the only absentee from the fortnightly meeting of the above Council, held last night…

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Hard-up Council

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 4

Central Illawarra Municipal Council is so short of funds that at the last meeting the Mayor stated that the council had not sufficient funds to pay the workmen, and…

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Attack on Town Clerk. Vote of Confidence by Council

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 8

On Monday evening last a special meeting of the Municipal Council, convened by the Mayor, was held to consider certain…

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The Mayor's Trophy

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 2

The competition for the trophy presented to the Queanbeyan Rifle Club by the Mayor, Ald. A. H. Colett, has now been concluded…

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Shire and Municipal Employees

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 2

Recently the Shire and Municipal Employees' Union applied for and obtained de-registration as a union in the Federal Court. This action is the preliminary…

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Municipal Council

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 5

The fortnighly meeting of the Council was field on Monday night last. Present : Aid. J. J. Don nelly. (Mayor), G. Fisher, E. N…

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THE Queanbeyan Age. Friday, January 25, 1918. Land for Soldiers. Shire Council Criticism. the Departmental Attitude

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 2

The Minister for Lands (Hon. W. G. Ashford) has noticed the frequency with which Shire Councillors criticise the actions of his…

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Unfair Reports. Resented by the Council

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 8

When the Municipal Council met on Monday night the Mayor said the report of the last meeting in the "News" was very unfair. It…

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Municipal Council

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 2

The fortnightly meeting was held last night there being present, Mayor Collett, and Aldermen Land, Murphy, Freebody, Woodger, Keeffe, Breen and Harris…

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Tallaganda Shire Council

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 4

The Council met yesterday. Present: Crs. P. Roberts (president), L. Chapman, J. E. Mackellar, J. J. Feehan, and J. Heazlett…

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Yarrowlumla Shire Council

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 2

All the members were present at Tuesday's meeting of the above Cr. T. J. Kelly, President, presiding. The Finance Committee's report was…

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The Shire President. Honor Again Confered on Cr. T. J. KELLY, J.P.

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 2

Cr. J. J. McJannett proposed that Cr. Kelly be re-elected President. He said Cr. Kelly was an ideal President and who had the respect and confidence of all the…

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Election of Mayor. ALDERMAN A. H. COLLETT, J.P., CHOSEN

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 2

A special meeting of the Municipal Council was held last night for the purpose of electing a mayor for the ensuing year. The only absentee from the…

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Municipal Council

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 3
Also in The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer

The Council met on Monday night. Present: Ald. J. J. Donnelly (Mayor), G. Fisher, M. Anderson, E. N. Mutton, J. Vider, J…

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