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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1871

37 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 2

Municipal Council. Thursday, January, 5Th 1871

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 7 January 1871 · page 2

PRESENT—The Mayor, and Aldermen Bradley, Callaghan, Mumford, Nixon, and Hodson. A discussion took place with reference to…

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Municipal Council. Tuesday, January, 10Th 1871

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 11 January 1871 · page 2

PRESENT—The Mayor, Aldermen Callaghan, Hodson, Moxham, Mumford, and Wall. Tenders for the alignment posts were opened and considered. The tender of…

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Municipal Council. Thursday, February 9Th, 1871

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 11 February 1871 · page 2

PRESENT.—Aldermen Forsyth, Holloway, Mumford, Nixon, Wall, Higgins, and Hodson. The Clerk took the chair, and it was…

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Municipal Council. Thursday, February 23

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 25 February 1871 · page 2

PRESENT—The Mayor and Aldermen Nixon, Higgins, Moxha, Hodson, Wall and McIntosh. The minutes of the former meeting were…

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Municipal Council. Thursday, March 2, 1871

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 4 March 1871 · page 2

PRESENT—The Mayor and Aldermen Nixon, Higgins, Hudson, Mumford, Holloway, and Wall. The minutes of former meeting were read…

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Municipal Works. (To the Editor of the W. W. Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 4 March 1871 · page 2

SIR,—Will you allow me to ask the Mayor, through your valuable journal, how it is that the construction of tanks and other works now progressing in Gurwood-street were not…

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Municipal Malpractice. (To the Editor of the W. W. Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 8 March 1871 · page 2

SIR,—I have this morning road the letter of your correspondent, "Contractor," published in Saturday's issue of the ADVERTISER, and I perfectly agree therewith. Let the…

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Municipal Council. Thursday, March 9Ths

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 11 March 1871 · page 2

PRESENT—The Mayor and Aldermen Hodson, Moxham, Nixon, and Wall. The minutes of the former meeting were read and confirmed. The correspondence,…

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Scene in a Borough Council

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 11 March 1871 · page 4

THE Bathurst Municipal Council seems to have released itself from the fix in which the contentions of its aldermen had placed it. On Monday, the Corporation met to…

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Municipal Council. Special Meeting. Thursday, March 16

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 18 March 1871 · page 2

PRESENT—The Mayor, and Aldermen Hodaon, Higgins, McIntosh, and Nixon. The minutes of former meeting were read and confirmed…

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Municipal Council. Special Meeting. Thursday, March 30, 1871

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 1 April 1871 · page 2

PRESENT—The Mayor and Aldermen Higgins, Hodson, Moxham, M'Intosh, and Wall. The minutes of previous meeting were read and continued…

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Municipal Council. Thursday, April 6, 1871

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 8 April 1871 · page 3

PRESENT: The Mayor and Aldermen Wall, Higgins, Mumford, Moxham, and Nixon. The minutes of former meeting read and confirmed…

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Municipal Council. Thursday, April 13

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 15 April 1871 · page 2

PRESENT—The Mayor, Aldermen Hodson, McIntosh, Nixon, and Wall. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed, a letter was…

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Municipal Council. Thursday 20Th April, 1871

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 22 April 1871 · page 2

PRESENT—The Mayor and Aldermen Wall, Holloway, Hodson, Higgins, Mumford, Moxham, and Nixon. The minutes of the former meeting were…

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Municipal Council. Special Meeting. Thursday, April 27, 1871

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 29 April 1871 · page 3

PRESENT—Aldermen Hodson, McIntosh, Higgins, Nixon and Wall. The minutes of previous meeting were read and confirmed…

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Municipal Council. Thursday 4, May 1871

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 6 May 1871 · page 3

PRESENT—The Mayor and Aldermen Wall, Hodson, Nixon, and Higgins. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed…

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Municipal Council. Special Meeting. Thursday, May 11, 1871

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 13 May 1871 · page 2

PRESENT—The Mayor and Aldermen Wall, Higgins, Hodson, Mumford, Nixon, Holloway, and MeIntosh. The Minutes of the former meeting wore…

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The Mayor's Ball

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 27 May 1871 · page 2

A GRAND ball was given on the evening of the Queen's birthday by his Worship the Mayor. It is not usual, we believe, for the Mayors of country Municipalities to emulate…

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Municipal Council. Thursday, June 1, 1871

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 3 June 1871 · page 2

PRESENT— The Mayor and Aldermen Holloway, Hodson Mclntosh, Moxham, and Nixon. The Minutes of previous meeting were read…

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The Mayor's Ball and Municipal Man-traps

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 7 June 1871 · page 2

MY DEAR ADVERTISER,—Having returned to town, after a long rustication in the bush, I will according to promise inflict another paper upon you…

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