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Council & local affairs, 1874

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The Parliament. Legislative Council

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 7 March 1874 · page 3

ON the 25th ult., after some business of little interest to the public had been transacted, the second reading of the bill to legalise marriage with a deceased wife's sister was, after some debate, carried without…

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The Parliament. Legislative Council

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1874 · page 3

ON the 4th inst. the House approved of various plans, sections, &c. connected with the proposed extension of the Western railway to Orange, via Blayney, and afterwards, in committee, agreed to the…

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The Yass Municipal Council

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 21 March 1874 · page 5

MR. HERBERT SPENCER, in his new work on Sociology, makes some very shrewd remarks upon the irrationality of setting men to work at this or that occupation without having, as…

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Municipal Council. Tuesday, March 19

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 21 March 1874 · page 1

PRESENT:—The Mayor. Alderman Wall, Nixon. Jenkins, Cummings, Hardy, and Hodson. An apology was received from Alderman Moxham. The minutes of the previous meeting were read…

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Municipal Council. Thursday, March. 19

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 21 March 1874 · page 2

Present—The Mayor, and Aldermen Wall, Hodson, Hardy, R. Nixon, J. F. Jenkins, and Cummins. An apology was received from Alderman Moxham…

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The Parliament. Legislative Council

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 21 March 1874 · page 3

ON the 11th inst. the House discussed the Mining Bill at some length, and it was rend a second time, passed through committee, and amended. The Drummond Copper Mining Bill was read a second time and passed…

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The Parliament. Legislative Council

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1874 · page 3

ON the 18th inst., after some personal explanations by Mr Russell, the Mining Bill was recommitted, on the motion of Sir W. Manning, and an amendment excluding females from being employed in shepherding…

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Municipal Council. Thursday, April 2

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 4 April 1874 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser

Present—His Worship the Mayor, Aldermen Hodson, Mumford, Hardy, Wall, and Nixon. Apologies were received from Aldermen Jenkins and Cummins. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and…

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The Parliament. Legislative Council

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 11 April 1874 · page 3

ON the 1st inst. the Insolvency Laws Amendment Bill was read a third time, passsed, and transmitted to the Assembly for concurrence. On the 2nd inst. it was resolved that so much of…

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Municipal Council. Thursday, April 16

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 18 April 1874 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser

Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Cummins, Wall, Nixon, Hardy, and Hobson. Apologies were received from Aldermen Moxham and Mumford…

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Municipal Council. Thursday, April 30

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1874 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter

PRESENT—The Major, Aldermen Moxham, Nixon, Hodson, and Mumford. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed…

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The Parliament. Legislative Council

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1874 · page 3

ON the 29th ult. the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts Incorporation Bill was read a second time and on the following evening it was read a third time and passed. On the 30th ult. Mr. SAMUEL also brought in several…

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Municipal Reform

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1874 · page 5

THE report of the select committee of the Legislative Assembly on the working and financial position of the municipalities now incorporated, begins with the assurance that…

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Working of Municipalities

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1874 · page 5

THE select committee of the Legislative Assembly, appointed on the 19th September, 1873, for the purpose of inquiring into and reporting upon the present working and…

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The Parliament. Legislative Council

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 16 May 1874 · page 3

On the 6th inst. the Railways Land Resumption Bill and the Brands Registration Act Amendment Bill were read a second time, and some further business was transacted. On the following day, the farmer [?]…

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Reports of the Council of Education

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 16 May 1874 · page 5

THE reports of the council of education on the denominational and public schools of the colony for 1873, were laid on the table of the Assembly on Friday night. We learn from…

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Municipal Council. Tuesday, May 19

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 20 May 1874 · page 3

Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Moxham, Hodson, J. F. Jenkins, Cummings, and Mumford. An apology was received from Alderman Wall. The minutes of previous…

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