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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1894

243 stories in Riverina's papers · page 9 of 13

Riverina District Council A.F.L.

The Worker · Saturday 11 August 1894 · page 2

A meeting of the above Council was held at the Union Offices, Wagga, on the 5th inst., A. Rae (President) in the chair. Correspondence was read and reports received from Corowa…

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Australian Federation of Labour, Riverine District Council

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 11 August 1894 · page 14

THE following resolutions have been passed by the above body and forwarded to the Sydney District Council of the Federation:—(1) That your council be congratulated on…

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Australian Federation of Labor. Riverine District Council

The Worker · Saturday 11 August 1894 · page 2

The following resolutions have been passed by the above body and forwarded to the Sydney District Council of the Federation:— That your Council be congratulated on the successful…

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Correspondence. (We do not necessarily endorse the opinions of our correspondents.)0 Municipal Expenditure. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 14 August 1894 · page 2

SIR,—I notice in your report of the council meeting last Thursday that North Wagga is again to the front in the way of grants to repair their roads, no less a sum than £45…

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Correspondence. (We do not necessarily endorse Me opinions of our correspondents). Municipal Expenditure. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 August 1894 · page 2

SIR,—I notice in your issue of Tuesday a letter, from Mr. E. Forrest re the expenditure of £45 in North Ward, and as a ratepayer in both South and North Ward I can…

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North Ward Municipal Vote. (To the Editor of the Wagga Express.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 16 August 1894 · page 3

Sir,—Coneerning Mr. E. Forres't remarks re the expenditure of £45 in North Ward, as a ratepayer in both North and South Wards I can speak in a perfectly unbiassed manner…

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Borough Council. a Special Meeting. Thursday Night

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 18 August 1894 · page 11

PRESENT—the Mayor (Ald. Dickson) and Ald. Howell, King, McBeath, Mangan, Pinkstone, Renehan, and Lester. Minutes were confirmed, after an addition…

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Correspondence. Municipal Expenditure. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 August 1894 · page 2

SIR,—Mr. Seymour asks me how much money has been spent on the Esplanade; my answer is [?] I have been living on that street just seven years, and not £10 has…

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Borough Council. Wednesday Night

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 August 1894 · page 3

THE following will be the business paper:— 1. Correspondence. 2. Report from the works committee. 3. Report from the library committee…

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Correspondence. (We do not necessarily endorse the opinions of our correspondents.) MUNICIPAL. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 August 1894 · page 2

Sir,—I can readily sympathise with the Esplanade man as to his tale of woe in connectoin with work so arbitrarily done and left undone by the Borough Council. I…

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Municipal Extravagance. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 August 1894 · page 2

SIR,—The extraneous matter introduced into Mr. Forrest's letter, in reply to mine of August 16, must be my apology for troubling you with a lengthy letter in reply. I hasten,…

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Municipal Extravagance. (To the Editor of the Wagga Express.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 August 1894 · page 2

Sir,—I have written to jour contemporary accepting Mr. Forrest's challenge, and hereby lodge with you a cheque for £5, drawn in favour of the Wagga Hospital, to endorse my…

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Wagga Municipal Council

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1894 · page 4
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council was held at the Town Hall on Thursday evening. A letter was read from Mr. T. Robbins,…

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Council Meeting

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 25 August 1894 · page 2

The ordinary fortnightly meeting at the Borough Council was held on Wednesday evening. Present--Ald. Dickson (Mayor) Ald. McBeath, Recehan,…

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The Council's Deadlock

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 25 August 1894 · page 2

BOROUGH politics are unusually exciting just now. That considerable interest was taken in the last Council meeting was manifested by the large…

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Borough Council. Important Meeting

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 25 August 1894 · page 9

NEARLY thirty ratepayers attended the regular fortnightly meeting of the council on Wednesday night, in anticipation of the important business for consideration. The…

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Borough Council. (Continued from another page.) a Rate Collector

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 25 August 1894 · page 12

Ald. RENEHAN moved "that applications be received from persons willing to take the position of rate collector for the Borough of Cootamundra at a remuneration…

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Correspondence. (We do not necessarily endorse the opinions of our correspondents.) Municipal Extravagance. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1894 · page 2

SIR,—Extraneous—Gondola—Tonsorial—are not bail, but I never expected, when I brushed against you, Mr. Seymour, that I should have the Alderman from North…

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The Borough Council. From a Visitor's Point of View. [Communicated.]

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 August 1894 · page 2

THERE is an awkward age which weall reach, if living and spared, when ordinary amusements, sports, pleasures, and pastimes begin to pall. Ah! you feel like Charlie, who…

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