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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1897

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Council Meeting. Wednesday Night

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 2 January 1897 · page 2

A meeting of the Borough Council was held on wednesday evening. Present-- Aid- Pinkstone (in the chain). A d. Reneban, Bartley, McConaghy, Siratton, and…

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Municipal Lighting Rate

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 7 January 1897 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the Municipal Council was held last night for the purpose of appointing a delegate to attend a municipal conference iu Sydney, to cooperate with…

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Wagga Municipal Council

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1897 · page 2

THE ordinary fortnightly meeting of the council was held on Thursday evening. There were present—Aldermen Williamson (chair), Edney, Cooke, Chauncy, Rudd and…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. "This is true liberty when free born [?] Having to [?] public. may speak free." Milton. Saturday, January 9, 1897. Municipal Lighting Rates

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1897 · page 2

FOR many years the power of levying lighting rates within the boundaries of municipalities possessing gasworks was undoubted and unquestioned, but a…

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The Press and the Mayor

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1897 · page 4

The Mayor moved the adjournment in order to refer to a telegram which had appeared m the S. M. Herald on 2nd instant and a paragraph in the Cootamundra…

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In the Council

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1897 · page 4

On Friday night the ever perennial water supply question came up again for a lot of talk and no result. Ald. McConaghy opened the discussion by…

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Borough Council. Friday Night

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1897 · page 3

PRESENT—the Mayor (Ald. Matthews) and Ald. Pinkstone, Mangan, Renehan, Stratton, Lester, McConaghy, Bartley, and MacMahon…

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The Public Works Department and Municipal Councils. [To the Editor of the Evening News]

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 4

SIR,—I notice publicity given in your brevities to-night to the fact that the Minister for Public Works has sharply re-puked the Cootamundra Council for…

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The Municipal Elections

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 19 January 1897 · page 2

WITH the approach of the time fixed for holding the Municipal Elections a healthier interest than has prevailed for some time is being taken in municipal matters. It is…

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The Municipal Elections

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1897 · page 4

UNDER the Municipalities Act of 1867 the annual municipal elections fall in February; and they are of such importance that, if the Federal…

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Municipal Races. Horses in Training

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1897 · page 5

NOW the annual race meeting round the borough course is approaching, perhaps a few tips about the possibilities of the horses in the field and their condition may not be…

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Wagga Municipal Council

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 4

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the council was held on Thursday evening. There were present—The Mayor, and Aldermen Williamson, Arnott, Cooke, Rudd,…

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

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 2

SIR,—The Municipal elections are coming round ratepayers should have an eye on all who want to squander money on public baths; there are quite enough "dead…

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Municipal Elections

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 2

THE Returning Officer (Alderman Heydon) attended at the Town Hall lust night, when the following nominations were received for the aldermanic vacancies in the Borough…

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The Municipal Election. Retiring Aldermen

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 27 January 1897 · page 2

Aid. Siration referred to the aldermen who were retiring. He said AM. Manrein was one of the oldest aldermen who sat in the Council, and he hopel the…

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The Federal Council

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 27 January 1897 · page 2

The Federal Council were to meet in Hobart on Tuesday, and a meeting of Australian Premiers will also take place there. With the exception of Mr Deakin, the West…

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Council Meeting. Friday Night

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 27 January 1897 · page 2

The Borough Council wet oil Friday night. Present-- The Mayor, and Ald. Renehan, MacMaho, Bartley, McConaghy, Siratton, Latur, Mangan, and…

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Borough Council. Friday Night

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1897 · page 3

PRESENT—the Mayor (Ald. Matthews) and Ald, Pinkstone, Mangan, Renehan, Lester, Stratton, McConaghy, Bartley, and Mac Mahon…

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The Federal Council

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1897 · page 4

The Federal Council was opened in Hobart at noon on Wednesday by the Governor of Tasmania with ihe usual ceremonies in the presence of a large number of ladies and…

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The Federal Council. [By Telegraph.] Hobart

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1897 · page 2

The Federal Council sat to-day, and unanimously agreed upon a motion of Sir John M'Intyre (Victoria), instructing the Standing Committee to draw up an address…

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