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Council & local affairs, 1898

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Wagga Municipal Council

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 May 1898 · page 4

THE ordinary meeting of the council was held on Thursday evening. There were present:—The Mayor (Alderman Coleman) and Alderman Hayes, Rudd, Burgess,…

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Hilston Municipal Council

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 28 May 1898 · page 1

THE Council met on Wednesday evening, when there was a full attendant of Aldermen, the Mayor presiding. The minutes of the previous…

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Borough Council. Wednesday Night

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 28 May 1898 · page 4

PRESENT. — Ald. Matthews (chairman), Pinkstone, Mangan, Lester and Bartley. She Mayor was absent on account of business to be brought before the meeting in…

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Wagga Municipal Council. the Erection of a Public Library. Initiatory Steps. the Consolidation of Sub-committees

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 May 1898 · page 3

The regular fortnightly meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council was held at the Council Chambers, Town Hall, on Thursday evening. There were present: His Worship…

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Hillsten Municipal council

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 11 June 1898 · page 2

THE Council met on Wednesday evening. There were present—the Mayor (Ald. R. W. Stewart), and Aldermen Fullarton and Kopke…

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Wagga Municipal Council

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 June 1898 · page 2

THE ordinary meeting of the council was held on Thursday evening. There were present:—The Mayor (Alderman Coleman), Aldermen Heydon, Cooke, Arnott,…

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The Wagga Council's Accounts

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 June 1898 · page 2

The Wagga Municipal Council, at its meeting on Thursday evening, took into consideration a proposal by Ald. Hayes to affect an alteration in the present system of the…

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Borough Council. Wednesday Night

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 11 June 1898 · page 5

PRESENT—the Mayor (Ald. Stratton) and Ald. Pinkstone; Mangan, Howell, McConaghy, Bartley, and Matthews. An apology was made for Ald. Dichson…

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Labor Federation. Sydney District Council

The Worker · Saturday 11 June 1898 · page 7

The representatives of the affiliated Societies mot at the Trades Hall on the 2nd instant. In the absence of the President (Mr. Sam Smith), Mr. J. O…

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Wagga Municipal Council. a New Ward Recommended. a Question of Finance. Interest on the Water Works Account. an Important Proposal

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 June 1898 · page 2

The regular fortnightly meeting of the Wagga. Municipal Council was held at the Council Chambers, Town Hall, on Thureday evening. His Worship the Mayor occupied…

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Wagga Municipal Council

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 14 June 1898 · page 2

A special meeting of the council to consider the report of Mr. G. R. Chappoll, mechanical engineer of the waterworks, was held lost evening. There were present:—The Mayor…

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Borough Council. Saturday Night

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 15 June 1898 · page 4

AN important and urgent special meeting of the council was called for Saturday night, to deal with the resolution and declaration for extension of the water mains reticulation…

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Town Hall Report. Adopted by the Council. the Mayor's Casting Vote

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 June 1898 · page 8

After a breezy Bitting of the City Council they adopted the report on the Town Hall in globo, on the casting vote of the Mayor…

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Borough Council. Tuesday Afternoon

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 18 June 1898 · page 6

PRESENT— the Mayor (Ald. Stratton) and Ald. Mangan, Howell, Matthews, Dickson, McConagby, and Lester ; and apologies were received from Ald. Pinkstone and Bartley…

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Sydney Municipal Reform

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 June 1898 · page 2

THE recent investigation into the municipal affairs of Sydney has apparently not taken place before it was needed, and indeed it would have been both pleasant and…

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Borough Council Wednesday Amd Thursday Nights

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 June 1898 · page 10

THE council are still enduring the no quorum epidemic. On Wednesday night, after waiting the statutory half-hour, the meeting had to be adjourned till the…

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Legislative Council

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 June 1898 · page 2

On Tuesday evening in the Council, the adoption of the Address in Reply was moved by Mr. Lees, seconded by Mr. Jago Smith. Sir Julian Salomons during the debate…

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To Night's Council Meeting

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 June 1898 · page 2

In addition to the ordinary routine business at to-night meeting of the Borough Council the Aldermen will take into consideration a motion by Ald. Hayes to the effect. "That…

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Hillston Municipal Council

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1898 · page 2

The Council met on Wednesday evening. There were present, the Mayor, and Aldermen Wilson and O'Donnell. The minutes of the previous meeting…

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Aldermen in Conclave. Meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council. Memories of the Past. Remembrances of a Departed Colleague. the Waterworks Interest. Repairs to the Streets

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 June 1898 · page 5

The fortnightly meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council took place at the Council Chambers, Town Ball, on Thursday evening. The Mayor (Ald. Geo. Coleman) presided…

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