Shire Elections. Some Surprises Sprung
The Shire elections on Saturday created a good deal of interest both among the candidates and the electors. The three points at issue, or…
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Council & local affairs, 1917
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Our Open Column the Shire Election. (To the Editor.)
SIR,—To continue the controversy on the question of the Shire election is now of little avail, as the disfranchisement of the ratepayers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Empire War Council. Mr. Hughes to Go. by Next Available Steamer Sydney
The "Sun" to-day says it has good authority for stating that Mr. Hughes expects to sail for London early in February, and that he is recasting all…
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The official announcement has been made and is published to-day, declaring Messrs. G. L. S. B. M'Nickle and George Linden, elected councillors…
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The counting of votes in connection with the election of councillors in A and C Ridings of the Kyeamba Shire was completed yesterday, and the…
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The triennial elections were carried out by the Shires on Saturday lost. Some of the Councils adhered to the ballot-box system, but others…
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The ballot box spoke forcibly in the Jindalee Shire election, and almost made a clean sweep of the old Council. Only two of the old hands remain…
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An order of the day for to-night's council meeting is consideration of the report of the Finance Committee submitting estimates of receipts and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cost of Paper. City Council Printing Contract
An application from a firm of primers for an increase in schedule rates on the City Council printing contract because of the shortage and…
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At the fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council on Tues-day evening there were present:— Mayor Wright, and Aid. Dodd,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coolamon Shire Council. Special Meeting
A special meeting of the Coolamon Shire Council was held to-day at 11 a.m., when the following newly-elected councillors were present: R. K. Pyke, Hy…
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A return showing the attendances of aldermen at meetings of the council and committees, from February's, 1916, to January 31, 1917, was placed on the…
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The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the above was held on Monday evening last. There were present Aid. McPherson, Sugden,…
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There were present at the fortnightly meeting of the Wagga Council last night, Alderman Oates (Mayor), Collins, Booth, Hobney, O'Kegan,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Water Meters. German-made Goods. Wagga Council's Order. Further Developments
The matter of the German water meters ordered by the Wagga Council through the Sydney hardware firm of Robert C. Swan and Co., Ltd., months…
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At last night's meeting of the Wagga Council the Finance Committee submitted the estimates of revenue and expenditure for the current year,…
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The first meeting of the newly constituted council of the Mitchell Shire was held yesterday, there being president, Councillors Bart[?] (president),…
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The new award for road maintenance employees of Shire Councils includes special reference to travelling and camping allowances, and the…
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The first meeting of the Council after the recent elections was held yesterday in the "Express" Buildings. There were present: Crs…
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