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South Coast · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1882

34 stories in South Coast's papers · page 2 of 2

Nowra Municipal Council

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 8 June 1882 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held at the Council Chambers, Nowra, on Tuesday last, at 7 p.m. Present, the full Council, excepting Alderman Hunt, who…

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Municipal Matters

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 22 June 1882 · page 2

THE Echo, under this heading, has the following:—"The Nowra municipality appears to have placed itself in a very unfortunate position, if the report be true that the property of the borough…

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MISCELLANEOUS. Municipal Pugilism

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 22 June 1882 · page 4

A VERY disgraceful scene is reported to have taken place at a meeting of the municipal Council of Roma, m Queensland, which caps anything of the kind yet recorded. The local journal thus…

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Municipal Mutters

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 29 June 1882 · page 2

KIAMA is famed for its dairies. In former times, before women's rights were so well assorted as they are now, the occupation of Kiama "lords of the creation" consisted chiefly…

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Nowra Municipal Council

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 6 July 1882 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held at the Chambers, Nowra on Tuesday last. Present: The Mayor, and Aldermen Moss, Elyard, Graham, Hunt, and Watson…

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Broughten Creek Small Debts Court. Friday July 1, 1882. BEFORE Messrs. Frasor, M'Intyre, and Boxsell. Francis Smyth v. Broughton Vale Municipal Council

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 13 July 1882 · page 2

This case had been part heard at the provious Small Debts Court, but on the application of Council's solicitor, the plaintiff was, on that occasion, nou-suited. Acting on the advice of…

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The City Council and Sir H. Parkes' Banquet

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 3 August 1882 · page 4

A WRITER in the Echo, says:—A very funny dispuesion took place in the City Council on Thursday last, immediately after the Mayor announced that he had received a deputation…

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MISCELLANEOUS. Charges of Corruption against Mr. John Davies, C.M.G., in the City Council

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 3 August 1882 · page 2

THE usual weekly meeting of the Finance Committee of the City Couucil was held last Thursday at the Town Hall. There were seventeen members of the Council present, including…

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Value of Bradford's Tenders to the City Council

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 10 August 1882 · page 4

WHEN Mr. John Davies was defending himself last week before the City Council in the Bradford case, he said: "The amount of the blacksmithing for that year was only…

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Opening of the Parliament of New South Wales. (Abridged from S. D. Telegraph) Legislative Council. Tuesday, August 22

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Saturday 26 August 1882 · page 2

THE third session of the tenth Parliament of New South Wales was opened yesterday with the usual formula, and more than the usual amount of eclat—a…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Wednesday, August 23

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 30 August 1882 · page 2

THE PRESIDENT took the chair at 21 minutes past 3 o'clock. Mr. A. CAMPBELL informed the House that as yet the Government had not been…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Wednesday, August 30

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 6 September 1882 · page 2

THE PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. Mr. A. CAMPBELL reported that he had been offered, and had accepted, the office…

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Honour in the City Council

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 7 September 1882 · page 4

THERE are both amusements and disgust to be derived from a perusal of the report of the latest row in the City Council. The City Fathers appear there in such singular light that there is…

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Municipal Matters

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 9 November 1882 · page 2

THEY had a "feast of reason and a flow of soul" at the Numba Council last week; the discussion which took place about the repairs to Greenwell Point-road would have done credit to an assembly…

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