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South Coast · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1894

113 stories in South Coast's papers · page 6 of 6

Defeat of the Lady Mayor of Onehunga. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 30 November 1894 · page 2

Mrs. Yates, Mayor of Onehunga, N.Z., was a candidate for the second term of office, but was defeated by 31 votes…

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Berry Municipal Council

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 1 December 1894 · page 3

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Wednesday evening last, there being present Aldermen R. V. Boyd (Mayor), Geoghegan, Towers, Ewing,…

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Nowra Municipal Council

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 5 December 1894 · page 2

THE ordinary meeting of the above was held on Monday night. present the Mayor (Alder-man Graham), and Alderme [?] Westbrook, [?]yam, Monaghan, and Whittell…

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Grazing in the Park. the Mayor Discovers Tracks [?] Lead to Only One Conclusion

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 5 December 1894 · page 2

THE matter of keeping the grass down at the Recreation Ground has been a voxed question with some of the ratepayers, but up to the pre-sont nothing has been done, at least not…

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Public Baths for Nowra. the Matter Mentioned in Council

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 5 December 1894 · page 2

THE matter of providing Nowra with public baths was broached by Alderman Whittell at the council meeting on Monday night. The alderman said it appeared to him that they might…

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Danger from Hush Fires. the Council Can Take No Action

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 5 December 1894 · page 2

THE recent bush fires led a number of rate-payers to petition the Mayor to call a public meeting to take some steps to [?] property owners to clear away the scrub from their…

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Bega Municipal Council. Monthly Meeting

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 7 December 1894 · page 2

THE above meeting was held on Tuesday night last in the Council Chambers, when the following were present :—The Mayor (Ald. Bland) in the chair, and Ald…

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Legislative Council. Land Bill Under Consideration. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 7 December 1894 · page 2

The Land Bill baa been read a second time on the voices of the Legislative Council…

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Intercolonial Telegrams. (From the Telegraph Correspondent.) the Land Bill in the Council. Amendments Proposed. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 14 December 1894 · page 2

The Legislative Council has amended the Land Bill in the direction of an extension of the principle of tenant right. Mr. Pigott has given notice of a very…

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Berry Municipal Council

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 15 December 1894 · page 3

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held in the Chambers, Berry, on Wednesday evening last, there being present Aldermen R. V. Boyd (Mayor) Ewing, Kennedy,…

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The Town Council and the Weeds. to the Editor of the Resister

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 15 December 1894 · page 2

SIR,—May I be permitted through your valuable paper to draw the attention of the Council to the quantity of “ink weed” growing along the various roads and footpaths of the…

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Nowra Municipal Council

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 19 December 1894 · page 2

THE ordinary meting of the Nowra Municipal Council was held on Monday right. Present.—The Mayor (Alderman Graham) and Aldermen Hyam, Monaghan, Whittell, Poak, Jamieson…

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The Legislative Council and the Appropriation Bill. Newspaper Strictures. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 21 December 1894 · page 2

Some members of the Legislative Council yesterday indulged in veiled threats about what they would do when the Appropriation Bill came before them…

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Broughton Vale Municipal Council

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 22 December 1894 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the above Council was held in the Chambers Woodhall, on Saturday the 16th instant, there being present the Mayor and Alderman Priddle, Cook, and W. J. Walker…

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