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South Coast · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1908

314 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 16

The Dairy. Municipal Milk Depots

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 10

The following are the main provisions of the Hill introduced into the House of A Commons by Mr John Burns, President of the Local Government Board,…

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The Municipal Campaign

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 9

In a previous article I traced the history of rating on unimproved land values for municipal purposes from its first introduction by Queensland 15 years ago till the passing…

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The Dairy. Municipal Milk Depots

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 3

The following are the main provisions of the Bill introduced into the House of Commons by Mr John Burns, President of the Local Government Board…

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Municipal Council

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 5

The regular council meeting was held on Tuesday afternoon. Present— Aldermen Davis, Gumley, Claydon, Cambago, Petty and Millard. Aid. Davis was elected to…

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Shire Assessment Appeals

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 4

Colonel Chisholm, P.M., sat at the Nowra Courthouse on Thursday and heard a number of appeals against the assessment by Clyde…

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Shire Elections. Cambewarra Contest

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 4

One of the largest public meetings held in Cambewarra for a number of years took place on Monday last, in the School of Arts hall, to hear the…

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Cambewarra Shire Council

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 6

The Shire Council met at Kangaroo Valley on Tuesday, 31st December. Present-Full Council. Correspondence…

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Shire Councillors' Reunion

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 9

Mr D. C. Osborne, President of the Oambowarra Shire Council, entertained the Councillors, staff, and Press representatives at dinner at Brooke's Commercial Hotel,…

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Clyde Shire Appeal Court. Thursday, January 2. (Before the P.M.)

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 7

George "Underwood Alley appealed against an assessment of £348 on 485 acres at Sassafras. He considered that the valuation on Portions Nos. 1 add 2 (100 acres and 40…

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The Municipal Campaign

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 1

Under the new Local Government Act, the people will have the opportunity for the first time of getting rid of the old system under which unused or very little used land…

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Mumbulla Shire Council

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 4

The Councilors met on Tuesday afternoon at Bemboka all the members and Mr. Bedford (engineer) being present, and sat until 10.30 transacting…

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Municipal Council

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 2

The Council met on Tuesday night. Present : Ald. Pell (Mayor), Beresford, Braine, Underhill, Blomfield, Boardman,…

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Shire Candidates. (The Editor Bega Budget.)

The Bega Budget · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 3

Sir,—Twofold Bay will yet become famous, Boydtown has already its name stamped on the pages of Colonial history. But it…

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Disappearance of a Shire Clerk. Sensation at Bemboka

The Bega Budget · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 1

Bemboka this week provided the biggest southern sensation of the year. On Tuesday it was reported that Mr. Hudson, shire clerk for…

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Nowra Council. the Water Supply. Proposed Addition of Brown's Creek

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 4

Alderman Peak had the standing orders suspended at the Nowra Council meeting on Wednesday to permit the question of immediately…

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The Municipal Nominations

The Bega Budget · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 2

The present Municipal Council is moribund, and nominations for the new Council, under the Local Government Act, will take place…

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Imlay Shire Council

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 1

Imlay Shire Council met at Eden on Tuesday. Present: Councillors Moorhead (President in the chair), W. W. Wren. C. A…

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The Shire Elections

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 2

On Saturday next nominations will be received for the shire elections throughout the State. The sitting members were elected for…

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South Shoalhaven Council

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 7

The South Shoalhaven Council met on Thursday afternoon last. Present—Aldermen M'Kenzio (Mayor), Walker, Crawford, Armstrong, Watts, Horne, Home, and…

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Nowra Council. Wednesday, Jan. 8

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 9

Present—Aldermen Graham (Mayor), Patterson, Peak, Brodie, Monaghan. Benney, Hyam, and H. Henry. REPORTS…

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