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South Coast · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1908

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"Talk o' the Town." the Municipal Stakes

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 4

There was no one about much. Cleaver rang the bell and a few stragglers wandered to the Council Chambers to hear the twelve…

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Mumbulla Shire Council

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1908 · page 4

The Council met at Bega Court House on Wednesday. Present— Councillors D’Arcy (president), F. Rily, J. P. O’Reilly, W. Haslingden, W. C…

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Municipal Council

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1908 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the Council was held on Tuesday night. Present ; Ald. Pell (Mayor), Beresford, Braine, Underhill, Blomfield, Boardman,…

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Dinner. to Mumbulla Shire Councilors and Others

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1908 · page 4

On Wednesday evening, the councilors of Mumbulla Shire, C. W. E. Bedford (engineer), F. W. Arthur (auditor), Hunt (assistant), W. A. Smith…

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Imlay Shire Council

The Bega Budget · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 3

IMLAY Shire Council met at Eden on Wednesday last. Present: Crs. Moorhead (president in the chair), W. W. Wren, W. J. Collins, C. A…

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Mumbulla Shire Council

The Bega Budget · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 4

THE final meeting of the first Council of Mumbulla Shire was held at the Courthouse on Wednesday. Present: Crs. Jno D'Arcy (president…

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Mayor's Minutes

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 1

At last Council meeting Minutes by the Mayor included the following matters:—Recommended that a fidelity bond for £200 be taken out by the Clerk…

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Municipal Council

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 1

The Council met on Tuesday. Present—The Mayor (Ald. Riley) and Aldermen Millard, Claydon, Cambage, Gumley, Warden, Davis, Petty and Ree…

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Municipal Elections. Candidates at Green's Hall

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 4

There was a large attendance of municipal electors and others at Green's Hall on Thursday evening to hear Mr. W. Willis, one of the…

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Facetious Shire Clerk

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1908 · page 4

A remarkable idea of what constitutes a joke appears, from official reports, to have led a shire secretary at Broadford (Vic.), in making up a list…

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Berry Council. Monday, February 3

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 9

Present—Aldermen Noakes (Mayor), Shepherd, Leary, Turner, Jamieson, and M'Lay. CORRESPONDENCE…

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South Shoalhaven Council Case. Hyam v. M'Kenzie

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 1

This case was continued at the Nowra Police Court yesterday, before Colonel Chisholm, P.M. Denis White deposed he was a journalist, residing in Nowra. He attended a meeting of…

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Imlay Shire Council

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 7

The above Council met at Eden on Wednesday, 29th ultimo. Present: Councillors W. J. Moorhead (president, in the…

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Mayor of Nowra. Alderman Patterson Elected

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 4

A special meeting of Nowra municipal council was held at 2.30 p.m. yesterday for the purpose of electing a mayor to serve till lst…

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About Braidwood Municipal Valuation

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 2

Ald. Chapman said while giving Mr. Kain credit for being an honorable straight forward his valuable would not bear inspection. The…

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Election of Mayor Mr. Manning to Officiate

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 2

On Friday evening a meeting of the Council was held, under the chairmanship of Ald. Underhill, for the purpose of electing a mayor for the ensuing…

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Cambewarra Shire Council

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 11

At a meeting of the above Council, yesterday, Councillor Henry Graham was elected President for the current year, on motion by Councillors Lumsden and Randall…

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Nowra Council. Election of Mayor

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 6

A special meeting of the Nowra Council Was held at the Council Chambers on Friday afternoon last. The clerk (as returning officer) was voted to the chair. He explained…

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Clyde Shire Council. Election Op President

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 1

A meeting of the Clyde Shire Council was held on Saturday morning last, at Tomerong, for the purpose of electing the President for the ensuing year…

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Election of Mayor

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 4

The first meeting of the new Municipal Council was held on Friday, when the following were present: Alds. H. Underhill, A…

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