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South Coast · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1912

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What a Mayor Was Asked to Do. Man Wanted a Wife

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 6

Judge Gaynor, the Mayor of New York, has many and varied duties to perform, says the New York correspondent of a London paper. One of these…

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A Mayor Defies Health Board

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 3

The Mayor of Singleton is up against the Board of Health owing to an accusation by Dr. Ashburton Thompson that the town was dirty…

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Municipal Council

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the Council was held on Tuesday night, [?] in there ware present A[?]ds (Mayes), Blon[?] Beck[?]…

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Municipal Finance. Town Band Subsidised

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 2

AT the Council meeting on Tuesday night the finance committee recommended that the subscriptions to the town band he subsidised to the extent…

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Council Meeting

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 8

Regular fortnightly Council meeting was held on Tuesday night. Present—The Mayor (Ald. Riley), and Aldermen Pembroke. Davis, Wilford, Cambage, Warden and Kendall…

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Municipal

The Bega Budget · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 4

The usual monthly meeting of the Bega Council was held on Tuesday night. Present: Alds. Manning (Mayor, in the chair),…

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Imlay Shire Council

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 4

Imlay Shire Council met at Eden on Friday last, all the members being present. The license fee for canvas…

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Mumbulla Shire Council

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 2

Mumbulla Shire met on Monday when a full Council was present. A new wire rope 470yds long has been procured for the ferry at…

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Shire and Municipal Employees

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 4

The Local Government Employees' Board dealing with the dispute of Municipal Union of New South Wales and certain Municipal and Shire Councils, delivered its award…

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Imlay Shire Council

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 6

Imlay Shire Council met at Edenson Friday last, all the members being present. The license for [?] canvazs, [?]…

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Mumbulla Shire Council

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 2

A full council attended the monthly meeting on Monday, the sitting commencing at 7 a.m. The Council adjourned at 1 p.m. and in the…

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Clyde Shire Council

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 8

The above Council met on Monday. Present: Councillors Murray (President) Watt, Herne, Blacket, Thomson and Shearer. CORRESPONDENCE…

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Imlay Shire Council

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 4

The ordinary monthly meeting of the above was held at the Council Chambers, Edon, on the 12th inst. All the Councillors were present…

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Nowra Council. Monday, January 22

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 12

Present—Aldermen Willie (Mayor), Henry, Braithwaite, Cole, Benney, Ben-: nett, Hyam, Graham, and Holloway. NOWRA HILL ROAD…

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Berry Agricultural Society, the Council, and the Showground

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 2

Messrs Quirk, Osborne, and Banfield, representing the Agricultural Association, waited on the Berry Council on Monday night, to…

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Nowra Roads and Bridges In a Deplorable Condition. Permanent Work Recommended. More System Urged. Mayor's Minute

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 1

At the Nowra Council meeting, on Monday evening, the Mayor submitted the following minute:— "After the inspection of the various…

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Aldermanic Economy. Council Refuses to Vote £6. Fob Reception of Federal Ministers

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 1

At the Nowra Council meeting, on Monday night, Alderman Holloway moved—" That a special grant of £6 be made to the…

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Council Meeting

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 5

Regular council meeting was held on Tuesday night. Present, Albermen Ad. Warden, J. Kendall, W. D. Warden, P. Cambage, G.H. Pembroke, and E. Davis…

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Federal Ministers Visit. the Mayor's Expenses

The Nowra Leader · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 1

Mr. M. F. Morton, M.L.A., has expressed, at our request, his opinion re[?] relative to the refusal of Nowra Council to sanction the expenditure incurred…

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Nowra Council

The Nowra Leader · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 4

A meeting of the Council on Monday night last was attended by all the aldermen. The Mayor reported that he had…

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