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Southern Highlands · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1888

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Moss Vale Municipality

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 10 October 1888 · page 1

IT was reported that Mr. F. R. Wilshire, P.M., who was appointed Returning Officer in the first Municipal contest at Moss Vale, was not an elector, and therefore could not…

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Moss Vale Municipality

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 13 October 1888 · page 2

THE Scratineer received the following message from Mr. McCourt M. L. A., on Thursday last:—"Proclamation issued this evening appointing Mr. George Tate, senior,…

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Bowral Municipal Council

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 20 October 1888 · page 1

MEETS every alternate Thursday, at the committeeroom of the school of arts, at 7.80 o'clock p.m. Clerk's office hours are: Tuesdays,from 10 to 12 a.m.; Wednesdays, 7 to 9 p.m.; Fridays, 3 to…

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The Municipal Council and the Petition

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 20 October 1888 · page 2

At their meeting on Thursday night last the Bowral Municipal Council rejected a petition re the Salvation Army because there were no signatures to the sheet containing tho petition. The council had…

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The Bowral Free Press. Do as adversaries do in law, Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends. Saturday, Qct. 20, 1888. Bowral Municipal Council. Thursday, October 19, 1888

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 20 October 1888 · page 2

PRESENT: Aldermen Hodgson (chairman), Piggott, Murray, Farrow, Rice, Campbell, and Griffiths. The Mayor (Alderman Morris) was…

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Municipal Election

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 20 October 1888 · page 2

MONDAY next,the 22nd, is the day of nomination of candidates for the vacant seat in the Bowral Municipal Council, and any candidate wishing to withdraw must give…

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The Council & the Petition

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 24 October 1888 · page 1

CONCERNING the petition which was sent in to the council re the alleged nuisance caused by the musical processions of the Salvation Army: an explanation is necessary on…

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The Municipal Election

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 24 October 1888 · page 1

MESSRS. Harrison and Fleming, who announce themselves in our advertising columns to-day, are alone in the contest; Mr. J. Loseby having been thrown out of it…

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Municipal Association

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 24 October 1888 · page 1

AT the monthly meeting of the above association held at the Town Hall, Sydney, on Monday last, the following replies to questions were given, among others:—…

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The Bowral free press. Do as adversaries do in law, Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends. Wednesday, Oct. 24, 1888. Municipal Election. Nomination Day

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 24 October 1888 · page 1

THE Mayor was in the chair punctually at 12 o'clock on Monday last, and there were 80 persons present to hear the speeches of the three candidates who are aspiring to…

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Bowral Municipal Council

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 27 October 1888 · page 1

MEETS every alternate Thursday, at the committeeroom of the school of arts, at 7.30 o'clock p.m. Clerk's office hours are: Tuesdays, from 10 to 12 a.m.; Wednesdays, 7 to 9 p.m.; Fridays, 3 to…

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Bowral Municipal Council

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 27 October 1888 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of council was held on Wednesday evening last for the purpose of considering the applications received in answer to the council's advertisement,, inserted…

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Letters to the Editor. The Council and the Petition

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 27 October 1888 · page 2

SIR,—The explanation given by your paper in re signing the petition is not correct. What I stated in Council I still reiterate—That the petition then before the council was not the one that was…

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The Bowral Free Press. Do as adversaries do in law, Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends. Saturday, Oct. 27, 1888. the Municipal Nominations

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 27 October 1888 · page 2

THE invalidity of the Dominations of two of the candidates on Monday last would be interesting were it not ludicrous. There were three nominations, and two of them were…

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The Bolvral Free Press. Do as adversaries do in law, Strive mightily, but cat and drink as friends. Wednesday, Oct. 31, 1888. Municipal Election

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 31 October 1888 · page 1

SATURDAY last was polling clay for the election of an alderman to fill the extraordinary vacauey in council. Notwithstanding the invalidity in the nomination of two of the…

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Bowral Municipal Council

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 3 November 1888 · page 1

MEETS every alternate Thursday, at the committeeroom of the school of arts, at 7.30 o'clock p.m. Clerk's office housr are: Tuesdays, from 10 to 12 a.m.; Wednesdays, 7 to 9 p.m.; Fridays, 8 to…

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Bowral Municipal Council. Thursday, November 1, 1888

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 3 November 1888 · page 2

PRESSENT: The Mayor, and Aldermen Griffiths, Piggott, Farrow, Hodgson, Murray, Rice, Fleming, and J. J. Campbell. Minutes were read and confirmed…

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Moss Vale. the Municipal Election

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 3 November 1888 · page 2

LOCALLY, considerable interest is being taken in the approaching municipal election. If proof of this is wanting, glance at the names of the fifteen candidates who have already…

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Bowral Municipal Council

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 10 November 1888 · page 1

MEETS every alternate Thursday, at the committee-room of the school of arts, at 7.30 o'clock p.m. Clerk's office hours are: Tuesdays, from 10 to 12 a.m.; Wednesdays, 7 to 9 p.m.; Fridays, 3 to…

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Moss Vale Municipal Nominations

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 10 November 1888 · page 2

THE nominations closed on Monday last, with a list of 20. There was an informal nomination, that of Mr. P. Hoare. The names of those nominated are the same as…

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