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Southern Highlands · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1889

192 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 5 of 10

New Municipalities

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 15 June 1889 · page 2

THURSDAY'S Herald had the following:—There have been unmistakable indications lately of a desire on the part of residents in the country districts to avail themselves of the advantages offered by the…

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Bowral Municipal Council

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 19 June 1889 · 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 22 June 1889 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of council was held on Tuesday evening last. There was a full Council present. The correspondence consisted of a letter…

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Bowral Municipal Council

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 22 June 1889 · 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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Bowral Municipal Council

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 26 June 1889 · 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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Moss Vale Municipal Council

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 26 June 1889 · page 2

THE Council met shortly after 4 o'clock on Monday afternoon, Aldermen Kater and Coleman being the absentees. The correspondence inwards consisted of a…

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A Scuffle between Mayor and Town Clerk

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 26 June 1889 · page 2

MR. G. P. Pascoe, town clerk of Echuca, has issued a writ claiming £1000 damages for assault by the Mayor of that borough, Mr. J. H. Morphet. The assault occurred…

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Bowral Municipal Council

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 29 June 1889 · page 1

MEETS every alternate [?] at the committee-room of the school of arts, [?] 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. Thursday, June 27, 1889

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 29 June 1889 · page 2

PRESENT: The Mayor, and Aldermen Piggott, Rice, Farrow, Hodgson, Fleming, and Harrison. Minutes of previous meeting were read and confirmed…

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Bowral Municipal Council

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 3 July 1889 · page 1

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

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Bowral Municipal Council

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 6 July 1889 · 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: Tuesday, from 10 to 12 a.m.; Wednesdays, 7 to 9 p.m. Fridays [?] to…

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Tenders are invited for Municipal work

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 6 July 1889 · page 2

There is not much excisement over the election of an alderman to fill the vacancy in the Moss vale council. Salaries, rent, and incidental expenses appear to be the most interesting item to the ratepay…

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Bowral Municipal Council

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 10 July 1889 · 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: Tuesday,, from 10 to 12 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 to 9 p.m.; Fridays 8 to…

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Moss Vale Municipal Council

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 10 July 1889 · page 2

MONDAY afternoon was damp and somewhat dismal, but at 4.15, a quorum was formed of the Mayor, and Aldermen P. H. Throsby, John Cullen, James Cullen, and Coleman…

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Bowral Municipal Council

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 13 July 1889 · 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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The Bowral free Press. Do at adversaries do in law, Strive mightily, but eat and drink at friends. Saturday, July 13, 1889. Bowral Municipal Council. Thursday, July 11, 1889

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 13 July 1889 · page 2

PRESENT: Aldermen J. J. Campbell (Mayor), Harrison, Fleming, Hodgson, Farrow, Griffiths, and Rice. Alderman J. L. Campbell arrived when Alderman Farrow was moving…

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Municipal Nominations at Moss Vale

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 13 July 1889 · page 2

PEOPLE are much the same all the world over. When Moss Vale started its municipality every man who had a stake in the town considered himself a fit and proper…

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Bowral Municipal Council

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 17 July 1889 · 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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The Bowral free press. Do as adversaries do in low, Strive mightily, but eat and-drink as; friends. Wednesday, July 17, 1889. Bowral Municipal Council. Monday, July 15, 1889

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 17 July 1889 · page 2

SPECIAL meeting of council, chiefly to consider the report of a scheme for water supply, supplied by Messrs. Cracknell and Dobbie, of Sydney. There were present—…

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Moss Vale Municipal Elections

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 17 July 1889 · page 2

POLLING for the election of an alderman to fill the vacancy caused in the Moss Vale Municipal Council by the retirement of Alderman Kater, took place on Saturday last, and shortly after 3 o'clock the Mayor…

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