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Southern Highlands · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1903

224 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 10 of 12

Bowral Municipal Council

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1903 · page 2

The council met on Thursday night last, when there were present: Ald. Stokes (Mayor), Campbell, Beavan, Jones, Rice, and Oxley…

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The Municipal Conference. the Mayor of Bathurst on the Conference

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 30 September 1903 · page 6

Bathurst, Thursday -At a meeting of the municipal council last night, the Mayor, in reporting the remit of the his visit to the recent conference, severely…

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Bowral Council

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 30 September 1903 · page 2

At the council meetings on thursday last the public works Department wrote dec[?] to erect a bridge over Mittagong Creek in Bang Bong-street, Bowral. Mr. McCourt…

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Moss Vale Council. Monday, 28TH September, 1903

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 30 September 1903 · page 2

Present-His worship the mayor (in the chair), Aid. Jones, Taylor, Collard, McGregor, and Hughes. The minutes of last meeting were…

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Mittagong Council

The Mittagong Argus · Saturday 3 October 1903 · page 2

The council met on Wednesday night last, there being present Aid Mealing (Mayor), Lake, Westbury, Leighton, Parkinson and Merrifield…

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Bowral Council. Thursday, October 8, 1903

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 10 October 1903 · page 3

Present: Ald. Jos Stokes (Mayor), J. J. Campbell, J. Beavan, M. Jones, M. Rice, F. B. Kyngdon. The clerk, though present, was suffering from a bad cold, and the Mayor read the minutes, etc…

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Bowral Municipal Council

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 13 October 1903 · page 2

The council met on Thursday night last, when there were present: Aid. Stokes (Mayor), Campbell, Beav[?], Jones, Rioe, and Kyngdon…

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A Texas Alderman

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 14 October 1903 · page 4

Dallas, Texas, has an alderman who is noted for his opposing every expenditure which he thinks unnecessary, and he thinks that of almost every…

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Moss Vale Council. Monday, 12Th October, 1903

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 14 October 1903 · page 2

Present—His worship the mayor (chair), Aid. McGregor, Thompson, Hughes, and Collard. The minutes of previous meeting…

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Mittogong Municipal Council

Robertson Advocate · Friday 16 October 1903 · page 2

The council met on Wednesday night, when there were present: Aid. Mealing, Merifield, Lake, Westbury, Leighton and m[?] Calium…

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Hittagong [?] Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 16 October 1903 · page 2

The council was [?] Wednesday night, when there were present: Ald. Mealing, Merifield, [?] Westbury, Leighton and M. Calls [?]…

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Mittagong Council

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 17 October 1903 · page 3
Also in The Mittagong Argus

The Mittagong council meeting was held on Wednesday night. Present Ald. Mealing, Merifield, Lake, Westbury, Leighton, and McCallum…

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Action against a Municipality

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 17 October 1903 · page 2

The Full Court delivered judgment in the appeal case, Mayor of Hawthorn v. Kannuluik. In the action beard before Mr. Justice Williams, the…

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Fight at a Council Meeting

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 21 October 1903 · page 6

At Thursday's meeting of the Waterloo Council, the Mayor and aldermen had some words concerning the expenditure of money in one of…

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Moss Vale Council. Monday, 25Th October, 1903

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 28 October 1903 · page 2

Present—His' Worship the mayor [?] The minutes of previous meeting were read and confirmed…

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Mittagong Municipal Council

Robertson Advocate · Friday 30 October 1903 · page 2

The council met on Wednesday night. Present: Aid Mealing (Mayor), Jno. Lake, Westbury, Leighton, Parkinson, and Wallis…

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Mittagong Council

The Mittagong Argus · Saturday 31 October 1903 · page 3

The council met on Wednesday night last there being present Aid Mealing; (Mayor), Lake, Westbury, Leighton, Parkinson and Wallis…

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Bowral Council

The Mittagong Argus · Saturday 7 November 1903 · page 2

The council met on Thursday night when there were present, Ald. Stokes (Mayor), Campbell, Beavan, Kyngdon, Jones, and Rice…

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Bowral Council. Thursday, Nov. 5, 1903

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 7 November 1903 · page 2

Present: Aid. Stokes (Mayor), Campbell, Beavan, Jones, and Rice. Correspondence. From the New Lambton council,…

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