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Sydney · Council & local affairs
464 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 24
On Tuesday afternoon a meeting, convened by circular, was held in Mr. Mullen's office, to take preliminary measures towards obtaining for the town of West M[?]t, lan[?] Municipal Corporation There were about twenty…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE usual fortnightly meeting of the City Council was held in the Tows Hall, Wynyard-square, at three o'clock to Monday afternoon. Present: The Right Worshipful the Mayor (in the chair), and Aldermen Altken. Sutton,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Joseph Daniels was, on Friday last, brought before the Bench by defective Rolston, who deposed that on the previous day he apprehended him on board the Lion, a vessel bound for New Zealand, on a charge of having obtained…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ELIZA IZZARD on oath, states—I was residing on the Hawkesbury River. I was in defendant's service, and are so now. I recollect a girl being dead in the house of Jonathan Green The corpse was laid out in Mr Green's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WITH IN the last few days the Supreme Court has set aside one municipal election—that of the supposed mayor of Mudgee. It is quite probable that there are many other elections equally voidable, if any…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—The writer of a letter signed "Municipal Councillor," in your issue of to-day, totally misrepresents, as it seems to me, the article upon the above subject in last Saturday's Herald. And as your…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A MEETING of persons favourable to the establishment of a municipality for the town of Windsor, convened by circular, was held on Thursday evening last, in the hall of the School of Arts. Mr. Ascough, J. P., occupied the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Belfast News Let[?] describes the following " scene" as having occurred at the last meeting of the Belfast Town Council:—The mayor rose to put the motion of an adoption of a report of an improvement committes, amid ories…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →William Smith, convicted of having while drunk made use of obscene language, was ordered to pay 20s, or to be imprisoned seven days; Mary Ann Mills, a vagrant, found drunk, wes sentenced to be imprisoned three months as an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MUNICIPALITY OF MARRICNVILLE—A quarterly meeting of the council took place at noon on Saturday, April 25th. Present: the Chairman (Mr. Gerald Halligan), and councillors Andrews, Amner, and Beer. The following business was transacted:—The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A MEETING of persons favourable to the establishment of a municipality for the town of Windsor, convened by circular, was held on Thursday, 30th April, in the hall of the School of Arts. Mr. Ascough, J.P., occupied the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A MEETING of the Municipal Council will be held at the Town-hall this afternoon (Monday), at three o'clock, for considering the following notices of motion:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—As you appear to be willing, at all times, to expose abuses and correct errors in the conduct of public bodi[?], I take the liberty to bring under your notice, and that of my follow electors in this municipality, the question—is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE fortnightly meeting of the City Cou[?]ll was held yesterday, in the Municipal Chambes. at 3 o'clock. Present: The Worshipful the Mayor, Aldermen Raph[?]l, Steel, Aitken, Oatley, Ma[?]tosh, Caraher, Woods,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE usual fortnightly meeting of the City Council was held in the Town Hall, Wynyard-square, at three o'clock yesterday afternoon. Present—the Right Worshipful the Mayer, in the chair, and Aldermen Sutherland, Oatley,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Four drunkards were discharged. Four female vagrants, riotous as well as drunk, were sentenced to be imprisoned three months, and another was sent to the bulks for fourteen days…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charles Ashton, alias Thomas Watson, was charged with larceny. William Thompson, Sub-Inspector of Nuisances, deposed that, proceeding along Market-street, about o'clock yesterday, the prisoner passed him in great…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LAST evening a public meeting of the ratepayers of the Redfern ward of the Redfern and Surry Hills Municipality was held at Ellison's Hand and Heart Inn, Botany road, for the purpose of considering the state of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE usual fortnightly meeting of the City Council was held in the Town Hall, Wynyard-square at three o'clock, on Monday afternoon. Present—the Right Worshipful the Mayer, in the chair, and Alderman Sutherland, Oatley…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The business of the week has been comparatively, light, [?]pying only a small portion of two days, the Government not yet having had time to submit many of their promised measures to the House, and honorable…
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