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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1869

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Sydney Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 June 1869 · page 6

THE usual quarterly meeting of the City Municipal Council was held yesterday, at noon, in the temporary Town-hall, York-street. There were present the Mayor, with Aldermen Bradford, Oatley, Caraher, Murphy,…

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The Municipal Council

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 12 June 1869 · page 3

The Members of the above august body assembled in great force in the "Chamber of Horrors," Wynyard Square, on Monday afternoon last. His Worship the MAYOR having taken the Chair, and…

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Borough Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 June 1869 · page 5

WOOLLAHRA,—A meeting of the Council was held on the 8th instant. Present—the Mayor, Aldermen Trickett, Thompson, Nott, Oatley, Bulman, and Fairfax. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed…

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New South Wales Protestant Political Association. First Annual Report of the General Council of the Few South Wales Protestant Political Association

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 12 June 1869 · page 14

1. As it is now upwards of twelve months since the Protestant Political Association was formed, the Manifesto having been issued on the 4th of April, 1868,…

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M'donaldtown.—proposed Municipality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 June 1869 · page 3

A PUBLIC meeting was held yesterday evening, in the Newtown Inn, for the purpose of considering the desirability of forming a new municipality south of Newtown. This was an adjouned meeting, a gathering for the same…

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Municipal and Sanita[?]y

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 June 1869 · page 5

THE Corporation of Sydney have, during the past month, effected some great improvements in the city, by the removal of several old buildings which encroached on the line of one or more of the streets…

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Borough Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 June 1869 · page 2

ALEXANDRIA.— The usual fortnightly meeting of the Council was held on Friday, the 11th of June. Present—the Mayor, Alderman Blackley, Bancroft, S[?]ulcy, Sparks, Farr, Marland, Oates, and…

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Irish Intelligence. the Mayor of Cork and the Police

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 June 1869 · page 6

In the Cork Police Court on Saturday a boy named Charles M'Sweeny, who, with a man named Smith, had recently been fined, at the suit of Constable Clarke, for…

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The Ecumenical Council. Rome, April 8

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 19 June 1869 · page 14

THERE is a very general feeling outside Borne that the famous Council summoned for the 8th of December will not assemble, or will break down. As to its…

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Sydney Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 June 1869 · page 2

A MEETING of the Municipal Council of Sydney will be holden at the Town Hall, York-street, on Monday, the 21st instant, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, for considering the following…

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Municipal Council

Empire · Tuesday 22 June 1869 · page 3

A meeting of the Corporation of Sydney was held yesterday, at the Town Hall. Present—His Worship the Mayor (in the chair), Aldermen Chapman, Murphy, Merriman, Kippax, Macintosh, Caraher,…

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Sydney Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 June 1869 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the City Municipal Council was held yesterday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, in the temporary Town-hall, York-street. There were present the Mayor, Aldermon Steel, Kippax, Merriman, Butler,…

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Borough Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 June 1869 · page 5

REDFERN.—The usual fortnightly meeting of Council was held on Friday, the 18th instant. Present—The Mayor (Mr. G. Renwick), and A[?]dermen Allen, Sutton, Bingham, Farr, Williamson, Andrew, and Spence. The minutes of…

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Proposed New Municipality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 June 1869 · page 5

A PUBLIC meeting was held, on Monday evening last, at the Sydney Hot[?]l, Cook's River, pursuant to advertisement, inviting the inhabitants of Macdonald Town, St. Peters, and Cook's River to consider the propriety of petitioning…

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Borough Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 June 1869 · page 5

PADDINGTON.—The usual monthly meeting of this Council was held pursuant to notice at 7.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 22nd instant. Present—the Mayor, with Aldermon Artlott, Alston, Steel, Stone, Westaway, Roberts, and…

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Ye Doings of Ye Municipal Council

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 26 June 1869 · page 3

On Monday afternoon last His Worship the Mayor and his attendant satelites assembled in the "Chamber of Horrors," Wynyard Square, for the purpose of receiving reports and attending to the general business…

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Deputations Received by the Right Worshipful the Mayor of Sydney, Walter Renhy, Esq., J.p

Sydney Punch · Saturday 26 June 1869 · page 3

HAVING been the vexata qucestio of the day, the Right Worshipful the Mayor of Sydney received a deputation from the swells of this extraordinary period to listen to proposals having reference to the trouser movement. It is asserted by Captain and Adjutant…

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Municipal

Sydney Mail · Saturday 26 June 1869 · page 6

The usual fortnightly meeting of the City Municipal Council was held on Monday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, in the temporary Town-ball, York-street. There were present the Mayor, Aldermen Steel, Kippax, Merriman, Butter,…

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Proposed New Municipality

Sydney Mail · Saturday 26 June 1869 · page 10

A PUBLIC meeting was held, on Monday evening last, at the Sydney Hotel, Cook's River, pursuant te advertisement, inviting the inhabitants of Macionald Town, St. Peters, and Cook's River to consider the propriety of petitioning…

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France and the Oecumenical Council. (Form the Saturday Review.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 July 1869 · page 6

THE Parisian correspondent of the Times has lately been discoursing on the relations of French society to the approaching Council in a tone which contiasts conspicuously with the…

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