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Sydney · Council & local affairs
464 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 24
A meeting of the Silly Council of Sydney was held at the Town Hall on Monday, for the purpose of electing a Mayor for the remainder of the currant year and presenting him with a golden plum in the place of Sir Charles Dust-bell Moore…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A MEETING of the Municipal Council of Sydney was held at the Town-hall, at noon, on Monday, for the purpose of electing the Mayor of the city for the remainder of the current year, in the place of Mr. Charles Morre resigned…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Oh have you heard of the Autumn race--The hurry-scurry for pow'r and place For Mayoral Stakes--a Chevy Chase? Great Penny was the winner…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Aldermen have again exercised their privileges in the selection of their Mayor. The law has for the present vested in them as a close Corporation, the exclusive right of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →I'M the Mayor of the city, boys, now, A fig for the paint pots and glue, I'll no more window glazing I trow, Or paint chambers white, green, and blue,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Margaret Gore pleaded guilty to stealing a pair of boots, of the value of 5s. 6d., the property of James Cropley, and was sentenced to three mouths' im prisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In this action, which was for damages sustained by the plaintiff, a widow, in consequence of the loss of her husband, owing to the unprotected state of a municipal work erected by the Newcastle Municipal Council, the declaration…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mary Ann Noonan and Ma[?]garet Handlon were each sent to gaol for th[?]ee months, for vagrancy. Several persons were fined for drunkenness and disorderly conduct in the streets…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The most important assemblage of the priesthood and laity which has taken place in the Australian colonies was held on Tuesday. His Grace the Archbishop of Sydney, his Suffragan…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A MEETING of the Sydney Municipal Council will be held at 3 o'clock, this afternoon, for the consideration of the following. NOTICES OF MOTION…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Present: His Worship the Mayor, Aldermen Bradford, Chapman, Oatley, Murphy, Butler, Steel, Merriman, Andrews, Caraher, Macintosh, Kippax, and Harley…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A MEETING of the Sydney Municipal Council was held at the Town Hall, yesterday afternoon. There were present his Workship the Mayor in the chair, and Alderman Morriman, Butler, Kippax, Murphy, Ostley; Chapman,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MARRIKVILLE.—The usunl fortnightly meeting of the Coun[?] took place at half-past 7 p.m., on the 26th ultimo. Present-the Mayor (Mr. St. Julian), and a full Council. The mintes of the previous meeting were read and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →RED[?]N.—The usual fortnightly meeting of Council was held on the 7th instant Present—the Mayor (Mr. George Renwick), and Aldermen Sutton, Bingham, Farr, Williamson, Andrew, and Spence. The minutes of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE second Provincial Council held in Australia opened at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, on the 18th ult. Shortly after ten o'clock the proceedings began, and the archbishop, the suffragan bishops in the order of seniority in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →HE usual useless meeting of the Silly Council took place in the Town Hall, on Monday, the 10th, the new Washup the Mayor in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A MEETING of the Sydney Municipal Council was held at the Town Hall on Monday afternoon. There were present his Worship the Major in the chair, and Alderman Merriman, Butler, Kippax, Murphy, Oatley, Chapman,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The necessary organisation of such a vast assembly of prelates, and the still vaster conco[?]itant crowd of dependents, attendants, devout visitors, and curious spectators, developes in successive order arragements worthy of being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DEARLY BELOVED IN JESUS CHRIST,—The Second Provincial Council of Australia has just closed its sessions, held, as we trust, under the guidance and blessing of God's Holy Spirit; and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →THE resignation of Mr Charles Moore of his position as Mayor, and his seat as Alderman for Bourke Ward, rendered it neccesary to fill up the vacancies thus created. There were several aspirants to the Mayor's chair. A…
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