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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1871

967 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 49

Borough Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 December 1871 · page 5

PADDINGTON.—A meeting of this Council was held on Tuesday, the 19th instant, at 7.30 p.m. Present—The Mayor (Mr. J. P. Smith), and Aldermen Maclean, Alston, Armitage, Buchanan, and Westaway. The minutes of the…

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Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 December 1871 · page 9

A SPECIAL meeting of the Sydney Municipal Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Town Hall, York-street. Present His Worship the Mayor (in the chair), and Aldermen Sutherland, Raphael, Oatle[?] Green, Day,…

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Municipal Council of Sydney

Empire · Friday 29 December 1871 · page 4

IN terms of a notice from the Right Worshipful the Mayor, a special meeting of the Municipal Council of Sydney was holden at the Town. Hall, Yorkstreet, yesterday, at half-past 2o'clock, for…

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City Council

Evening News · Friday 29 December 1871 · page 2

In terms of a notice from the Bight Worshipful Our Mayor, a special meeting of the Municipal Council of Sydney was holden at the Town Hall, York-street, yesterday, at half-past 2 o'clock, for…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. "Wednesday, December 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 December 1871 · page 5

THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL lard on the table:—The Report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the state and working of the Gold-fields, the Statistical Register for 1870. and a despatch from the…

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City Municipal Council

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 December 1871 · page 2

A meeting of the Civic Council was held on Thursday, the 21st instant. A letter from the Colonial Secretary informing the Council that the Government intended at an early date to…

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Cork. French Honour to the Mayor

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 December 1871 · page 5

The Mayor of Cork has received the following letter from the French Minister for Foreign Affairs :— " Mr. Mayor—I hasten to inform you that…

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The Public School Teachers and the Council's Famous Circular

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 30 December 1871 · page 4

WE are glad to know that our article on the above subject, in our last, has met with a very cordial acceptance from teachers of all grades under the Public Schools' Act,…

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America. Address of the Allied Council of the Irish Confederation and Fenian Brotherhood

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 30 December 1871 · page 3

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