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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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The PRESIDENT entered the Chamber at half-past 4 o'clock: the bell was rung, but as there were only eight members present, lie adjourned the Council until Wednesday next…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the usual hour for commencing business the PRESIDENT counted the House, and finding only seven members present, namely, Mr. Docker, Sir Alfred Stephen Professor Smith, Mr. Moore, Mr. Dalley, Mr. Charles Campbell,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ALDERMAN YOUNG:--"IT WAS THEIR (THE ALDERMEN'S) BUSINESS TO REPAIR THE STREETS AND KEEP THE SEWERS IN ORDER." ALDERMAN O'CONNOR":-- YOU FELLOWS TERRIBLY MISUNDERSTAND YOUR POSITIONS, IF YOU THINK THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO." --Report of City Council, S. M. Herald, September 27th…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WITH your permission, I have a few words to say upon aldermen, with special regard to the aldermen of Sydney. It may not be generally known that the word alderman is derived from a Timbuetooan word--"aldvimin," signifying "no good," "useless." In the interior…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. Mr. DOCKER recapitulated the circumstances connected with the political situation. He moved the suspension of so much of the standing orders as would preclude the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The President announced that the subject of conference was "The Unbelief of the Present Day." Rev. Dr. Patton, Chicago, road the first…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE Municipalities Act Amendment Bill, which was introduced by the former ROBERTSON Government, has shown a remarkable amount of vitality. When the Ministry that brought…
Continued on Trove, page 433 →"The City Solicitor has been requested by the Municipal Council to give his opinion on the following questions :--Is an open shed upon a premises a room according to the Act? Is an open shed, containing, say, twenty horses, without partitions, to be considered a room, or any number of rooms according to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →YESTERDAY morning the usual for nightly meeting of the Sydney Municipal Council took place at the Town Hall, George-street. There were present:—The Mayor (in the chair), and Aldermen Palmer, Harris, Field, Playfair,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council of Sydney was held at the Town Hall yesterday: Present, His Worship the Mayor (J. Merriman, Esq., Messrs. Oatley, Carpenter, Chapman, Green, Maze, O'Connor, Young, Field…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Blaxland to ask the Representative of the Government,— Has the Government accepted any tender, or any part, for building the bridges over Parramatta River and Iron Cove Bay! GENERAL BUSINESS—NOTICE OF MOTION…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty-five minutes past 4 o'clock. He reported that the Governor had assented to the Supply Bill for September…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty-five minutes past 4 o'clock ASSENT TO BILL. The PRESIDENT reported the assent of his Excellency…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The usual weekly meeting of the Sydney Municipal Council was held on Thursday afternoon. It was reported that during the week 1703 had been paid as wages for city works, £206 on water works, and £77 on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dr. M 'Cosh, of Princeton, America, read the following paper on "How should we view Discoveries in Science and Speculations in Philosophy?"…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir GEORGE INNES brought under notice the once of police officers sergeant Foley and constable Townsend, who, after being acquitted by two juries on a charge of manslaughter, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty-five minutes past 4 o'clock. He reported that the Governor had assented to the Supply Bill for September…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Dunedm, the capital of the province of Otago, New Zealand, is the most important commercial city in that colony. The population of the city proper is nearly 20,000, and, with contiguous suburbs, about 30,000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the timo of the departure of the last San Francisco mail. a change was taking place in the aldermanic representation of Cook Ward, which resulted in the resignation of Alderman Davies, now oar Postmaster-General, and the election…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →[We conclude our reprint of the important [?]rticles and papers read at the Council by the a following one on the "Sabbath," by Dr.. Thomson, Edinburgh.]…
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