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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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THE usual quarterly meeting of the Sydney Municipal Council took place yesterday morning, when his Worship the Mayor occupied the chair, and the following aldermen were present:—Messrs. Oatley, Green, Chapman, Palmer,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ALEXANDRIA.—The usual fortnightly meeting of the council was field on Wednesday, the 21st ultimo, at half-past 7 p.m. Present— the Mayor (Mr. S. J. Fosketti, Aldermen Wood. Watson, M'Namee, and Yandenbrook. A letter from Mr. T. B. Harwell…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. Mr. DOCKER informed the Council that Sir Henry Parkes had requested his Excellency to grant him until to-morrow morning to complete his Administration, and that his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty-nine minutes past 4.p.m. PAPERS. Mr. DOCKER laid on the table a summary of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At a meeting of the committee of the City Council of Sydney, held yesterday afternoon at the Town Hall, his worship the Mayor in the chair, the following aldermen were present: Messrs. Oatley…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The [?]the chair at half past 4 o'clock Mr. DOOKER stated that the Government had received a note from his Excellency the Governor dated ten minutes past 4 o'clock enclosing a note from Sir Henry Parkes in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty-eight minutes past 4 p.m. THE POLITICAL SITUATION. Mr. DOCKER said he had to announce to the Council…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir.— The Council of Education bat made a remarkable discovery it has found out that in New South Wales there are a number of children who ought to be at school and are not or in the official phraseology it has had under…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the time the last San Francisco mail left here, we were just anticipating the aldermanic elections, by which eight of the aldermen retired according to effluxion of time, but with the exception of Alderman Macintosh, who has withdrawn…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Again the worthy Merriman Has been elected Mayor; No bettor alderman than he To fill the civic chair…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. DOCKER informed the Council that Sir Henry Parkes had requested his Excellency to grant him until Thursday morning to complete his Administration, and that his Excellency had requested Sir John to move the adjournment of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →SIRS,--In looking over your valuable journal of the issue before last, I read a circular signed by the Council of Education's secretary, calling upon all the teachers to hunt up the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE ususl fortnightly meeting of the Sydney Municipal Council took place at the Town Hall yesterday morning, when his Worship the Mayor occupied the chair, and the following aldermen were present:—Messrs. Fowler, Oatley,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →NEWTOWN.—The usual fortnightly meeting of the Council was held on tuesday evening, the 4th December, at half-past 7. Present—The Mayor (Mr. James F. Smith), Aldermen Abbott, Bailey, Bedford, Melville and Whately Reports: Alderman…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN PRESEDENT look the at twenty-nine minutes SWEARING-IN OF MEMBER. [?]rriVCIS LORD took the oath customary at the [?]J-tiia of a new Parlinment, and subscrited the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An exciting scene occurred in the Municipal Council yesterday, and very hot words ensued between two aldermen on the question of water-supply. Very strange language was used with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A special meeting of the Municipal Council of Sydney was holden on Firday in the Town Hall, his Worship the Mayor in the chair, and the following aldermen being present. viz., Aldermen Oatley, Green,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Alderman Roberts, of the Crown and Anchor Hotel. George-street, gave his annual banquet to the employees of his establishment on Christmas Eye. The tables were sumptuously spread with the most…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON the occasion of laying the foundation-stone of the new Public school at Yass. Professor Smith delivered an address, which is reported in the Yass Courier. After some preliminary remarks he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →HON. GEORGE THORNTON. -- "In London the position of an Alderman was equal to that of many an Eastern potentate; and why should not the Aldermen of Sydney be of equal importance, seeing that they would bear favourable comparison with the Aldermen of any other city, or even the mother country." -- The Mayor's Banquet…
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