Sydney Municipal Council
To those who examine the history of the city of Sydney it must be one of the most inscrutable mysteries, that all the wisdom and public spirit of the Parliament and the Municipal Council has not…
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Council & local affairs, 1878
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Municipal Council of Sydney
THE quarterly meeting was held on Monday at noon. Present—The Acting—Mayor (Alderman Chapman) and Aldermen Oatley, Green, C 3. Roberts, Taylor, Maze, O'Connor, Fowler, Carpenter, C. Moore, Playfair, Young,…
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SIR.—The state pent con[?]ned in your [?] of the 12th inst. under[?] bead of An Amusing Municipal Dispate." being correct [?] you will allow me space for the following [?]…
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A large and influential deputation, representing suburban municipalities, waited on the Colonial Secretary at his office, this morning, in reference to the question of municipal reform, and to ask whether it…
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YESTERDAY morning a deputation of Mayors and Aldermen of the suburban boroughs waited on the Colonial Secretary, at his office, with a view of ascertaining whether it is the intention of the Government to introduce into…
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The usual fortnightly meeting of the Parramatta Borough Council was held on Monday afternoon. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Pye, Taylor, Mason,…
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THE Trades and Labour Council held a meeting on. June 13, at Hyde Park Hotel; Mr. White, the president, in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, the Secretary read…
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At noon’, Messrs. H. Syrnes and Miller. J’ s. P. decided the appeals against the municipal assessment of Parramatta for the present year…
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A large and influential deputation, representing suburban municipalities, waited on the Colonial Secretary at his office, on Thursday, in reference to the question of municipal reform, and to ask whether it…
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The wretched condition of the city calls for some urgent action on the part of the Municipal Council. In may places to-day, it was pitiable to notice pedestrians crossing the streets, and trying to keep clear of…
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Passengers by the North Shore Ferry to Lavender Bay last night were obliged to submit to the consequences of a monstrous [?] of municipal blundering. Of late some attempt [?]provement has been going…
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SIR,—The fundamental principle of free government is that all local affairs of common interest shall be administered and controlled by practical institutions of local government, while general affairs affecting the common good are those…
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WOOLLAHRA.—The monthly meeting of this Council was held on Tuesday, 11th instant. Present—the Mayor, Aldermen Norton, Neild, Bogie, Oatley, Trickett, and Mitchell. The report of the Bellevue Ward Improvement Committee, recommonding that no…
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The increasing value of property, and the decreasing area of land in the hands of the Government, anywhere between 'Sydney and Parramatta, which can be freely granted for commons, recreation…
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A COMMITTE meeting of the Municipal Council of Sydney book place on Thursday. at the Town Hall. Present M. Chapman Esq. (acting mayor, in the chaff), Alderman Cor[?] Young Mess, [?] Palmer, Kippax, Fowler…
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BURWOOD.—The usual fortnightly meeting of this Council [?] held at the Council-chambers, on Thursday evening. June 20. Present—The Mayor (Mr. L. G. Thompson) and Aldermen S. H. Lambton, C. H. Myles, J. R. Bubb, M. Forrest, W…
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The fortnightly meeting of the Trades and Labour Council was held last Thursday evening. The president occupied the chair. Mr. Ferguson moved a resolution to the effect. "That the…
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A deputation waited on Mr. FITZPATRICK a few days ago to ask the intentions of the Government during next session, respecting a Municipalities…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Civic Sabbath-breaking. (A Scene in a Municipality not Fifty Miles distant from Manly. Time, 10.30 Sunday Morning.)
Alderman St. Kilder.--"These houses of Ben Bowline project on the roadway considerably." Alderman Squeakers--"Well, I've thought so, too; audit's just as well to show our activity as Aldermen, and take action in the…
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WATERLOO.—The usual fortnightly meeting of the Council was held on June 14 at 7.30 p.m. Present—The Mayor (Mr. Patrick Hogan) and Aldermen Molony, Torming, Gray, Radford, and Crane. A letter from Mr. George Robert Whiting, stating that [?]…
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