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The following particulars respecting the suburban municipal elections have been supplied to us:— FIVE DOCK.—Thomas Baker, 34 votes; John Hunter, 80; George Rowley, 2. Mr. Baker was declared duly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AN adjourned meeting of the City Council was held this morning at the Town Hall. The meeting was convened for 11 o'clock, and precisely at that hour his Worship the Mayor commenced the business. Present: Aldermen Moore,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BATHURST, Tuesday.—The votes for the Mayoralty of this city were equally divided between Alderman Thompson and Alderman Butler. They afterwards cast lots, which resulted in Alderman…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.—Mr, James Fulford, jun., has been unanimously selected Mayor of West Maitland, on the motion of Alderman Wolstenholme, seconded by Alderman Riley…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No intelligent wan in Sydney has felt very proud of the representatives of the city since the last general election, and the vots given last Wednesday on the clause of the Corporation Bill relating…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An adjourned general meeting of the Sydney Municipal Council was held at the Town Hall, yesterday morning when the chair was occupied by the Mayor, and there were present Aldermen Merriman, Playfair, Kippax, Young…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →PARRAMATTA, Tuesday.—The election for aldermen took plane to-day, and resulted in favour of Mr. G. E. Young and Mr. J. Booth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Th[?]general topic of conversation it the forthcoming fancy dress ball, and as 300 invitations to attend have been issued, by his Worship the Mayor, we may loot forward to the West assemblage in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir Alfred Stephen to ask the Vice-Presidcnt of the Executive[?] Council,—1. When the Government will reply to the letters addressed to the Minister for Lands and Minister for Works[?] respectively, by the Hyde Park Trustees, or their Chairman o[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The polling for the central and eastern wards of this municipality took place on Saturday last, and at its conclusion the returning officer congratulated the ratepayers on its being the most orderly election he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GRAFTON, Tuesday.—Mr. Frank Lorne, solicitor, has been elected Alderman for East Ward by a majority of ten votes over bis opponents…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle, Wednesday.—Mr. George Wallace was unanimously elected Mayor for the third time, for the ensuing year…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MORPETH, Wednesday.—Alderman William Keating and Patrick K. Haydon, were nominated for the office of mayor, and Alderman Keating was duly elected…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—As a gay young bachelor I attended the balls given by our municipal magnates five-and-twenty years ago. As a grave Benedict I and my daughter are invited by the present Mayor to join in the testivities he is so liberally…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12. The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. He reported that the bill relating to matrimonial causes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The PRESIDENT took the chair at thirty minutes past 4 o'clock. HYDE PARK RAILING. Sir JOHN ROBERTSON, in reply to questions asked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TAMWORTH, Wednesday.—At the election of Mayor, last evening, Alderman Dowell proposed, and Alderman Tribe seconded, Alderman P. G. King as Mayor. Alderman Hanley Bennett, amidst…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There was a special meeting of the Newtown Municipal Council, last evening, for the election of Mayor. The acting Mayor, (Alderman J. F. Smith presided.) Alderman Abbott…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Thursday the Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Bill was passed through all its remaining stages, and was returned to the Assembly. The Small Debts Further Extension Bill was further considered in committee. Several…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty-nine minutes past 4o'clock. PAPERS. Sir JOHN ROBERTSON laid on the table: Abstract…
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