Municipal Meetings
BURWOOD.--The usual fortnightly meeting of this council was held on Tuesday evening, the 23rd December. Present--The mayor (Mr. W. Archer), and Aldermen Hawkins, Beaver, Forrest Hardic, Friend,…
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Council & local affairs, 1880
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Law Report. Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.—november 12. (Reported specially for the Herald.) Robertson and Others V. Day, on Appeal From the Supreme Court of New South Wales. (Present: The Right Hon. Sir Montague Smith, the Right Hon. Sir James Colville, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Collier, the Right Hon. Sir Barnes Peacock, and the Right Hon. Sir Henry Keating.)
This was an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, by which it was ordered (the Chief Justice dissenting) that the verdict found for the plaintiffs (the appellants) be set aside, and the verdict…
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What may be termed the judicial installation of the newly-elected Mayor of Sydney, Mr. Robert Fowler, took place yesterday morning, at the Central Police Court, in the presence of a number of justices…
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ASHFIELD.--Dec. 29. Present--the mayor (D. Holborow, Esq.) aldermen F. Clissold and W. Muir. The minutes of previous meeting were read and confirmed. Correspondence: From Messrs. Ford, Adams…
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The finance committee of the Sydney Municipal Council met in the Town Hall this forenoon for the purpose of considering tenders. Mr. Fowler, the new mayor, presided for the first time since his election…
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Sir,--As my name appears as being the treasurer of the above municipal council who refused to sign the cheques, it may be of some little interest lo the public, and at least to the ratepayers, to know why…
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A meeting of the finance committee of the Sydney Municipal Council was held in the Mayor's room, Town Hall, at 11 a.m. yesterday. Present--His Worship the Mayor (Mr. Fowler) in the chair,…
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The following gentlemen have announced themselves candidates for aldermanic honors at the forth coming Newtown election:—Enmore Ward: Mr. J. H. Smith and Mr. Frank A[?]: Kingston Ward:…
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Gentlemen,--It is due to your council that the committee of the unemployed, who waited upon Sir Henry Parkes a short time ago, should inform you how it was that an inquiry into the truthfulness of…
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A meeting of the finance committee of the Sydney Municipal Council was held in the Town Hall to-day, the Major (Mr. Fowler) presiding. The following tenders for the annual supplies to the council were…
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We regret to hear that Mr. James Fullford, Mayor of West Maitland, has been taken suddenly and seriously ill. Mr. Fullford (as we learn from a private source) attended the funeral of his deceased…
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MARRICKVILLE.—The usual fortnightly meeting of the Council was held at half-past 7 p.m. on Monday, the 29th December. Present—The Mayor (Aldermin Alcock) in the chair, Aldermen Geering, Graham, Miles, Moyes, P[?]æffer, and Whiteman. The…
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The committee are making all arrangements for the convenience of those attending the grand complimentary picnic to be given by the citizens on Thursday next to the ex-mayor and…
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BATHURST, Thursday.—Two cases, important to ratepayers, were decided in the Small Debts' Court yesterday. In the first the Borough Council of Bathurst sued a ratepayer named…
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THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Trades and Labour Council of New South Wales was held last night at the Hyde Park Hotel. The president, Mr. W. B. Cole, occupied the chair. The following trade…
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The usual fortnightly meeting of the delegates front tho various trade societies was held last evening at the Hyde Bark Hotel, under the presidency of Mr. W. B. Cole. The following were…
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THE Trades and Labour Council has done a good work is pointing out the imperfections of the work at the Parramatta Bridge, and if it had done nothing else would be,…
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The inauguration of the Lord Mayor is one of the great ceremonies of London, and all over the world the fantastic, almost comic, glories of the Lord Mayor's show are known. This year the…
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MORE than usual interest has attended this year the change of rulers at the Mansion-house. The retiring Lord Mayor, Sir Charles Whetham, had made himself so thoroughly detested,…
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