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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1880

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Tuesday, May 11

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 May 1880 · page 3
Also in Evening News

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. ARCHIBALD THOMPSON'S TRUST BILL. The PRESIDENT read a message, stating that the…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Tuesday, May 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 May 1880 · page 3

[?]e PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. ARCHIBALD THOMPSON'S TRUST ESTATE BILL. The PRESIDENT read a message from the Governor…

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Municipal Meetings

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 May 1880 · page 4

RANDWICK (4th May).--Present--The Mayor and Aldermen Bradley, Moore, Magill, Denning, Kidman, Kiss and Wall. Correspondence read: To the Under- Secretary, Department of Mines, informing…

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Latest Telegrams. Grafton Municipal Council

Evening News · Thursday 13 May 1880 · page 2

GRAFTON, Wednesday.—The municipal election for East Ward resulted in the return of Mr. Alderson by a majority of 150 over his opponent, Mr. Madgwick. Madgwick, 99 Alderson, [?]…

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Borough Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 May 1880 · page 6

CAMPERDOWN.—A meeting of the Council was held on Tuesday, the 27th of April, at 7.30 p.m. Present The Mayor, and Aldermen Bennett, Cruiksbank, Culbert, Larkin, Sparkes, and M'Grath. Minutes of previous meeting read and confirmed…

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Parliament. Legislative Council Wednesday, May 12

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 May 1880 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. MESSAGE. The PRESIDENT read a message, stating that the…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, May 12

Evening News · Thursday 13 May 1880 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock and reported a message received from the Assembly announcing that the Assembly did not insist on its amendments of the Council's amendments. Sir JOHN ROBERTSON moved…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, May 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 May 1880 · page 2

The President took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. LANDS ACTS AMENDMENT BILL. A message was received from the Legislative Assembly, returning the Lands Acts Further Amendment Bill, having…

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Municipal Meetings

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 May 1880 · page 4

FIVEDOCK.--The usual fortnightly meeting was held on April 27. Present--The mayor (T. West), Aldermen Sutton, Budd, Grogan and Baker. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and…

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Bathurst Municipal Council

Evening News · Friday 14 May 1880 · page 2

BATHURST, Friday.—A special meeting of the city council is called for the evening, for the purpose of dealing with a claim made by C. Quigley, of £250 compensation for injuries…

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Trades and Labour Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 May 1880 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Daily Telegraph

The Trades and Labour Council held a meeting last night at their rooms; Mr. W. B. Cole, the president, being in the chair, and the following affiliated societies being represented:—Carpenters and joiners (two societies), iron…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, May 13

Evening News · Friday 14 May 1880 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Daily Telegraph

Mr. Dock[?] moved, without notice, for returns [?]howing the interests which had grown up in connection with the church and school lands. The Betting Houses Suppression Act Amendment Bill and the…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, May 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 May 1880 · page 2

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock PAPERS. Sir JOHN ROBERTSON laid on the table a report from the Royal Commission on the Fisheries; regulations under…

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The Suburban Municipalities

Evening News · Friday 14 May 1880 · page 2

A deputation, accompanied by Sir George Wigram Allen, Mr. S. C. Brown, Dr. Bowker, Mr. Terry, and Mr, Hezlett, H.L.A.'s, and consisting of a large number of gentlemen representing the various…

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Latest Telegrams. Wagga Municipal Council

Evening News · Saturday 15 May 1880 · page 4

"WAGGA, Friday.—Yesterday the meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council was marked by extraordinary warmth. On the consideration of the gas supply proposal by Mr. Wark, Alderman…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Tuesday, May 11

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 May 1880 · page 12

THE PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock, and reported that the Governor had assented to the Archibald Thompson Trust Bill. He also reported the death of the Hon. G. W. Lord. Sir JOHN RORERTSON…

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Suburban Municipalites

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 May 1880 · page 6

A large and influential deputation from suburban municipalities, including Sir George Wigram Allen, Dr. Bowker, and Messrs. Brown, Terry and Hezlet, M's.L.A., waited on the Colonial Secretary,…

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