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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1880

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, January 22

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1880 · page 3
Also in Evening News

The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4..30 p.m. PETITIONS. Mr. OAKES presented a petition from Roman Catholics of Parramatta against the Education Bill…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, January 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1880 · page 2

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. PETITIONS. Mr. OAKES presented, a petition from Roman Catholic inhabitants of Parramatta, against the Public Instruction…

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The New Mayor of Sydney

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 24 January 1880 · page 9

IN Mr. Alderman Fowler, the newly elected Mayor of Sydney, the inhabitants of the colonial capital have a trustworthy and tried representative, whose devotion to their interests is beyond question. Mr. Fowler, like…

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Picnic to Ex-Mayor Roberts

Sydney Punch · Saturday 24 January 1880 · page 1

A most enjoyable picnic, given to our late popular mayor, Mr. Roberts, came off at Smith's grounds at Botany, on Tuesday last. Some 600 pleasure seekers assembled to do honour to the…

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The Ex-Mayor and Mrs. Roberts

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 January 1880 · page 24

WE have much pleasure in giving, in the present issue, portraits of Mr. C. J. Roberts, ex-Mayor of Sydney, and his estimable lady, together with an illustration of the pionic luncheon given to that lady…

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Trades and Labour Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1880 · page 6

At the usual fortnightly meeting of the Trades and Labour Council of New South Wales, held on Thursday night at the Hyde Park Hotel, Bathurst-street, there was a large attendance, and Mr. D. Jones occupied the chair…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, January 21

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 January 1880 · page 12

THE PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock, Sir JOHN ROBERTSON laid on the table several official documents, which were ordered to be printed. Mr. DALLEY presented petitions from…

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Municipal Meetings

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 January 1880 · page 8

RICHMOND.--The ordinary meeting was held on Wednesday, ther 14th inst. The mayor and Aldermen Kelly and Onus were the only members present, the meeting being therefore adjourned till the 16th…

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The Municipal Accounts

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1880 · page 3

The following are Mr. Durham's final recommendations concerning the mode of keeping the municipal accounts. The recommendations were attached to the report which we published on Friday:--…

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The City Council

Evening News · Wednesday 28 January 1880 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the Finance Committee was held yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of considering Mr.Durhac[?]'s report on the recent defalcation, and that gentleman's recommendation for reconstructing the…

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New Notices. Legislative Council.—wednesday, Jan. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1880 · page 3

The following is the business paper of the Legislative Council for to-day:— GOVERNMENT BUSINESS-ORDERS OF THE DAY. Lands Acts Further Amendment Bill; to be further considered…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, January 28

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 January 1880 · page 3
Also in Evening News

The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. PETITION. Mr. THORNTON presented a petition from certain Roman Catholic inhabitants of Richmond River…

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The Irish Viceroy and the Lord Mayor of Dublin. London, January 28

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 January 1880 · page 3

It is understood that the difficulty between the Viceroy of Ireland and the Lord Mayor of Dublin is settled, the latter having attended the Viceroy's levee at Dublin Castle…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, January 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1880 · page 2

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. PAPERS. Sir JOHN ROBERTSON laid on the table the minutes of the proceedings of the Intercolonial Meteorological…

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Alderman Playfair's Cup

Evening News · Friday 30 January 1880 · page 3

The example set by the Right Worshipful the Mayer of Sydney Mr. Fowler) in presenting a challenge cup to the late National Regatta, has drawn from Mr. Alderman Playfair, a member of the regatta committee, a promise of a…

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Police Courts. Central Police Court. Assaulting an Alderman

Evening News · Friday 30 January 1880 · page 3

A respectably-dressed man, named Timothy O'Connor, a butcher, was charged this morning by Alderman George Withers, J.P., with having assaulted and struck him in the face. From the evidence it…

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Trades and Labour Council

Evening News · Friday 30 January 1880 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

A SPECIAL meeting of the Trades and Labour Council Was held last night at M'Inerney's Hyde Park Hotel. Mr. W. B. Cole president of the council, occupied the chair, and the following…

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