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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1880

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, December 22

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 December 1880 · page 4

The PRESIDENT took the chair at 19 minutes past 4 o'clock p.m. ADMINISTRATION OF THE OATH. The PRESIDENT read a commission empowering…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Wednesday, December 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 December 1880 · page 6

The PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty minutes past 4. COMMISSION TO ADMINISTER THE OATH. The PRESIDENT informed the House that he had received a commission, authorising the Chairman of…

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Borough Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 December 1880 · page 6

WOOLLAHRA.—The monthly meeting was held on 14th December Present: Aldermen Mitchell (presiding), Butcher, Sladen, Oatley, and Bogie. Minutes of hit meeting read and confirmed, The report of the Finance Committee was adopted, and the several…

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Trades and Labour Council

Evening News · Friday 24 December 1880 · page 5
Also in The Sydney Daily Telegraph, The Sydney Morning Herald

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Trades and Labour Council was held last night in the council's rooms at the Hyde Park Hotel. The attendance was small, and to the absence of the president,…

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Borough Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 December 1880 · page 6

BURWOOD.—The usual meeting of this Council, convened for November 25th, lapsed for want of a quoram. Meeting was held on Thursday evening. the 9 the December. Present—The Mayor (mr. W. Archer). and Alermen W. Keen, C. Beaver, A. C…

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Municipal Meeting

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 December 1880 · page 6

ASHFIELD (December 20).--Present: The Mayor (Mr. D. Holborow, J.P.), and Aidorman Fyle, Hammond, Hudson, Moss, Read and Shilling. Minutes of previous meeting were read and confirmed…

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Dorough Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 December 1880 · page 7

PADDINGTON.—The usual monthly meeting was held on the 30th ultimo. Present—The Mayor (Mr. Wm. Taylor), Aldermen Whitclaw, Campbell, Stockham, Watson, Johns, Artlett, Brown, and Granham. Minutes of previous meeting read and confirmed…

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Municipal Meeting

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 December 1880 · page 3

Newtown (December 23).--Present: The mayor (Alderman Wildraan) in the chair, and Aldermen Tye, Whately, Goodsell, .T. F. Smith, J. H. Smith, Boots and Melville. Correspondence: From Department of…

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Municipal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 December 1880 · page 7

The election of Mayor for the city of Sydney for 1881 took place at the Town Hall on December 9, and, on the motion of Alderman O'Connor, it was resolved that the voting should proceed by show of hands. Alderman…

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Portrait of the Mayor

Evening News · Friday 31 December 1880 · page 5

Mr. T.H.Boyd has just completed an excellent portrait of Mr. Robart Fowler, Mayor of Sydney. It is a three-quarter size water colour, and is about [?] by 6ft in size. Mr. Fowler is seated in his robes of…

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