Mayor's Cups
The handsome silver cup presented by his Worship the Mayor of Sydney, to be competed for at the next regatta of the New South Wales Rowing Association is now on view at the establishment of Mr. Evan…
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Council & local affairs, 1881
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Alderman Hordern and Mr. Burdekin's Tenants. To the Editor
SIR,—As a business man of Oxford-street and a tenant of the Burdex in family, I cannot allow the letter of Mr. Hordern in your issue of Saturday last to pass without comment. Mr. Burdekin is charged…
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The finance committee of tho Sydney Municipal Council met yesterday, at the Town Hall. The Mayor (Mr. John Harris) was in tho chair. The fortnightly wages account, amounting to…
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The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the finance committee of the Sydney Municipal Council was held yesterday afternoon, his worship the Mayor presiding. There were present also Aldermen Merriman, Dean…
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Sir,--In your sub-leader of yesterday's issue you further treat with my letter of the 14th instant, in which I propose to tax all lands within a borough at per foot frontage, irrespective of value…
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ASHFIELD, June 29.--Special meeting to consider the subject of municipal taxation. Present--the mayor, Mr. Thos. L. Nicholson, and Aldermen Hammond, Hudson, Knights, Moss, Shilling, and Watkin…
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NEWTOWN, June 28.--Present--The Mayor ([?] the chair), Aldermen Tye, Wildman, Goodsell, J. R. Smith, J. F. Smith, Bedford, Boots, and Melville. The record of the previous meeting, which lapsed…
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Sir,--Kindly allow me space to refer to your remarks of to-day's issue upon the above subject. You say that I contend that low-priced lands should pay the heavier share of taxation. This is a mistake…
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At a special meeting of the City Counsil, last week, by-laws dealing with the public health were0 adopted, and contain such restrictions as are necessary for the protection of the citizons…
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RANDWICK.—The Council met on the 27th instant. Present— The Mayor, and Aldermen Bradley, Kiss, Denning, and Magill, Minutes of last meeting read and confirmed. Correspondence read—To the manager of the Bank of New South Wales,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Addresses to the Late Council of Education
A number of teachers and others who subscribed to the addresses prevented to the members of the Council of Education recently, assembled at Fort-street on Saturday afternoon. The object…
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GENTLEMEN,—Having been requested by a large number of fellow ratepayers to allow myself to be nominated as a candidate for the seat in the Municipal Council, vacant through the…
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The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. MESSAGES. The PRESIDENT read messages from the Governor, intimating that since the close of the late session of…
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The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council of Sydney, was held at the Town Hall this scorning. There were present His Worship the Mayor (Alderman Harris), and Aldermen Greene,…
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The PRESIDENT (Sir John Hay) took the chair at 4.80, and reported the receipt of messages from His Excellency the Governor, giving royal assent to the Bills passed at the latter part of last session but not…
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The President took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. The PRESIDENT reported that the Governor has assented to too Appropriation and Fisheries bill and…
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A fortnightly meeting of the Sydney Municipal Council was held at the Town Hall, yesterday at which the Mayor occupied the chair, and most of the Aldermen were present. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and…
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The President took the chair at twenty minutes past 3 o'clock. Sir GEORGE INNES moved that the House should proceed to Government House to present the…
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