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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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Messages were received from the Assembly agreeing to the Council's amendments in the Navigation Law Amendment Bill. Sir JOHN ROBERTSON moved that the House resolve…
Continued on Trove, page 666 →There are several Carters under the M.T.C., but only one under the Metropolitan Town Council! Robert Fowler will probably be the 'cock of the walk' for Denison, and to eject him will surely be a fouler proceeding than the electors…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. Sir JOHN ROBERTSON, in reply to Mr. Stewart, stated that plans and sections of authorised lines of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →CANTERBURY.--Meeting hold at the Council Chambers on Wednesday, the 17th day of September, 1881 Present: The Mayor, and Aldermen Davis, Nightingale, Quigg, and Roberts. Minutes of previous…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FIVE DOCK.—Meeting held on 27th September. Present—The Mayor and full council. M[?]utes of previous meeting read and con[?]rmed. Correspondence: From James Turner, ca[?]g attention of council to the l[?]pproaches to bridge over Lan[?]ot and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →PETERSHAM.—Meeting held on 10th instant at 7.20 p.m., Present—Aldermen Cubitt, Gelding, Henderson, Hughes, M'Gill, and Pile. In the absence of the mayor, from indisposition, Alderman Cubitt was votad to the chair. Minutes of previons meeting read…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WOOLAHRA.—Meeting of council, October 12. Present—The Mayor, with Aldermen Norton, Trickett, Sladen, Neild, and Broadribb. Minutes of previous meeting read and confirmed. Correspondence: 1. From the council…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GL[?]K.—Meetrag held on the 3rd October. Present—the Mayor (Mr. Charles Pi[?]d), and Aldermen Chapman, Thornley, Dunn, Wearne, Elphinstone, Graham, Turner. Wells, and Bull. Minutes of last meeting read and confirmed. Letters:—From Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Wesloyan [?]cumenical Council held in London, shows how various and complex the fabric of Methodism is from the fact that no less than twelve schools of the followers of John Wesley are represented. The object of this…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The business-paper of the Legislative Council for to-day commences with a question by Mr. Flood, as to whether the Government intend to build reformatories for juvenile male offenders. Then comes the following:—Government…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting of the council of the New South Wales Institute of Surveyors was held at the Council Room, Westworth-court, yesterday afternoon, when the following nominations for office-bearers for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The President took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. As there was not a quorum, the house adjourned until half-past -1 o'clock next day. The members…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 1, and, there not being a quoram present, the House stood adjourned until 4 p.m. the following day(Thursday). The following members were present:—Sir John…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting cf the Finance Committee of the City Council was held yesterday. The Mayor presided. CITY ENGINEER'S REPORT…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past t o'clock. RESIGNATION OF SIR GEORGE INNES. The PRESIDENT announced the receipt of a message from the Governor intimating the resignation by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The PRESIDENT took the chair at 28 minutes past 4. SIR GEORGE INNES. The PRESIDENT informed the House that he had received a letter from his Excellency the Governor intimating…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—In your leading column of the 13th instant you have fairly commented on the scheme suggested for amending municipal taxation. The article is well timed, and will cause the proposition to be examined from different…
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