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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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FORBES, Thursday.—Mr. George Hutchinson was unanimously elected Mayor last night. The Mayor being a Good Templar, the usual champagne festivities were not indulged in, but in place thereof the district hospital got a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. In answer to questions asked by Mr. Higgins, in reference to the completion of the railway to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The most striking feature that any one travelling through the colony of New South Wales meets with, is the very unequal distribution of favours by the Government amongst the various country districts, and the partiality with which the State…
Continued on Trove, page 263 →BALMAIN.—Alderman W. A. Hutchinson has been elected Mayor of the borough of Balmain. VICTORIA.—Alderman Frederick Smith has been re-elected Mayor by the unanimous vote of the Council…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →His Worship the Mayor of Sydney and several of the city officers this morning paid another visit of inspection to several of the outlying portions of the city, and inspected a number of hovels and buildings…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GOULBURN, Saturday.—Alderman Clifford was elected Mayor yesterday, unopposed. PARRAMATTA, Saturday.—Charles Joseph Byrnes was elected Mayor unopposed yesterday, for the eighth time…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On the 31st January, the Mayor of Sydney inspected a number of tenements which the City Architect had reported unfit for habitation. The first building visited was the Central Police Court, the ruinons condition of which has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Meeting of the City Council was held this morning. There were present-His Worship the Mayor (presiding), and Aldermen Merrintan, J. Young Playfair, Dean, Davies, Carter, Wadeworth, Maeks…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →HUNTER'S HILL.—The regular meeting of the Council was held, at the Council-chambers, on Friday, 11th instant. Present: The Mayor (Alderman J. K. Heydon), Aldermen Canes, Nutman. Best and Tornaghi. The minutes of the previous…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Speical meeting of the Municipal Council was held this afternoon to consider the advisability of removing the Council's banking account from the Bank of New South Wales, in consequence of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A disturbance took place at a meeting of the Municipal Council yesterday. Upon the election of a works' committee, an angry debate ensued, during which several of the aldermen became…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →RICHMOND.—Mr. Joseph E. Onus, J.P., was, on Wednesday last, elected Mayor of Richmond, by a majority of 5 to 4 over Alderman Cobcroft…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A fortnightly meeting of the Sydney Municipal Council was held at the Town Hall yesterday morning, and was presided over by the Mayor, and well attended by aldermen. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Lucas to ask the Vice-President of the Executive Council,— 1. What was the total cost of the Public school buildings at Newtown? 2. How much was paid tor the land? 3. The like information with regard to the Ultimo school? 4. The like…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BOROUGH OF ST. LEONARDS.—Mr. William Tunks, J.P., has been elected Mayor for the fifteenth time consecutively. GLEN INNES.(Tuesday).—Edward Jones and John…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. A petition in favour of the No Liability Mining Companies Act, was presented by Mr. G. B. Cox from certain miners of Braidwood,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. PETITIONS. Mr. G. H. COX presented a petition from a number…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR. The PRESIDENT read a message from the Governor, giving the Royal Assent to the Supply Bill for January…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This morning, before his Honor Mr. Justice Windeyer. Mr. Forster, instructed by Messrs. Pigott and Prickett, applied on behalf of Mr. Charles Artlett, for a rale is the nature of a quo warranto to…
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