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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1882

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Paddington Municipal Council

Evening News · Saturday 1 July 1882 · page 6

The usual fort[?]gtly meeting of the Paddington B[?]gh Council was held on Tuesday evening af the Town Hall. Present—His Worship the Mayor (Mr. W. Brown), Castle, Campbell, Stockham,…

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The Australian Colonists and Mr. Alderman M'arthur, M.p. (From Our London Correspondent.) London, May 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 July 1882 · page 9

Mr. Alderman M'Arthur, M.P., ex-Lord Mayor of the City of London, was presented with a handsome testimonial by the Australian colonists and the citizens, at the Mansion House, on Friday, May 19. Among the company present…

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Municipal Vagaries. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 July 1882 · page 3

Sir,—Mr. Cummins, alderman of Burwood, deserves my thanks for the candid way in which he has admitted the truth of all the statements put forward in my letter which appeared in your issue of 20th June. I was confident as to…

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Borough Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 July 1882 · page 6

WATERLOO.—Meeting held on June 9. Present—Mr. Alderman Hogan, J.P., with Aldermen Gray, Cole, Harrisky, Mulder, Evans, and Marsden. Minutes of preceding meeting read and contlrmed. Letters read, received from Mr. Doust re insurance…

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City Council

Evening News · Tuesday 4 July 1882 · page 3

The usual monthly meeting of the City Council was held, to-day at the Town Hall. Present : His Worship the Mayor, and aldermen Green, Hardie, Chapman, Tayior, Kippax, Butcher. Palmer, Beate,…

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Municipal Institutions Around Sydney

Evening News · Tuesday 4 July 1882 · page 2

In the EVENING NEWS of to morrow we propose publishing the first of a series of [?] on the various municipal [?] neigh [?]of Sydney, including the City Council. The articles will deal with the…

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Municipal Vagaries. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 July 1882 · page 6

Sir.—With your permission I would like to correct an erroneous inference, which may be drawn from a letter which appeared in your issue of the 1st instant from " A Burwood Ratepayer."…

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Sydney Municipal Council

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 July 1882 · page 3

A meeting of the above was held at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon. Present: His Worship the Mayor (Mr. John Harris), Aldermen Beare,Chapman, Davies, Dean, Green, Hardie, Kippax, Lees, O'Connor…

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City Council. Monthly Meeting

Evening News · Wednesday 5 July 1882 · page 3

The usual men[?] of was City Council was held yesterday at the Town Hall, there being [?] His Worship the Mayer, and Councillers Green, Randie, Chapman, "Bylor, K[?]x, Batcher, Pulmer, Beace, Davies,…

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Suburban Municipalities

Evening News · Wednesday 5 July 1882 · page 2

IF we go outside the city proper—to which we shall advert by-and view the environs, old and new, commencing with the borough of Paddington, what do we find in the…

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Borough Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 July 1882 · page 6

NORTH WILLOUGH[?].—Special meeting held on June 17. Present, the full council. Minutes read and confirmed. Correspondence: Letter from Lands Office, showing on which roads land would be reserved out of the 100 above high water-mark for…

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Borough Council Meeting

Evening News · Friday 7 July 1882 · page 2

[?].—Meeting of Council the 29th instant Present: The Mayor (Alderman wright, M.L.A.) with a full council. The minutes of the previous meeting were confirmed. Report [?] in the improvement committee, making…

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Trades and Labour Council

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 July 1882 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, Evening News

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the above council was held at Olliffe's Hyde Park Hotel, Elizabeth-street, last night. The president, Mr. John Talbot, occupied the chair, and the following…

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The City Council and the Fourth of July

Evening News · Friday 7 July 1882 · page 4

At the monthly luncheon given by his Worship the Mayor on Tuesday on the occasion of the monthly meeting Council his Worship the Mayor took advantage of the occasion to propose the toast of the…

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Wagga Municipal Council. Wagga Wagga

Evening News · Saturday 8 July 1882 · page 4

At a meeting of the Municipal Council, yesterday, an alderman raised a question as to the legality of the last meeting of the Council, which, had been adjourned from the previous day in an…

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Executive Council

Evening News · Monday 10 July 1882 · page 2

At a meeting of the Executive Council this morning the time granted to the Friendly Societies Commission has been further extended for six weeks. The compulsory clauses of the Public Instruction Act…

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Borough Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 July 1882 · page 6

MANLY.—Meeting held 15th June. Present—The Mayor (Mr J. J. Lough), in the ch[?]r; Aldermen Austin, Hayes, Lawrence, Small, and Pitt. Minutes of meetings of 1st and 12th June read and confirmed. Letter from manager of the Rock…

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Borough Council Meeting

Evening News · Tuesday 11 July 1882 · page 2

RANDWICK.—A special meeting of this Council was held on the 4th instant. Present—The Mayor (Alderman Pearce), with Alderman See, Wall, Bradley, and Denning. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and…

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