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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1883

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Sydney Municipal Council

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 April 1883 · page 4

A meeting of the Finance Committee of the Sydney Municipal Council was held at the Town Hall yesterday at 2.30 p.m. Present--The Mayor, Aldermen Chapman, Hardie, Beare, Poole, J. D…

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Wagga Municipal Council. Wagga Wagga

Evening News · Friday 27 April 1883 · page 2

A meeting of the Municipal Council was held last night, when a [?]sued as to the [?]…

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City Council

Evening News · Friday 27 April 1883 · page 3

A meeting of the finance committee of the City Counil was held at the Town Hafl yesterday afternoon. His Worship the Mayor presided, and there were present Aldermen Chapmen, Beare, Hardie, Poole, J. D. Young,…

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Trades and Labour Council

Evening News · Friday 27 April 1883 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Daily Telegraph, The Sydney Morning Herald

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Trades and Labour Council was held at the Royal Hyde Park Hotel last night. There was a fall attendance of delegates, and the chair was occupied by the…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, April 26

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 April 1883 · page 3
Also in Evening News

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. QUESTIONS. Mr DALLEY, in reply to Mr Hill, stated that the…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Thursday, April 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1883 · page 2

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4. ANSWER TO QUESTION. Mr. DALLEY said, in reply to Mr. Hill, that the commissioners of Fis[?] had recommended the exemption…

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Ryde. Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1883 · page 8

A REGULAR meeting was held in the Council Chamber, Ryde, on Friday, 20th instant. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Ross, Watts, Lovell, Benson, Forsyth, and Bishop. The…

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Political Notes. Trades and Labour Council

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 April 1883 · page 12

A special meeting of the Trades and Labour Council of New South Wales was held at the Royal Hyde Park Hotel last week for the purpose of further discussing amendments in connection with the Electoral…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Friday, April 27

Evening News · Saturday 28 April 1883 · page 5

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. Mr. PIDDINGTON presented a petition from 370 inhabitants of Parramatta against that clause in the…

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Parliament Legislative Council. Tuesday, APRIL 24

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 April 1883 · page 798

The Appropriation Bill, Public Worts Loan Bill, Retired Judges' Pensions Bill, and Sydney Corporation Act Amendment Bill (No.3) were respectively, on the motion of Mr. DALLEY, read the third time, passed, and…

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Vagaries of the City Council. To the Editor

Evening News · Saturday 28 April 1883 · page 6

SIR,—For years there was a hole in the guttering opposite my [?] and into this cabs would get, and require the ser[?] of street arabs to hang on to the spokes for purposes of extrication. The [?]erated water…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Tuesday, April 24

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 April 1883 · page 14

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. In reply to Mr. Piddington. Mr. DALLEY stated that the Colonial Secretary had intimated to the…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Friday, April 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 April 1883 · page 8

The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 o'clock p.m. MESSAGES. The PRESIDENT announced the receipt of messages from his Excellency the Governor assenting in the name of and…

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Grand Council of the Loyal Orange Institution of Australasia. (Contributed.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 28 April 1883 · page 7

The R.W.G.M. Bro. Hicks, the D.G.M. Bro. R.L. Murray, M.L.A. and the G.T. Bro. N. J. Mackenzie, delegates appointed to represent the Grand Lodge, of New South…

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Municipal Meetings

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 April 1883 · page 5

WATERLOO. -- The usual fortnightly meeting of this council wan held on the 27th instant. Present -- The mayor (Alderman M. F. Smith), with a fall council. Alderman Mulder drew attention to what…

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Borough Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 April 1883 · page 6

ALEXANDRIA.—The usual fortnightly meeting of the counci was held on Wednesday, April 4, at half-past 7 p.m. Present— The Mayor (Mr. C. B. Henderson), with Aldermen Foskett, Harden, Hannan, and Wood. The minutes of the preceding…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Monday, April 30

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1883 · page 3

The President took the chair at half-part 4 o'clock. REPORT. Mr DOCKER presented the report of the Printing…

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