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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1883

1,054 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 53

Borough Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 September 1883 · page 10

MANLY.—Meeting held on 16th instant. Present—The Mayor (Mr. C. H. Hayes), and Aldermen Lough, Small, Austin, Barker, and Pitt. The minutes of previous meeting read and confirmed. Letters from the Under Secretary for Lands stating that the…

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Municipal Meeting

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 September 1883 · page 3

HUNTER'S HILL.--A special call of the council was made on the 10th ultimo. Present: Aldermen Best, Wilson, Booth, Fitzpatrick, and Nutman. In the absence of the mayor Alderman Wilson was voted to…

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Trades and Labour Council

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 September 1883 · page 3

A special meeting of the Trades and Labour Council was held last evening at the Royal Hyde Park Hotel, to consider a schemes for the establishment of courts of conciliation, which had…

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Liverpool. Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 8 September 1883 · page 3

THE regular for nightly meeting of this Council was held on Tuesday evening last. Present: His Worship the Mayor(Ald. Ashcroft), Aldermen. Mitchell, Smith, Pearce, Brown, Wilson,…

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Borough Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 September 1883 · page 7

HUNTER'S HILL.—Meeting held on Friday, August 10. Present: Alderman Best, Wilson, Booth, Fitzpatrick, and Nutman, In the absence of the Mayor, Alderman Wilson was voted to the chair. Alderman Wilson moved,—"That the motion passed on…

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Redfern Borough Council

Evening News · Saturday 8 September 1883 · page 5

An ordinary meeting of this council was held on September 7. Present: The mayor (the Hon. P. A. Wright, M.L.A.), with Aldermen O'Connell. Stanley, Williamson, Berry, charp, Hume Lander, Graham, Andrew and Crowe…

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Borough Council Meetings

Evening News · Saturday 8 September 1883 · page 6

ALEXANDRIA.—A meeting of this council was held on the 5th instant. Present—The mayor (Alderman Henderson), with a full council. The Gas Company intimated that from the 1st October cert the price charted for public lights…

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Municipal Meetings

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 September 1883 · page 7

ALEXANDRIA. -- An ordinary meeting of this council was held on the 5th instant. Present: The mayor (Alderman Henderson), with a full council. The Gas Company intimated that the charge for…

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City Council

Evening News · Monday 10 September 1883 · page 2

The quarterly meeting of the City Council took place to-day, there being a large attendance. After the reports had been read and adopted, the ordinary business was proceeded with. The first…

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Sydney Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 September 1883 · page 5

The hundred-and-sixth quarterly meeting of the Sydney Municipal Council was held at the Town Hall yesterday. The Mayor occupied the chair, and there was a large attendance of aldermen…

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Leichhardt Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 September 1883 · page 5
Also in Evening News

A meeting of the Municipal Council of Leichhardt was held last evening in the Council chambers, Loichhardt. All the aldermen were present, and the Mayor (Alderman Pritohard) occupied the chair…

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City Council

Evening News · Tuesday 11 September 1883 · page 3

The following reports were on Monday laid on the table of the City Council at its quarterly meeting:—MECHANICAL ENGINEER'S REPORT…

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The City Council

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 September 1883 · page 3

The 106th quarterly meeting of the City Council was held at the Town Hall yesterday morning, his Worship the Mayor being in the chair. There were present--Aldermen Chapman, O'Connor, and…

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Parliament and the Municipalities

Evening News · Tuesday 11 September 1883 · page 2

At one of the largest of the many festive gatherings, of which our peripatetic ministry have: attended during the parliamentary recess, the Treasurer plumed himself on the merit of having…

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Municipal Meetings

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 September 1883 · page 3

REDFERN,--A meeting of this council was held on the 7th instant. Present : The Mayor (the Hon. F. A. Wright, M.L.A.), with aldermen Williamson, Stanley, O'Connell, Berry, Sharp, Lander, Graham,…

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Parramatta Borough Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 12 September 1883 · page 2

THE regular fortnightly meeting of the Parramatta borough Council was held on Monday [?] President [?]hip the Ma[?] Brodie, and Whitworth…

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Metropolitan District Court. Tuesday. (Before Mr. District Court Judge Wilkinson.) Willgosse V Municipality of St. Peters

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 September 1883 · page 5

In this case, which was previously heard, a verdict was given for the plaintiff for £50 with costs for ten witnesses. WELSH V RARKER. In this case, in which plaintiff claimed for the breach of…

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Trades and Labour Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 September 1883 · page 6
Also in Evening News

The usual fortmightly meeting of the Trades and Labor Council took place last night, at the Royal Hyde Park Hotel, when there was a good attendance of members. The correspondence was read and received. Mr. Poole and…

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