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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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Mr. Service has caused the following telegram to be forwarded to Mr. A. Stuart, Colonial Secretary of New South Wales, in reply to a telegram which he had received from Mr. Stuart, stating that he considered undue…
Continued on Trove, page 314 →Present: His Worship the Mayor (Alderman Cameron) and Aldermen Garrand, M.L.A., Hancock. (Punch, Buchanan, Burns, Macdonald, Looks, Kenniff, Milne,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. PAPERS. Mr. DALLEY laid upon the table the annual report of the University of Sydney for the year 1883;…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Land Bill was received from the Legislative Assembly, and Mr. DALLEY moved that it be read the first time. The motion was agreed to, and the hon. gentleman intimated his intention of moving the second…
Continued on Trove, page 312 →Mr. DALLEY moved that the Crown Lands Bill be read the second time. In submitting the motion, the hon. gentleman made an exhaustive speech, lasting an, hour and a-half, in which he gave a history of…
Continued on Trove, page 330 →The Mayor of Leichhardt (Mr. John Young) waited upon the Colonial Secretary yesterday to point out that the owners of certain large estates in Leichhardt had over and above the ordinary rates of 1s. 4d. in the pound given…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A deputation, representing plumbers, waited upon the Colonial Secretary yesterday to solicit the support of the Government for certain proposed amendments of the Municipal Gas Bill which had been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A deputation consisting of representatives of the municipalities of Petersham, Goulburn, Wollongong, Leichhardt, Alexandria, Burwood, Waterloo, and Macdonaldtown, and accompanied by Messrs. Hammond, Hutchinson, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sir,—I am credited with having stated at the meeting of the Burwood Council on Thursday evening that "The case resembled the famous Milburn Creek scandal." What I did state was that the report of the special accountant appointed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →On Friday, 8th instant, a deputation from several suburban municipalities waited at the Colonial Secretary s Office to request that a short Act might be passed to compel the owners of land to contribute towards the cost of kerbing…
Continued on Trove, page 313 →At the fortnightly meeting of the Parramatta Borough Council held on Monday last, Ald. Taylor moved,—“ That it is desirable that the Council should further exercise its borrowing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir, — The Parramatta Borough Council has been guilty of a piece of recklessness which it is difficult to understand, considering the state of the particular fund to be operated upon, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →THE monthly meeting of the committee of the Municipal Association of New South Wales, was held at the Town Hall on Monday afternoon, Mr. W. A. Hutchinson, M.P. (vice-president), in the chair, and…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The usual fortnightly meeting of the Waterloo Borough Council was held on Friday night. Present—The Mayor (Mr. Evans), and Aldermen Cole, Anderson, Torning, F. M. Smith, and Gray, Letters…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A deputation, consisting of the representatives from the municipalities of peters[?]orn Goulburn, Wollongong, Leickhardt, Alexandria, Buswood, Waterloo, and H[?]wn, and companied by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Mayor of Leickhardt (Mr. John Young) waited upon the Colonial Secretary, on Friday to point out that the owners of certain large estates in Leickhardt…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,—Whoever the individuals are who penned that letter in Saturday's Herald signed "Two of the Officials Interested," they have put about as lame and as foolish an attempt at explanation before the public as it bus over been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Marrickville Council was held on Monday night. Present—The Mayor (Mr. Shaw), and Aldermen Farr, Allum, Moyse, Graham, Davenport, Chisholm, M'Coy, add…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ADELAIDE, Monday.--The request of the recent deputation which waited on the Mayor, urging him to grant licenses to concert rooms attached to hotels, was referred to in the City Council today,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the meeting of the Waterloo Council held last night there were present:--The Mayor (Alderman Evens), with Aldermen M. F. Smith, Anderson, Torning, Cole, and Gray. Accounts, amounting to…
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