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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4. FIRE BRIGADES BILL. The PRESIDENT announced that he had received a message from the Governor, stating that his Excellency had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr DALLEY laid upon the table the report of the Commissioner for Railways on railway and tramways of New South Wales, for 1882. Report on the census of New South Wales, 1881. Minute of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Tuesday evening last. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Mitchell, Smith, Wilson, Arundel, Murphy, and Pearce…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CAMPERDOWN.—Special meeting of the council was held on Tuesday, January 8, at 7.30 p.m. Present—The Mayor, and Aldermen Burchor, Culbert, Cruikshank, Larkin, M'Grath, Sparkes, and Walsh. The minutes of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 o'clock. There not being a quorum present, the House was adjourned until 4 o'clock the following day. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY…
Continued on Trove, page 179 →The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. The PRESIDENT reported the receipt of the Metropolitan Butchers' Sunday Closing Bill from…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The season has again come round for the election of aldermen in the various municipalities, and the borough of Paddington is to have a fair number of candidates presenting themselves for election…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—I am pleased to see that at last someone has taken up the pen in the persons of your correspondents "H." and "S." to expose the abominable and filthy state of the few public [?]inals we have to our city, and unfortunately these dirty…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The President took the chair at hall-past 4 o'clock. The PRESIDENT reported the receipt of the Metropolitan Butchers' Sunday dosing Bill from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At a meeting of the Melbourne City Council to-day, a letter was read from the private secretary of his Excellency, forwarding a despatch from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, saying that the petition of the council…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ALEXANDRIA.--An ordinary meeting of this council was held last night. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Henderson), with Aldermen Foskett, Jesson, Harden, Hannan, Taylor, and Wood. A letter…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →REDFERN.—The usual fortnightly meeting of this council was held on the 25th instant. Present—The mayor, the Hon. F. A. Wright, M.L.A., with Alderman Stanley, Landep, Hume, O'Connell, Berry, Sharp, Graham, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Concerning the financial position of the Sydney Municipal Council, the following figures will prove of interest to the ratepayers. The revenue from the city rate last year was £125,000, which exceeded any…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In the Assembly last night, Mr. Stuart, in answer to Mr. Hugh Taylor for Mr. Heydon, said he had no information whatever with respect to the recently published telegrams from London stating that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. SUPPLY. Mr DALLEY gave notice to move next day that so much of the standing orders should be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 o'clock p.m. PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE. Mr. DALLEY laid on the table of the House the certificate of the resumption of certain land resumed in connection…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WAVERLEY.—Mr. T. J. Murray, who is a candidate for Waverley ward, held a meeting at the Charing Cross Hotel on Tuesday night. There was a large attendance, and Mr. Murray's address to the meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr Hugh Taylor asked the Colonial Secretary, in the Legislative Assembly yesterday:--Will the Government take into consideration the advisableness of placing a sum of money on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →There appears to bo serious complications over the municipal elections in Waterloo. In accordance with the Act an open court should have been held for the revision of the municipal lists between…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A meeting of the finance committee of the Sydney Municipal Council was held at the Town Hall at half-past 2 p.m., yesterday. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen M'Mahon. Withers, Bear,…
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