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Council & local affairs, 1885

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Municipal Meeting Burwood

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 February 1885 · page 8

The Burwood Municipal Council [?] ing, when the newly-elected mayor [?] Sanders) presided for the first time [?] Mears, Ksen, Broughton, Hall, [?]…

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Municipal Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 February 1885 · page 5

SHOALHAVEN.--The following gentleman have been elected as aldermen :--Messrs H. Duster, W. Mathic, and L. R. Mood. The local option vote resulted as follow :-- For new licenses 40, against 51 ; for removals 43, against 40,…

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Borough Council Meeting. Tuesday, February 10, 1885. Election of Mayor

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 2

A special meeting of the Council was held on the above date for the purpose of electing, a Mayor for the ensuing year. There were present— His Worship the Mayor (Mr. J…

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Election of Mayor

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 3
Also in Nepean Times, The Cumberland Mercury

Last Wednesday evening the Council met for the purpose of electing a mayor for the ensuing twelve months. Mr. Henry Hughes, the outgoing mayor, presided, and there was a full…

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A Popular Mayor

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 10

FOR the fifth time Alderman Robert Butcher, M.L.A., has been elected to the mayoral chair of the wealthy and important borough of Woollahra. Under Mr. Butcher's mayorship the Woollahra…

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Bathurst Municipal Council

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 336

At the Municipal Council meeting on the 4th inst. the slow rate of progress made by the contractor for the waterworks formed a subject of complaint. Alderman Mills said that only two men were employed on the works, and at the…

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Prospect and Sherwood Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 3

A SPECIAL meeting of the Project and Sherwood Municipal Council was held on Tuesday evening last, for the purpose of electing a Mayor for the Municipal year 1885-6…

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Waterloo Borough Council

Evening News · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 4

A meeting1 of the borough council of Waterloo waa held on Friday night, when there were present the Mayor (Mr. W. B. Cole), and AWermen White, Navin, Russell, Spicer, Harrisky, Torning, Ander­son, and Evans. MeBsrs. Pigott and Trickett for­warded three notices from Messrs. Iceion and Faith-fnll, solicitors for Sir Daniel Cooper, objecting to and refusing' to recognise the dedication of certain streets and lanes, as no action on the part of lessees or assignees can bind the owner of the land. The application of Mr. M. Walsh for a dance license for a…

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Trades and Labour Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 15

The usual weekly meeting of the Trades and Labour Council of New South Wales was held at the Swan with Two Necks Hotel on Thursday night. The president, Mr. Josiah Wright, occupied the chair, and the folllowing societies were…

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Parramatta Borough Council. Mayoral Election

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 3

A SPECIAL meeting of the Parramatta Borough Council was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday afternoon, for the purpose of electing a Mayor for the Municipal…

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Municipal Elections. Polling Day

Nepean Times · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 2

ON Saturday last a poll was taken at penrith. Castlereagh, and Mulgon, to fill the vacancies in the penrith Municipal Counvil caused by the retirement of Aldermen Smith, Price and Clissold, whose terms…

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Municipal Gas monopoly

Evening News · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 4

" Fairplay " writes :-Under the Municipal Gas Act of 1634, Mr. Hammond, M.L.A., in advocating the establishment of gas works for Ashfiold, has, doubtless, demonstrated the unequal advantages of a municipal corporation over that of a company by the power conferred upon them to construct gasworks and to lery a rate upon pro* perty to meet workine expenditure. It is true that…

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Municipal Elections

Evening News · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 6
Also in Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser

WELLINGTON.—Alderman T. Quirk elected Major for the third time. GLEN INNES.—Dr. Wrigley elected Mayor. VICTORIA.—Alderman M'Mahon, J.P., unnanimoatly…

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Suburban Municipal Elections

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 3

The fellowing have been elected:—Newtown.—O'Connell Ward: Mr. R. T. Bellemey, Kingston Ward: Mr. Joseph Jolly. Marickville.—Mr. Shaw, late mayor, has…

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Suburban and Country Municipal Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 11

The following elections to fill the annual vacancies occurring in the various municipalities and boroughs of the colony, have been made and reported to us to date:- CARCOAR.—Alderman J. [?] Dodd has been elected…

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Municipal Meetings. Manly

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 6

This council met on Thursday, those present being Alderman Austin, Weekes, and Smithers. Alderman C. H. Hayes (now on leave of absence) was re-elected Mayor, and Alderman…

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Ryde. Municipal Elections

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 3

THE elections in West and Central Wards (the only wards contested) took place on Saturday. Never in the history of the Ryde Council was there so keen a contest. Partisanship…

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