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Council & local affairs, 1885

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Municipal Meeting. Ryde

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1885 · page 8

The Ryde Council met on Friday. Present: The Mayor, Mr Ross; Aldermen Gallard, Watts, Small, Jackson, and Benson. The finance committee ordered payment of accounts amounting to…

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Parramatta Borough Council. Business Paper

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 11 March 1885 · page 2

The following is the business paper for today’s meeting of the Parramatta Borough Council :— [?]PORTS TO RECEIVE…

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A Colonial Council of Advice. London, March 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1885 · page 10

Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor of the Cape, considers that a Colonial Council of Advice is not required…

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A Council of Advice. Sib Hercules Robinson's Views

Evening News · Wednesday 11 March 1885 · page 6

LONDON, March 9.—Sir Hercules Robinson, G.C.M.G., Governor of the Cape colony, declares that a colonial council of advice in London is not required._____________…

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Municipal Meeting. Hunter's Hill

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1885 · page 6

The usual general meeting of this council was held on Friday last. Present--the Mayor (Alderman Booth), Aldermen Brown, M'Neil, Weeks, Doyle, and Joubert. A request of…

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George Augustus Sala. He and a Mayor at Breakfast

Evening News · Friday 13 March 1885 · page 4

The Mayor of Sydney, Mr. Thomas Playfair, visited our great literary visitor, Mr. G. A. Sala, on board the San Francisco mail boat, this morning. Mr. James Allison (Mr. Sala's agent in Australia)…

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Trades and Labour Council the Bootmakers' Dispute

Evening News · Friday 13 March 1885 · page 5

The Trades and Labour Council held a meeting in the Swan with Two Necks Hotel, George-street, on Thursday evening. Mr. Josiah Wright, the president. occupied the chair. The following trades…

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A Municipal Matter

Evening News · Friday 13 March 1885 · page 7

William David Moore Irwin, ex-alderman of Macdonaldtown, broughtan action in the Newtown Police Court yesterday against Wm. Osborne Harman, the council clerk of Madonaldtown, for not having…

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Ryde. Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 14 March 1885 · page 8

THE fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on the 6th instant. Present : The Mayor (Ald. Rose), and Alderman Gaillard Watts, Small, Jackson, and Benson…

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Penrith Municipal Council

Nepean Times · Saturday 14 March 1885 · page 2

THE following is the business paper for Monday night:— To consider and determine upon the following motions:—…

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From the Lord Mayor of London

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 March 1885 · page 29

The Governor has received the, following telegram from the Lord Mayorof London, dated from the Mansion House:—"Hearty congratulations to our noble colonies for their patriotic support of the…

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Balmain Borough Council

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

A special meeting of the above was held on Friday the 6th inst. under the presidency of the Mayor (Mr. J. Garrard, M.L.A.) There were also present—Aldermen Punch, Briggs,…

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Council of Dynamiters

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 March 1885 · page 5

Paris, February 3.--The dynamiters here are furicusly indignant about the attack on O'Donovan Kessa, One man, claiming to be on very intimate terms with him, considers that the woman arrested…

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Trades and Labour Council

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 March 1885 · page 9

This council met on Thursday at the Swan with Two Necks Hotel, George-street, Mr J. Wright la the chair. The societies represented were : The Seamen's Union, Amalgamated Tinsmiths,…

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Leichhardt. Borough Council Meeting. Monday, March 9. 1885

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

Present—His Worship the Mayor, (Alderman John Young), and Aldermen Arguimbau Neale, Moore, Hearne, Evans, Whiting and Davison, Scott, and the Clerk, (Mr. Beames)…

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Municipal Meetings. Waterloo

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 March 1885 · page 6

At the meeting of the council lait night there were present:--The Mayor (Alderman W. B. Cole), with Aldermen Evans, Torn[?]ng, Ha[?]sky, Spicer, Kussell, and White. The…

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Correspondence. the Approaching Granville Municipal Elections. to the Editor of the Mercury

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 14 March 1885 · page 1

SIR,—Knowing that the MERCURY is widely read in Granville, and that its comments are highly appreciated, may I be allowed through your columns to jot down a few ideas re the…

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Complimentary Picnic to Alderman John Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 March 1885 · page 5

Clontarf on Saturday was the scene of a complimentary picnic and bouquet to Alderman John Young, tendered by his employees, their wives, families, and friends. The comfortable little steamer Leveret had been laid on, and after a…

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Alderman John Young and He Employees

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 March 1885 · page 6

A very pleasant gathering took place at Clontarf on Saturday last, when Alderman John Young was entertained by his employees. The picnic party, most of whom left the Quay by an early…

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Pienic to Alderman John Young

Evening News · Tuesday 17 March 1885 · page 8

The employes of Alderman John Young, builder, contractor, &c., gave a complimentary picnic to him on Saturday, at Clontarf. The steamer Leveret made two trips during the forenoon, and conveyed at each…

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