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Council & local affairs, 1885

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Municipal Valuators

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 15 April 1885 · page 2

Intending applicants for the positions of valuators to the Borough of Granville are reminded that their tenders [?] be lodged with the acting Council Clerk (Mr. J. B[?]ch) not…

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Irish Affairs Mr. Q'brien's Neat Definition. an Apologetic Lord Mayor. the Royal Visit

Evening News · Thursday 16 April 1885 · page 6

Said a London correspondent on March 6:—The member for Mallow, who was last week suspended from service in the House of Commons, took advantage of his inforced holiday to visit his Fenian…

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Municipal Meetings. Alexandria

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 April 1885 · page 3

At a special meeting of the Alexandria Council held on Monday evening, the Mayor's minute submitted at the previous meeting, recommending the borrowings of £6000, was considered. There…

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Municipal Conference at Newcastle. [By Telegraph.]

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 April 1885 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The adjourned meeting of the Municipal Conference was held at Newcastle to-day. Present from Newcastle--The Mayor (presiding), and Alderman Creer; the Mayer of…

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West Botany Borough Council

Evening News · Friday 17 April 1885 · page 6

A meeting of the West Botany Council was held on Thursday night, when there were present, the Mayor (Mr. W. G. Judd), and Aldermen Godfrey, Jeeves, Beehag, and Bowmer. Mr. Saywell forwarded the…

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Latest Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Our Special Telegram. (From Our Own Correspondent.) the New Lord Mayor of London. London, April 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 April 1885 · page 8

Alderman Fowler, M.P., ex-Lord Mayor of London, has been elected in the room of the late Lord Mayor Nottage…

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Granville. Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 18 April 1885 · page 8

THE ordinary fortnightly meeting at the Municipal Council of the Borough of Granville was held in the [?] of Arts, Granville, on Wednesday evening last. There were present:…

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Penrith municipal Council

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 April 1885 · page 2

A MEETING of the Penrith Municipal Council was held on Monday evening. Present, —The Mayor, Ald. Cross, Long, T. Smith Clissold, Price, T. R. Smith and Besley…

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Lord Mayor of London

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 April 1885 · page 11

LONDON, April 15.—Mr. Robert Nicholas Fowler, M.A., M.P., who was Lord Mayor of London in 1884, has been re-elected to that position, rendered vacant by the death of Mr. G…

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Privy Council Appeal

Evening News · Saturday 18 April 1885 · page 6

LONDON, April 16.—The appeal case, Swiss Lloyd's Insurance Co. v. Warren, has been withdrawn…

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Redfera Borough Council

Evening News · Saturday 18 April 1885 · page 5

A meeting of the Redfern Borough Council was held on Friday night, when there were present the Mayor (Mr. W. G. Lander) and Aidermen Sharp. O'Conaell. Day, Berrv, Andrew, Hume, Graham. Williamson, and Stanley. Accounts amounting to…

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A New War Council

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 April 1885 · page 13

IN the absence of the Minister of War, Mr. Dalloy, gone off, as Mr. Alderman O'Connor put it, "at this most momentous period picnicking," certain of the more (or less)…

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Privy Council Appeal Case. London, April 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 April 1885 · page 12

The Privy Council appeal case, the Swiss Lloyd Insurance Company v. Warren, has been withdrawn…

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Municipal Conference at Newcastle. Newcastle

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 April 1885 · page 816

The adjourned municipal conference was held to-day in council-chambers, Newcastle. The mayors of the city and of all the suburban municipalities were present, excepting, those of Lambton and Hamilton, but these…

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Municipal Meetings Alexandria

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 April 1885 · page 5

At the meeting of this council on Wednesday evening there were present The Mayor (Alderman Jessen), with Aldermen Halverson, Russell [?]and [?] A letter…

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Newcastlo Municipal Conference. (By Telegraph. From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 April 1885 · page 12

The Municipal Conference was resumed to-day, when there was a full attendance of mayors and aldermen, and the following matters were dealt with:—Main roads, steam ferry to Stockton, the…

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Glebe Municipal [?]ection. Domination Irregularities. [?]Leged Double Dealing. a Pending Lawsuit

Evening News · Monday 20 April 1885 · page 3

It may be remembered that great excitement was created a month or two ago among the ratepayers of the Inner Glebe Ward in consequence of the peculiar tactics adopted by certain local magnates to prevent…

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Municipal Meetings. Redfern

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 April 1885 · page 8

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of this council was held on Friday, those present being the Mayor, Aldermen Berry, Williamson, O'Connell, Stanley, Day, Hume, Graham, and Andrews…

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CABLEGRAMS. [Some of the following items appeared in our second and third editions of yesterday,] A Privy Council Appeal

Evening News · Tuesday 21 April 1885 · page 6

LONDON, April 16.—In the case Women v. the Swiss Lloyd's Insurance Company, in which the plaintiff recovered heavy damages in the Supreme Court of Victoria, on a policy of insurance on a…

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Municipal Meetings. Leichhardt

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 April 1885 · page 6

At the ordinary meeting of this council last evening, there were present: the Mayor, Aldermen Davison, Scott, Neal, Evans, Whiting, Moore Arguimbau. Correspondence was dealt with from…

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