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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1885

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Sydney Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1885 · page 7

An ordinary meeting of the Sydney Municipal Council was held at the Town Hall yesterday. The chair was occupied by the Mayor, and there was a large attendance of aldermen…

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Prospect and Sherwood Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1885 · page 2

A special meeting of the Prospect and Sherwood Municipal Council was held at the Council Chambers on Saturday afternoon. Present: —His Worship the Mayor, and Aldermen…

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City Council

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1885 · page 6
Also in Evening News

The usual monthly meeting of the Sydney Municipal Council was held yesterday, at 11 a.m. There were present hie Worship the Mayor, Aldermen Kippax, Withers, Chapman, Hart, Palmer, Parker,…

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Parramatta Borough Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1885 · page 2

The fortnightly meeting of the Parramatta Borough Council lapsed on Monday owing to the absence of a quorum. Those present were his Worship the Mayor, and Aldermen Joseph…

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Municipal Association

Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1885 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the committee of the New South Wales Municipal Association was held in the Town Hall on Monday afternoon. Mr. W. A. Hutchinson, M.L.A., senior vice-president, occupied…

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Municipal Gas

Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1885 · page 6

The Lighting Committee of the Ashfield Borough Council reported on Tuesday sight that, having carefully considered tho reports sent in by Messrs. Bowman and Wark, the engineers authorised to prepare…

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Municipal Conference

Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1885 · page 5

A conference of the municipal councils of St. Leonards, East St. Leonards, and Victoria was held in the Victoria council-chambers, Bine's Point-road, on Tuesday night, to consider the sewerage scheme…

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Proposed Colonial Council

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1885 · page 4

LONDON, January 13.—Lord Lorne, ex Governor-General of Canada, supports Earl Grey's suggestion that the Secretary of State for the Colonies should refer important questions…

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Trades and Labour Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 January 1885 · page 8

An ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Trades and Labour Council was held at the Swan with Two Necks Hotel, Park-street, last night. Mr Wright, president, occupied the chair, and there…

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The Trades and Labour Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1885 · page 5

A meeting of the Trades and Labour Council was held at the Swan with Two Necks Hotel, Park-street, last night, Mr. Josiah Wright, the president occupied the chair the societies represented were—the Shipmasters and Officers'…

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Municipal Matters. Burwood

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 January 1885 · page 3

The Burwood Council sat yesterday evening, those present being the Mayor (Alderman Broughton), and Aldermen Hardie, Hull, Brown, O'Connell, Beaver, Brierley, Wedderburn. The…

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The Late Alderman James Pye

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 109

Alderman James Pye, of Rocky Hall, Parramatta, who died on the 30th December last from the effects of injuries accidentally received the previous day while riding into Parramatta, was a native of the…

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The Late Alderman James Pye

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 110
Also in Illustrated Sydney News, Illustrated Sydney News

The recent additions made to the depot buildings now raise the number of fixed berths in the dormitories to—Single men, 372 statute adults; single women, 402 statute adults; married couples and children, 344 statute adults:…

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Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 3

The ordinary meeting was held on the 9th January. Present: The Mayor, and Aldermen Rose. Gallard, Lovell, Forsyth and Small. The Finance Committee’s Report…

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Proposed Colonial Council

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 11

LONDON, January 13.—Lord Lorne, ex Governor-General of Canada, supports Earl Grey's suggestion that the Secretary of State for the Colonies should refer important questions…

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Balmain Borough Council. Tuesday, January 13

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 2

Present :— The Mayor, (Alderman Cameron) Aldermen Garrard, M.L.A., Punch, Franki, Burns, McDonald, Clubb, Looke, Hancock, Buchanan, Milne and…

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The Municipal Elections

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 5

The result of the Municipal Elections in the various Irish boroughs, which took place on November 25, are regarded us a very encouraging sign of tho progress of nationalism in the…

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