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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1885

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City Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 October 1885 · page 3

The meeting of the committees was held yesterday, there being present--The Mayor, Aldermen Kippax, Poole, Beare, Bryen, Hardie, Dean, Burdekin, Lees, Hart, J. D. Young,…

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Trades and Labor Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 October 1885 · page 6

The fortnightly meeting of the Trades and Labor Council was held at the Swan-with-TwoNeeks Hotel last evening, when representatives from the following societies were present, viz.:…

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Trades and Labour Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 October 1885 · page 4

An extraordinary meeting of the Trades and Labour Council was held at the Swan-with-two-Necks Hotel, Parkstreet, last night. The chair, was occupied by Mr. Thomas Caddy, and there was a fair attendance of delegates. An…

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City Council Committee. Meeting of Finance Committee

Evening News · Friday 23 October 1885 · page 6

A meeting of the finance committee of the City Council was held in the Town Hall on Thursday. There were present Alderman J. D. Young, Harris, Dean, Hardie, Byren, Lees, Poole, Beare, M'Mahon,…

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Municipal Councils. Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 October 1885 · page 5

A meeting of the finance committee of the Sydney Municipal Council was hel at the Town Hall yesterday The chair was occupied by the Mayor. The attendance of aldermen was small. The usual accounts for wages and…

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Municipal Meetings. Woollahra

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 October 1885 · page 3

The adjourned monthly meeting of this council was held on Monday, when there were present the Mayor (Mr. R. Butcher), Aldermen Neild, Mitchell. Richardson and Trickett. The…

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Proposed Municipality Op Kogarah. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph.]

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 October 1885 · page 5

Sir,--It is a great pity that so many party disputes should have arisen between the people of Kogarah, Hurstville, Rockdale and West Botany, with regard to the proposed…

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Alderman Buchanan's Committee

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1885 · page 3

The final meeting of the above took place at the Warwick Castle Hotel on Wednesday. Mr. W. J. Gray president, and the large room was packed with people. Accounts for the…

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Ryde. Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 24 October 1885 · page 3

THE regular monthly meeting of the Council took place in the Council Chambers on Friday, the 16th inst. Present:—The Mayor, and Aldermen Gallard, Benson, Small, Jackson, and…

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Leichhardt Council

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1885 · page 3

A meeting of this Council was held on Monday evening. There were present, the Mayor (Mr. J. Young) and Aldermen Moore, Hearn, Whiting, Davidson Scott,…

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Hunters Hill Borough Council

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1885 · page 2

The above Council met on Friday, 16th inst, Present: The Mayor, and Alds. M'Neil, Doyle, Joubert, Watt, Smith, Jeanneret and Brown…

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Federal Council Adopting Bill

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1885 · page 906

THE second readings of the Federal Council Adopting Bill were moved in two of the Australian Parliaments on Tuesday—one by Mr. Kerferd, Attorney-General, in the Victorian Assembly and the other by Mr. Griffith,…

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Balmain Borough Council. Tuesday, October 20Th

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1885 · page 2

Present (The Mayor (Mr. Garrard, M.L.A.), Ald. M'Donald, Buchanan, Burns, Clubb, Briggs, Punch, Looke, Kenniff, Hancock and Cameron…

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Ryde Borough Council. Friday, Oct. 16

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1885 · page 2

The ordinary meeting of this Council was held on the above date, there being present: The Mayor (Ald. Ross), Gallard, Jackson, Benson, Small and Best…

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Municipal Matters

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 October 1885 · page 9

In the excitement attendant upon the parliamentary elections, municipal matters have been somewhat neglected; though, especially in the country districts, where the battle still rages…

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Municipal Points of law

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 October 1885 · page 15

The monthly meeting of the committee of the New, South Wales Municipal Association was held in the Sydney Town Hall on Monday afternoon. v!riie, principal business was the following:—. 't…

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Municipal Council. Macdonaldtown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 October 1885 · page 5

A few minutes suf[?]iced to get through the business on the paper at the usual fortnightly meeting of the Macdonald[?] town Borough Council, held last evening. There were present, the Major (Alderman Goddard, presiding),…

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Municipal Mems

Evening News · Tuesday 27 October 1885 · page 3

The last meeting of the Pa[?]matta Town Council lapsed. No quorum. Everybody electio[?] The Goulburn Town Council has received a [?] from the Department of Lands, notifying that, [?]…

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A Municipal Paper

Evening News · Tuesday 27 October 1885 · page 7

The first number of the MUNICIPAL SERVICE RECORD AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT [?] published in Melbourne, is well printed by Messrs. Williams [?] and Co., and continues a mass of…

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Municipal Meetings. Manly

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 October 1885 · page 6

At a meeting of the Manly Council, held on Thursday evening, there were present, the Mayor (Mr. C. R. Austin), Pitt, Barker, Hayes and Smithers. Correspondence : From J. J…

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