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The Mayor (Mr. Thomas Playfair) has very naturally felt greatly disgusted with regard to the manner in which the work in connection with the lowering of the sewer on the Brickfield Hill is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →EAST ST. LEONARDS.—A meeting of the East St. Leonards Borough Council was held on Tuesday night. The Mayor (Mr. M'Burney) presided, and there were present Alderman Glacken, Ormiston,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Considerable excitement has been created among the ratepayers of the Inner Glebe Ward, in consequence of some alleged irregularities in the conduct of the election. The present election has been caused…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Municipal nominations passed off quietly today. The speeches were finished at about 3 o'clock There was nothing of particular importance adduced beyond a strong expression of determination…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A meeting of Mr. W. Crispin's friends and supporters was held last evening in the council-chambers, with the view of securing his election as alderman to the borough. Mr. Joseph Kerridge occupied the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following nominations and elections to the annual vacancies occurring in the various municipalities and boroughs of the colony have been made and reported to us to date:—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →It is gratifying to note the increased interest taken in connection with on municipal institutions by the citizens of suburban and country boroughs. In the past the question of local…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →We have received the following nominations by telegraph from country municipalities, where, aa usual, great interest is being evinced in the elections: --…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The minute of the Acting Colonial Secretary concerning the connections of Civil servants wire municipalities is, we are informed, intended only to apply to cases in which the discharge of such…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MR. T. W. TAYLOR, one of fee candidates for municipal honours, addressed the largest meeting of ratepayers ever held in the Town Hall of Liverpool on Saturday last. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT is more in sorrow than in anger that we contemplate the conduct of the Mayor at last night's meeting, but probably no one in the city now deplores his identification with a ridiculous…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A numerously attended meeting of the supporters of Alderman Pouch, was held at the Kent Hotel, Balmain, on Monday night. Mr. Hurley presided. The candidate gave an exhaustive statement of his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following nominations and elections to the annual vacancies occurring in the various municipalities and boroughs of the colony have been made and reported to us to date:—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BATHURST, Thursday.--In the municipal council last night it was decided to ascertain the cause of the poor attendance at the High School; and the gas monopoly was strongly commented…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A meeting of the finance committee of the Sydney Municipal Council was held at the Town Hall yesterday. The Mayor occupied the chair, and there was a fair attendance of aldermen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The general committee of the City Council mot yesterday, there being present--the Mayor (Mr F Playfair), end Aldermen Hardie, Kippax, Harris, Lees, Dean, Poole, Buckle, Hurt, Withers,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the Muncipal Council meeting last night, 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 an the works, and at the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The usual weekly meeting of the Trades and Labour Council was held at the Swan with Two Necks Hotel, last evening. The president, Mr J. Wright, occupied the chair. The following trades…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The usual weekly meeting of the Trades and Labour Council was held on Thursday night. The president of the council, Mr. Wright, occupied the chair…
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