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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1886

2,242 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 113

Alderman Nobbs

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 17 March 1886 · page 3

A COMPLIMENTARY banquet is to be tendered to Alderman John Nobbs at the School of Arts, Granville, on Friday evening next…

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Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 17 March 1886 · page 3

THE following is the business paper for the meeting of the Granville Council to be held this (Wednesday) evening :— ORDERS OF THE DAY…

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Executive Council

Evening News · Wednesday 17 March 1886 · page 6
Also in Globe

A meeting of the Executive Council was held yesterday. Public holidays were agreed upon for Raymond Terrace, 17th instant, and Moree, 19th prox. Mr. G. Knox, barrister, was appointed acting Judge…

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The Election of the First Mayor of Kogarah. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 March 1886 · page 7

Sir,--While I sincerely regret that the election of Mayor in the newly-proclamed district of Kogarah should have caused so much heartburning, still I am surprised that Mr. M.Rac…

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Municipal Councils. Marrickville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 March 1886 · page 7

The fortnightly meeting of the Marrickville Council was held on Monday night, when there were present—The Mayor (Alderman Shaw, presiding), Aldermen M'Coy, Smith, Chisholm, Davenport, Moyes, Leos, and Farr…

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Municipal Council. East St. Leonards

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 March 1886 · page 10

The fortnightly meeting of the East St. Leonards Municipal Council was held on Tuesday evening, the Mayor, Mr. G. Ranken, in the chair. There were also present Aldermen Beaney, Waterhouse, Wilson, and M'Burney…

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The Election of the First. Mayor of Kogarah. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 March 1886 · page 2

Sir, -- The sincerity of "Outsider's" regret as expressed in your issue of to-day, can be readily understood in his next breath when he tries ungenerously to make your readers believe that I…

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Cruel London : a Romance of Real Life. (All Rights Reserved.) Chapter Xvii. -- Conspirators in Council

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 March 1886 · page 3

It is bad enough for his colleagues when a financial director is a rogue; when he is a fool as well, the game of company-mongering is a cruel business, Mr. Jeremiah Sleaford was a…

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Municipal. Borough Councils

Evening News · Thursday 18 March 1886 · page 7

PADDINGTON.—A meeting of this council was held on Tuesday night, when there were present the Mayor (Mr, C. Helmrich), and Alderman M'Lachlan, Maclean, Harper, Campbell, Robinson, M'Namee, Scott, White, M'Intyre,…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 March 1886 · page 7

A deputation, consisting of Mr. "Walmsley (Mayor of St. Peters) and Aldermen Hayes and Edwards waited on the Mayor (Alderman Young) yesterday for the purpose of urging a…

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City Council

Globe · Friday 19 March 1886 · page 8
Also in Evening News, The Daily Telegraph

A meeting of the Municipal Council of Sydney was commenced at half-past two o'clock this afternoon for the purpose of dealing with a number of notices of…

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Trade Meetings. Trades and Labour Council

Globe · Friday 19 March 1886 · page 8

A special meeting of the above was held last evening at the Swan-with-Two-Necks, to consider the offer of Mr. Shannon to submit the Lambton Strike Question to…

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Dubbo Council. DUBBO, Thursday, March 18

Evening News · Friday 19 March 1886 · page 6

Following are the nominations for the extraordinary vacancies in Dubbo Borough Council:—Booth Ward : Mr. R. J. J. Ryan. Mailer Ward : Messrs. James Boland, E. G. Adams, and Edmund Watman…

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Trade Affairs. the Council. the Lambton Strike

Evening News · Friday 19 March 1886 · page 8

A special meeting of the Trades and Labour Council was held on Thursday night with the view of considering the strike among the Lambton Miners, and to receive the report of the…

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Municipal. Borough Councils

Evening News · Friday 19 March 1886 · page 3

WEST BOTANY.—A meeting of this council was held on Thursday night, when there were present Aldermen Bowmer (in the chair), Curtis, Beehag, Jeeves, and Godfrey. Mr. Rogers, butcher, Paddington, was surprised to…

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Municipal Elections

Evening News · Friday 19 March 1886 · page 7

Two very peculiar cases were brought before the Supreme Court recently—one affecting the purity of the election of the Mayor of Camperdown, and the other affecting the validity of…

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