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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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The Council sat until nearly 10 o'clock. Mr. Thornton moved that the Sydney Corporation Act Amendment Bill be read the second time. The object of the "bill is to extend the municipal franchise to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1002 →True to their promises at the last holidays, the members of the Logislative Council have set to work with a will; and on the sitting days they manage to get through a very large amount of discussion,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →At the usual fortnightly meeting of the Irish National League executive (says the Dublin FREEMAN'S JOURNAL, April 3), Mr. Davitt presided. The Lord Mayor (T. D. Sullivan, M.P.)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following is the judgment delivered by the Privy Council (present -- Lord Blackburn, Lord Monkswell, Lord Hobhouse and Sir Richard Conch on February 6 last, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tenders were opened to-day for the loan of £40,000 for the Collingwood (Victoria) Municipality. The total subscription amounted to £140,000. Tenders at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting of the residents of Botany was held in the local School of Arts last evening, for the purpose of considering the advisableness of taking steps to have the district formed into a municipality. The meeting was…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Tenders were opened to-day for the loan of £40,000 placed on the London market by the City Council of Collingwood, Victoria. The total amount subscribed was £139,000. The…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →On Thursday a revision court was held at the Parramatta courthouse for the electoral roll for Parramatta. A few alterations and additions were made. The bench consisted of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A numerously-attended public meeting of the residents of Botany was held in the School of Arts. Botany, last evening. Mr. J. A. Martin presided, and amongst those present on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, May 7.—A municipal 5 per cent. loan of £840,000 has been placed on the London market by the City Council of Collingwood, Melbourne. The minimum has been fixed at £103, and tenders…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →WE have received from his Eminence Cardinal Moran, copies of the letter addressed by the Plenary Council to the Sovereign Pontiff, and the reply thereto of his Holiness. The letter and reply are…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →LONDON, May 14.—Mr. Osbone Morgan, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, in replying to a question by Mr. Howard Vincent, gave particulars regarding the recent negotiations between…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →This Council held its usual fortnightly meeting on Thursday evening. Present—The Mayor (Alderman Lander), with Aldermen Sharp, Smith. Williamson, Clarke, O'Connell, Lee, Andrew, and Berry. Mr. Moriarty,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The following is the judgment of the Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on the appeal of the Bank of New South Wales v. Campbell from the Supreme Court of New South Wales, delivered Friday,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A meeting of the executive of the [?] and Labor Council was [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BURWOOD.—A meeting of this council was held on Monday night, when there were present the Mayor (Mr. Wilshire), and Aldermen Bardie, Brown, Lipscombe, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the meeting of this council on Friday last, there were present:-- The Mayor (Alderman Watts), Aldermen Small, Best, Jackson and Moniton. The only important business was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London, May 17.—Alderman Henry W. Jaehne, vice-president of the New York Common Council, has been convicted of having accepted a bribe of 20.000 for having voted for the franchise of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The usual fortnightly meeting of this council was held in the Town Hall last evening. There were present the Mayor (Captain Punch) in the chair, Aldermen…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A deputation from the Ratepayers' Association waited upon his Worship the Mayor at the Town Hall this morning, presenting a potition signed by 670…
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