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Council & local affairs, 1886

2,242 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 113

Municipal Meetings. Petersham

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 January 1886 · page 3

The usual fortnightly meeting of this council was held on Tuesday evening, there being present :--The Mayor (Mr. W. L. Davis), Aldermen Elphinstone, Clarke, Wheeler, Gelding,…

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Municipal Council. Parramatta

Globe · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 3

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Parramatta Borough Council was held on Wednesday afternoon. Present: The Mayor; Aldermen Taylor, Saunders,…

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City Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 2

A meeting of the general committee of the City Council was held yesterday afternoon, the Mayor presiding. FINANCES…

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The Council

Evening News · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 5

The fortnightly meeting of the Trades and Labor Council was held ia the Swan with Two Necks Hotel on Thursday evening. Mr. Thomas Caddy occupied the chair…

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Aldermen Keeping Swine. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 2

Sir,--One of the aldermen of the borough of Camperdown is in the habit of keeping swine, and, although cautioned by the overseer of works and inspector of nuisances, he seems…

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Trades and Labour Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 4
Also in Globe

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Trades and Labour Council of New South Wales was held at the Swan with Two Necks Hotel, George-street, last night. The chair was occupied by the President, Mr. Thomas Caddy. The…

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Trades and Labor Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 6

A meeting of this council was held at the Swan-with-Two-Necks Hotel, Park-street, last evening, the president (Mr. T. Caddy) in the chair. The following societies were…

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The Federal Council. [By Telegraph.]

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Hon. S. W. Griffith, Premier of Queensland, and Mr. Dixon, representatives of that colony at the Federal Council, to be held in Hobart,…

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The Trades Hall Council and the Shipowners

Globe · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 3

The following letter was sent yesterday by the secretary of the Trades Hall Council to the chairman of the shipowners meeting:—…

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Municipal. Borough Councils

Evening News · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 3

WATERIOO.—A meeting of this council was hold on Thursday night, when there were present the Mayor (Mr. W. B. Cole), and Aldermen White, Navin, Russell, Torning, Spicer, Harrisky, Anderson. and Evans. Mr. Ireland…

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Municipal Meetings. Strathfield

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 6

The usual fortnightly meeting of the council was held at the Council-chambers on Tuesday evening. Present :--The Mayor (Alderman Hardie), Aldermen Allen, Perkins, G. A…

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Municipal Councils. Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 3

A meeting of the finance committee of the Sydney Municipal Council was held at the Town Hall yesterday, the Mayor being in the chair. The fortnightly accounts for stores, works, and wages…

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How Our Aldermen Misspend Our Money. to the Editor

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 16 January 1886 · page 3

SIR,—To continue the clay labor question I would further point out how our money is uselessly lavished. In my last I referred to the extravagant price we pay for labor,…

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Mr. John Young, Mayor of Sydney

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 16 January 1886 · page 8

WE are enabled to present to our readers an admirable portrait of Mr. John Young, the newly elected Mayor of Sydney. Mr. Young has begun his year of office in a manner which augers well for the city and its welfare…

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Federal Council

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 January 1886 · page 120

WITH regard to the Federal Council, to be held in Hobart, commencing on the 26th January instant, we understand that the following will in all probability be the list of members present:—Victoria—Hon. James…

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Leichhardt Borough Council

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 16 January 1886 · page 2

The fortnightly meeting of the above was held on Monday last, there being present—The Mayor (Mr. J. Young) Aids. Moore, Whiting, Scott, Neal, Davison, Arguimbau, Hearn, and…

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Parramatta Borough Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 16 January 1886 · page 3

THE fortnightly meeting of the Parramatta Borough Council was held on Wednesday afternoon. Present:—His Worship the Mayor, and Aldermen Byrnes, Beames, John Booth,…

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The Council of Trent. (Continued.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 16 January 1886 · page 4

Much was said respecting the intention of the minister from whom a sacrament is received. It was generally thought that the validity of the sacrament depends on…

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Notes of the Week. Federal Council

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 January 1886 · page 138

The first Federal Council is to be held in Ho[?]art next week, and the members are already w[?]ing their way thither. But it will not be so important a gathering as it was intended to be…

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