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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1886

2,242 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 113

Municipal. City Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 June 1886 · page 3

The quarterly meeting of the City Council was hold on Wednesday. There were present: --The Mayor (Alderman J. Young), Aldermen Beare. Bryen, Burdekin, Chapman, Dean,…

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A Lively Council Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 June 1886 · page 3

Business at the Paddington council on Tuesday was conducted in anything but a creditable manner. Alderman M'Lachlan objected to an assertion made by Alderman Donaldson at…

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Parliament. Thursday, June. 10. Legislative Council

Evening News · Friday 11 June 1886 · page 6

The House met at 4.30 p.m. Dr. Creed moved "That a select committee be appointed to inquire into the present state of the laws relating to the registration of births, deaths, and marriages in the colony, and their…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Thursday, June 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 June 1886 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. PAPERS. Mr. MACKELLAS laid upon the table the following papers:—Trustees' reports in connection with the National…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, June 9.The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.80 p.m. MESSAGE

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 June 1886 · page 6

The PRESIDENT announced a massage from the Governor, giving Royal assent to the Bank of New South Wales Incorporation Bill. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS…

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Municipal. Borough Councils

Evening News · Friday 11 June 1886 · page 6

REDPERN.—An ordinary meeting of this council was held on thursday night. Present, the Mayor (Mr. Lander) and Aldermen Wright, Sharpe, Smith, Skinner, Hume, Williamson, Clarke, O'Connell, Lee…

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Municipal Councils. Newtown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 June 1886 · page 5

The usual fortnightly meeting of this council was held on Tuesday, when there were present the Mayor (Alderman Whately), and Alderman Pierce Smith, Tabrett Lane, Neale, and Bellemey. A petition signed by nine of the…

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Presentation to Alderman Nobbs

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 3

A Good number of persons attended at the School of Arts on Wednesday evening to witness the presentation of a tea and coffee service and other articles to the ex-Mayor…

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Penrith Municipal Council

Nepean Times · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 2

A meeting of the above was held on Monday evening last. Present:— The Mayor, Ald. Besley, Price, Clissold, T. Smith, Smeaton, and Cross. MINUTES…

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Granville. Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 3

THE fortnightly meeting of the Granville Municipal Council was held at the Council Chambers, School of Arts, Good-street, on Wednesday evening last. Present: The Mayor…

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Country News Liverpool. Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 3

THE fortnightly meeting of the Liverpool Council was held an Monday evening Present: The Mayor (Mr. T. W. Taylor), and Aldermen Ashcroft, Smith, Parkes, Ball,…

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PARLIAMENT Legislative Council. Wednesday, June 9

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 1220

THE principal measure dealt with in the Legislative Council was the Stamp Duties Act Amendment Bill. The second reading was moved by Mr. Mackellar, and after a short debate was assented to, the…

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Proceedings in Parliament. Council. Wednesday, June 9

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 13

ThE Moorebank Estate Bill the Prickly Pear Bill, the Sisters of Charity Estate Bill and the Randwick Charch Lands Estate Bill were read a first time.The Hay Gas Bill was read, a third time and passed, and…

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Leichhardt Borough Council Special Meeting. Monday, June 7, 1886

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 3

Present—The Mayor, Alds. Moore, Hearn Neal, Whiting, Walsh, Campbell, and Winkle ESTIMATE OF REQUIRED AMOUNT. Ald. Walsh insisted that before the…

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The American Bishops and the Australian Church. Reply to the Plenary Council Letter

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 18

IMMEDIATELY after the holding of the Plenary Council in Sydney, the letters appropriate to the occasion addressed by the Cardinal-Archbishop and Bishops of Australasia to the prelates of the…

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Municipal. Granville

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 6

At the meeting of this council on Wednesday evening there were present the a or (Alderman H. Richardson), and Aldermen Howieson, Grimwood, Scarborough, R. Richardson and…

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Municipal Injustice. to the Editor of the Mercury

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 8

SIR,—The above is rather a strong term to apply to the twelve respectable gentlemen who administer to our municipal requirements, but I think the complaint I have to make will bear…

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Municipal Association

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 34

The committee of the Municipal Association of New South Wales met in the Town Hall on Monday afternoon, when there,were present Messrs.M. J.Hammondl M.L. A., vice-president, in the chair…

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Municipal Council. Redfern

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 June 1886 · page 4

This council held its fortnightly meeting on Thursday, when there were present the Mayor (Alderman Lander), and Aldermen Sharp, Smith, Clarke, Berry, Andrew, Hume, O'Connell, Lee, Williamson, and Wright. With reference…

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Melbourne Trades Hall Council

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 June 1886 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--In the Trades-hall Council to-night, a debate took place with reference to the proposal emanating from the Sydney Trades and Labor Council to send a…

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