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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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In the Legislative Council, last night, a bill to permit the Perpetual Trustees and Agency Company to be established came on for the second reading. The object of this company is to take over the…
Continued on Trove, page 116 →The ordinary fortnightly meeting of this council was held on Wednesday. Present: Aldermen C. J. Byrnes (Mayor), Cox, Beanes, Ashby, Smith, Ferris and Saunders. A report…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The fortnightly meeting of the Macdonaldtown Municipal Council should have been held last evening. Owing, however, to the want of a quorum no business was transacted. The Mayor (Mr. Goddard), and Aldermen Bloomfield,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A meeting convened by the Mayor of Paddington (Mr. Hellmrich), at the request of a number of rate-payers, was held on Monday evening, in the Council Chambers, for the purpose of urging upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE following business is set down for consideration at the fortnightly meeting of the Granville Council, to be held this (Wednesday) evening :—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WAVERLEY.—A meeting of this council was held on Tuesday night, when there were present: The Mayor (Mr. W. Martin), and Aldermen Allen, Dickson, Murray, Cooper, Hewlett, Simpson, Guest, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At a meeting of this council held on Monday evening there were present:--The Mayor (Alderman Howard Fleming) and Aldermen Palmer. St. V. Welch and Forsyth. A letter was read…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Preparations for the Mayor's fancy-dress ball in the Exhibition Building to-night have been going on for some time, and they are of such an extensive character as to justify the prediction…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Kogarah Council was held on Tuesday evening, wheu the full council were present, with the exception of Alderman Hudson. The following correspondence was read and dealt with, as…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The jubilee hall to be given by the Mayor and Mayoress of Sydney, in the Exhibition Building, this evening, is likely to prove one of the most magnificent events of the kind that have taken place in Sydney. His Worship and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →THE Stamp Duties Bill No. 2, as sent up from the Assembly, was read a second tune in the Council last night and taken into committee pro forma. During the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the appeal case Wentworth v. Humphrey, the Privy Council has decided that no reply was required on the part of the defendant. Judgment was reserved…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In reply to Mr. Darley the representative of the Government said that the officer commanding the torpedo corps had paid two visits to Woolwich Arsenal for the purpose of acquiring knowledge…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4o'clock. THE HANSARD REPORTS. Mr. JACOB drew attention to a statement in the Herald to the effect that members were permitted to revise their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. JACOB, as a matter of privilege, directed the attention of the President to an article appearing in the Sydney Morning Herald with reference to Parliamentary Hansard staff and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CANTERBURY.—A meeting of this council was held on Wednesday afternoon, when there were present the Mayor (Mr. J. Slocombe) and Aldermen Taylor, Quigg, Davis, and M'Bean. The Mayor and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Municipal Council of Sydney have taken steps towards the reception in the city of water direct from the Nepean system. An arrangement has been made by the Government with the contractors for the laying…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At a meeting of this council, held on Tuesday evening, there were present:--The Mayor (Alderman Captain Jenkins), Aldermen Bell, A. Armstrong, J. Armstrong and Eaton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This much debated, anxiously awaited,and historically perplexing event has come, and it has gone. The sea of conflicting speculation culminated in a marvellously bewildering scene, and to-day the tide…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The House met at 4.30 p.m. The Employers' Liability Bill was read the third time, and returned to the Legislative Assembly. The Cremation Bill was farther considered in committee. Dr…
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