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A special meeting of the Municipal Association was held yesterday to consider a motion by Alderman Hammond with regard to the necessity of a Local Government Bill. There were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the request of a number of property owners and residents, the Mayor of St. Leonards (Mr. B. Jenkins) has convened a meeting for to-morrow (Wednesday) night to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The ortnightly meeting of the Borough Council of Marriekvili was held on Monday evening, under the presidency of the layor (Alderman Graham). There were also Aldermon Ellock, Chisholm, Cook, Davenport, M'Coy, Moyse,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →At the last meeting of the Marrickville Council a letter was received from Mr. F. D. Pettigrew, hon, secretary of a movement to be set on foot to present a petition by deputation to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The fortnightly meeting of the Liverpool Council was held on Monday evening last. Present: The Mayor (Mr. N. G. Bull), and Aldermen Taylor, Carter, Ashcreft, Clyde, Browne, and Christiansen. A report on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Legislative Council sat for nearly two hours yesterday, when several formal motions were disposed of. A motion by Dr. Creed in favor of the adoption of the report of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock in the afternoon. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented from the General…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. DODDS presented a petition from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales, in favour of the proceedings of Parliament being opened with prayer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London, Tuesday.-- Tenders were opened to-day for a loan of £150,000 for the Municipality of Launceston, the rate of interest being 4 per cent, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tenders were opened to-day for a loan of £150,000 for the Municipality of Launceston, the rate of interest being 4 per cent., and the minimum being fixed at £97. The total…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →[?] Finance Committee of the City Council R.M.S. Ballancy afternoon. There were present,—The February 11. [?] Beare, Chapman, Le[?], Jeannerst, March [?] Buokle, Palmer, dean, Burdekin, Hart,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The P[?]IDENT took the [?] at half-past [?] ASSENT TO BILLS. The PRESIDENT announced that he had room [?] a communication from his Excellency the Governor, stating…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The statement of accounts of the Government Savings Bank for 1886 was laid on the table and ordered to be printed. LEAVE OF ABSENCE…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The question asked by Mr. Carruthers in the Legislative Assembly last week as to whether it was the intention of the Government to amend or rescind the regulation recently inforced by the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →On Monday evening Mr. J. F. Whiting entertained the members of his late election committee to a supper at the Elswick Hotel, Leichhardt. At 8 o'clock about forty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The fortnightly meeting of the Granville Council was held on Wednesday evening last. Present—The Mayor (Mr. John Nobbs), and Aldermen Ritchie, Grmwood, Unwin, Howieson, Marshall, Allen, and Fewster. The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Legislative Council was occupied on Wednesday chiefly in the discussion of a motion for the adoption of the report of the select committee on the subject of the registration of births, deaths, and…
Continued on Trove, page 688 →Joseph William Mortley, the Mayor of Ashfield, is a self-made man. He was born in Middlesex, England. His parents left England for New Zealand when he was only three years old; and,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The monthly meeting of the council of the Zoological Society of New South Wales was held in the boardroom, on the grounds of the institution, yesterday afternoon. There were present—Mr. John Keen (in the chair), Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A LETTER, from Rome, received by his Eminence the Cardinal-Archbishop on Wednesday, conveys the very interesting information that the Most Rev. Dr. Carr, the new Archbishop of Melbourne…
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