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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1887

1,840 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 92

Municipal Councils. Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 April 1887 · page 3

A meeting of members of the finance committee of the City Council was held at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon. There were present the Mayor (Mr. A. J. Riloy), Aldermen Beare, Lees, Meeks, Buckle, Hardie, MacMahon,…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 April 1887 · page 6

Plans showing the proposed permanent levels of Hampton Court-road are now on view at the Eogaran Council chambers. An extraordinary vacancy has occurred in the…

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Numba Municipality. Mayor: Mr.james Ryan

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 April 1887 · page 10

The subject of this notice was born in the south of Ireland, and came to this colony at an early age, his parents leasing a piece of scrub land from that well-known proprietor, Mr. David…

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Penrith Municipal Council

Nepean Times · Saturday 16 April 1887 · page 4

A special meeting of the Penrith Municipal Council was held on Wednesday evening. Present—Ald. Judges (in the chair), Smeaton, Smith, Clissold, Paskin, Farrel,…

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City Council

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 April 1887 · page 6

A meeting of the finance committee of the City Council was held on Thursday. Present: The Mayor and Aldermen Beare, Lees, Play fair, Withers, Poole, J. Harris, Hart, Kippax, Bryen,…

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PARLIAMENT. Legislative Council

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 April 1887 · page 792

The Legislative Council on Wednesday passed a vote of thanks to the relief parties and others who exerted themselves in recovering the dead after the recent colliery explosion at Bulli, the resolution being…

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Municipal. "The country is lyric—the town dramatic. When mingled, they make the most perfect musical drama." —Kavanagh. the Sydney Municipal Council. an Ordinary Quarterlt Meeting

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 April 1887 · page 10

The chamber in which the Municipal Council of the city of Sydney holds its meetings is situated on the first storey in the northern side of the other portion of the Town Hall, and is divided by…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 April 1887 · page 6

We learn that the last meeting of the Young Council terminated rather abruptly through an alderman persisting in disobeying the ruling of the Chair…

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Municipal. LIVERPOOL

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 16 April 1887 · page 4

The fortnightly meeting of the Liverpool Municipal Council was held on Tuesday last. Present : The Mayor (Mr. N. G. Bull) and Aldermen Taylor, Ashcroft, Carter, Browns,…

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Municipal Council. Marrick Ville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 April 1887 · page 4

The fortnightly meeting of the borough council of Marrickville was held on Wednesday. There were present—the Mayor (Alderman Graham), and Aldermen Bullock, R. Cook, Davenport, M'Coy, Moyes, and Smith. The minutes…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 April 1887 · page 5

Alderman M'Technie having resigned his position as Mayor of the St. Peters Council, Alderman Walmsley, ex-Mayor, has again been elected…

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Waratah Municipality. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 April 1887 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--At a meeting of Waratah residents, to consider the advisability of dividing the municipality, held on Friday evening, it was resolved that the time had…

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Municipal Association of New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 April 1887 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the committee of the Municipal Association of New South Wales was held at the Town Hall yesterday, there being present,—Messrs. W. A. Hutchinson (chairman), J. Graham, J. Wheeler, J…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 April 1887 · page 3

A very large number of resident of Botany have signed and presented a counter petition [?] prosed borough of "Cooksdale," now known as "Botany." The following is the…

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Municipal Association

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 April 1887 · page 3

The monthly committee meeting of this association was held yesterday. Present: Messrs W. A. Hutchinson (in the chair), M. J. Hammond, Jesson, J. Wheeler, J. Gelding, J…

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City Council

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 April 1887 · page 6

The ordinary meeting of the City Council was held yesterday, when there were present the Mayor, Aldermen Hardle, Chapman, Palmer, Kippax, J. Harris, Playfair, Burdekin. J. D…

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The Waverley Council

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 April 1887 · page 5

At last nights meeting of the Waverley Council it was decided, in terms of a telegram received from Mr. John Leering of the Lands Department, to employ 20 of the enemployed…

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The City Council

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 April 1887 · page 5

At the meeting of the City Council yesterday, a letter was received from the Colonial Secretary's Office, asking the council to take 100 of the unemployed, the Government proposing to…

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The Burwood Council

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 April 1887 · page 5

The following telegram, similar to that sent to all councils was forwarded to the Mayor of Burwood by Mr. John Deering, the officer charged with dealing with the "unemployed":…

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Municipal Councils. Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 April 1887 · page 6

The Municipal Council of Sydney met yesterday morning at 11 o'clock, at the Town Hall. There were present the Mayor (Alderman A. J. Riley, M.L.A.) in the chair, Aldermen Buckle, Bryen, Lees, J. Harris, Kippax,…

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