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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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At a meeting of the Trades and Labour Council to-night a letter was read from Mr. J Norton; the trades and labour representative in England. conveying a copy of his second official report to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Notice of of a motion interesting to suburban and country municipal councils, was given in the Assembly by Mr. Crouch, one of the members for the Richmond. He intends to more "That in the opinion…
Continued on Trove, page 960 →Messrs. James M'Bean and John Poole are candidates for the new ward in the municipality of Canterbury. A public meeting of the electors of Five Dock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Friday.--A 6 per cent. loan of £75,000 has been successfully floated on behalf of the city of Prahran, the minimum for which was fixed at £102. The City of Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE regular fortnightly meeting of the Parramatta Borough Council was held on Wednesday afternoon last. Present : The Mayor (Mr. C. J. Byrnes), and Aldermen Taylor,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—Permit me to correct your correspondent "John" of this date re "Transit Commissioners at the Wharfs." Be states that municipal inspectors superintend passenger and carrying traffic inside wharfs. This is quite true so…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A conference on the drainage of the lowlying lands around Marrickville, and also to take into consideration the drainage for the adjoining boroughs to Marrickville, will be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Borough Council of Marrickville its for[?] meeting on Monday under the Presidency of the [?] (Alderman Graham). There were also present Aldermen M'Coy, Smith, Chisholm, Davenport. Shaw, Moyes, R…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MELBOURNE, Monday.-- At the quarterly l[?]ncheon of the City Council amongst the guests were Mr. E. T. .Smith (Mayor of Adelaide) and Mr. J. J. Reid, Queen's Remembrancer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A meeting of the finance committee of the Sydney Municipal Council was held at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon, at 2.30 There were present—The Mayor (Alderman A. J. Ril[?], M.L.A.), Aldermen Playfair, J…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yesterday morning the Chinese Commissioners, General Wong Yong [?] and U. Tsing, Paid a visit to the Mayor of Sydney at the Town-hall. The news of the visit having…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A deputation, consisting of Messrs. Russell Barton, R. L. Tooth, and J. T. Wilshire, directors, and H. A. Jones, manager, of the Patent Asphaltum Company, Limited, waited upon the Mayor of Sydney yesterday morning for…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. ST. JAMES'S LAND LEASE BILL. Mr. LLOYD moved for leave to bring ia a bill to enable the trustees for the time being of a certain parcel of land,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. LLOYD moved for leave to bring in a bill to enable the trustees of the land in king and Macquarie streets, set apart for St. James Vicarage, to lease the said land and to apply…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At a recent meeting of the City Council, when the question of the celebration of the Queen's Jubilee was discussed, Alderman Bryon magnanimously offered to give £100 towards…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. THIS PROPOSED BORENORE—FORBES RAILWAY. Mr. SMITH presented a petition signed by 534…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alderman Thomas Austen Davis has been elected Mayor of Canterbury for the reminder of the municipal year, in the room of Mr. Jas Slocombe, resigned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of the above Council was held in the Council Chambers, Penrith, on Monday evening last. There were present—The Mayor, Ald. Clissold, Farrel, Paskin,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. T. D. Sullivan, M.P., Lord Mayor of Dublin, delivered a telling speech in the debate on Mr, Morley's amendment to the introduction of the new Coercion Act…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Legislative Council has been busy during the week. On Wednesday it dealt with, among other matters, the Additional Judge Bill, which was read the third time, and returned to the Assembly; and…
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