Municipal
Mr. Thomas West has been re-elected as alderman for Five Dock. The following were nominated on Monday for the East Ward and the newly defined North…
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Council & local affairs, 1887
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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Wednesday, May 25
The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. SPECIAL ADJOURNMENT. Mr. SALOMONS moved, without notice, that the House, at its rising, do adjourn until 4 o'clock on Tuesday…
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The following report of the select committee appointed by the Legislative Council to inquire into the working of the Rabbit Nuisance Act of 1883 was laid on the table of the Council yesterday:—…
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The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Alexandria Municipal Council was held last night at the Town Hall, Garden-street. Present—The Mayor (Alderman Stephen Foskett), and Alderman Jesson, Dacoy, Russell, Harden,…
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Appeals against the assessment for the borough of Ashfield were dealt with at the Newtown Court yesterday. There were originally 35 appellants, but only a few were…
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A conference of some of the Western suburbs councils was held in the Newtown Town-hall last night for the purpose of taking initiatory steps towards the establishment of municipal…
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The ordinary meeting of the City Council was held yesterday, there being present--The Mayor, Alderman Cuapinah, Kippan. Hardle. Beale, J.D. Young Lees. Jeanh[?]. Meets, playtair,…
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At the quarterly meeting of the City Council yesterday a long aud somewhat stormy debate took place on the mode of celebrating the Queen's Jubilee, more particularly with…
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The city chamber was the scene yesterday of a rowdy debate by the City Council, during which the authority of the chair was more than once set at naught, whilst some very strong…
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A short time ago it was determined by a number of the Western suburban municipal councils to hold a conference, with the object of taking initiatory steps towards the establishment of municipal gasworks, and the conference was…
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The Municipal Council of Sydney met in the Council-chamber yesterday morning, at 11 o'clock. There were present—The Mayor (Alderman A. J. Riloy, M.L.A.,) in the chair, and Aldermeb Beare, Chapman, Kippax, J. D…
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Mr. M.J. Hammond, ex-M.P. for Canterbury, writes:--"A misapprehension appears to exist in the minds of the speakers at the Municipal Gas Conference on Wednesday as to the power…
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The Marrickvile Council invite applications for the position o? inspector of nuisance. The salary is £3 per week, with an allowance of £20 per annum for forage…
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The Legislative Council has sat once this week, on Wednesday, and then only for a few minutes, the short sitting and an adjournment until Tuesday next, which took place when the sitting terminated…
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The report of the select committee on the operation of the Rabbit Nuisance Act was brought up. An abstract of the report appears in another column; and if it does not surprise those interested…
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The following have been elected to fill the extraordinary vacancies in the Canterbury Council caused by the readjustment of the wards, and also by the resignation of Mr. J…
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The fornightly meeting of the Granville Borough Council was held on Wednesday evening last. Present: The Mayor. (Mr. John Nobbs) and Aldermen Howjeson, Ritchie,…
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BOTH Auburn and Rockwood are about ripe for municipal honors, and we hope ere long to have the pleasure of chronicling the fact of their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Municipal. The country is lyric — the town dramatic. When [?]ngled, they make the most perfect musical dram[?]." —Kavanagh. Four Mayors of New South Wales
MR. J. WHEELER, Mayor of Petersham. Mr. John Wheeler was born in Sydney, New South Wales, on December 18; 1853. Upon leaving school he entered mercantile pursuits, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The City Council and the Queen's Jubilee. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In your leading columns this morning, in your reference to the vote of £250 for illuminating the Sydney Town Hall on the Queen's Jubilee you say:—"The ground taken by the objectors was that the Corporation…
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