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Council & local affairs, 1887

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The Mayor's Jubilee Ba[?]l

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 35

The Jubilee festivities which have attracted thousands of visiters from all parts of New South Walas, and even from the other colonies, to Sydney, were worthily crowned on Wednesday evening by…

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The Mayor's " Twa 'Oors Wi' Burns."

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 4

The Balmain Municipal Council and a few friends accepted the hospitality of the Mayor at the Town Hall on Jubilee Day and participated in the subsequent…

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PARLIAMENT. Legislative Council

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 1317

The Legislative Council has sat but once this week —on Thursday, and then for not longer than an hour and a half. The assent of the Governor was announced to the Sydney Bishopric Church Property…

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Granville. Borough Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 4

THE regular f[?]tly meeting of the Granville Borough Council, was held in the Council Chamber on Wednesday evening last. Present: The Mayor (Mr. John Nobbs) and…

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Melbourne Trades-hall Council

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 6

MELBOURNE Friday.---At a meeting of the Trades-hall Council to-night a letter was read from the Secretary for Laa[?] advising resort to arbitration in the settlement of the…

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A Privy Council Appeal

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 12

LONDON, June 18.—The appeal to the Privy Council in the case Commissioner for Railways of New South Wales v. Hylands has been dismissed, with costs…

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Jubilee Ball by the Mayor and Mayoress of Sydney

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 1322

The culminating point of the Jubilee festivities, in a social sense, was undoubtedly reached in the magnificent entertainment given on Wednesday in the Exhibition Building, which presented an…

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Correspondence. Council Clerk’s Salary

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 4

EDITOR CUMBERLAND MERCURY. —Concerning the proposed increase of the Council Clerk’s salary, as recommended in the Finance Committee’s Report, through your columns I beg…

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Municipal. Four Mayors of New South Wales. Mr. J. H. BEALE, Mayor of Darlington. " The country is lyric—the town dramatic. When mingled, they make the most perfect musical drama." —KAVANAGH

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 10

Mr. Beale, the Mayor of Darlington, is a native of Tasmania. He is 38 years of age, and has spent the greater part of his life in Sydney, and, having been successful as a builder and contractor, has…

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Parliament in Session. Council. Thursday, June 23

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 13

There was a very small business paper to be dealt with this evening; and what stood there was not of great importance. A protest was received from the eighteen objecting members…

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Privy Council Appeal Case. London, June 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 12

In the appeal to the Privy Couucil in the case of Farnell v. Bowman, judgment has been reserved…

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Cable News. a Municipal Loan

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 5

London, Friday.---On behalf of the City Council of Prahra[?], Victoria, a 5 per cent, loan of £70,000 is announced. The minimum is fixed at £107 10s…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 6

The Waverley Council have decided to send a copy of the depositions in the case of the inspector v. an individual having alleged dirty premises, which was dismissed through the…

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United Municipal Action. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Friday.---The majority of municipal councils in this district have decided to fall in with the proposal of the Waratah Council to form an association for the purpose…

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Prahran Municipal Loan. London, June 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 12

A loan of £75,000, at 5 per cent., has been placed on the London market by the Municipal Council of Prahran, Victoria. The minimum is fixed at 107½, and tenders will be…

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Municipal Councils. Redfern

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 June 1887 · page 8

The fortnightly meeting of the Redfern Municipal Council was held on Thursday evening at the Redfern Town-hall, there being present,—His Worship the Mayor (Alderman Berry), and Aldermen Sharpe, Hume, Lander, Skinner,…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 June 1887 · page 3

The Mayor of St. Peters will move at tonight's council meeting that the division of the Cooks River Ward shall be taken and bounded by a fence running in an easterly direction from…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 June 1887 · page 2

At the last meeting of the West Botany Council a deputation was received from residents in the recently annexed area (Bexley), asking that Fredenck-Street be made through…

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City Council

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 June 1887 · page 6

A special meeting of the City Council was held yesterday, for the purpose of considering the applications for the offices of town clerk and city architect and building surveyor…

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A Roman Catholic Provincial Council

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 June 1887 · page 4

The approved decrees of the Plenary Council of the Roman Catholic archbishops and bishops of Australasia, which were intrusted to Archbishop Carr by the Holy See for deliverance to…

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