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Council & local affairs, 1887

1,840 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 92

Building Trades Council

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 10

Mr. Garrard, M.P., yesterday introduced to the Colonial Secretary a deputation representing the Federated Building Trades Council, with the object of calling the Minister's…

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Friends in Council

Evening News · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 8

However deep might be our feelings of sorrow at the cruel and inhuman conduct of Salomons and the Government in asking us to sit an extra day each week, we determined heroically to…

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Balmain Borough Council

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 3

The regular fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held at the Town Hall last Tuesday, the Mayor (Ald. W. M. Burns) in the chair. Present, Aldermen…

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Leichhardt Borough Council

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 5

The fortnightly meeting of the above was held on Wednesday night, there being present the Mayor (Ald. B. R. Moore), Alds. Neal, Cook, Walsh…

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Parramatta Borough Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 3

THE fortnightly meeting of the Parramatta Borough Council was held on Wednesday afternoon last. Present: Aldermen Beames, Drew, Cox, Tiernan, Saunders, and John Booth. On…

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The Decrees of the Plenary Council

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 15

THE Decrees of the Plenary Council of Australasia, which have been ratified by his Holiness, have reached Sydney. They are at present, we understand, in the hands of the printer, and will…

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Parliament in Session. Council. Wednesday, June 29

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 13

The resignation by Mr. J. Richardson of his seat in the Council was received; and a number of small bills, mostly private, was dealt with. In accordance with custom upon the death of a…

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Failure of a Municipal Loan

Evening News · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 4

LONDON, Jane 30.—The loan of £25,000 for the Municipal Council of Hastings, New Zealand, has been withdrawn, only £100 having been subscribed…

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Municipal Association

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 28

At the monthly meeting of the Municipal Association of New South Wales, held on Monday afternoon, it was resolved to communicate the opinion to the Hon. the Minister for Lands that the proposal to discontinue…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 6

The Municipalities Act came into force at Pittsburgh yesterday. Ex-alderman J. J. Farr, one of the candidates for the extraordinary vacancy in the…

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Ryde. MUNICIPAL

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 3

THE regular fortnightly meeting of the Council was held on Friday night. Present:— The Mayor (Mr. W. Jackson), and Aldermen Forsyth, Moultoo, Boss, Lovell, Jordan, and…

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Municipal. Four Mayors of New South Wales. See Portraits on Page 32.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 8

MR S. J. DOWELL, Mayor of Muswellbrook, Mr. Dowell, is a native of Glpucester, England, where he was born in the year 1848. He arrived in New South Wales at the early age of 14 years,…

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The Mayor of Sydney in Maitland. (By TELEGRAPH.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 July 1887 · page 4

WEST MAITLAND, Saturday.--The Mayor of Sydney (Mr. A. J. Riley), in company with Mr. J. E. Wolfe, J.P., visited the waterworks at Oakhampton yesterday morning and inspected…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 July 1887 · page 2

A petition is to be presented at to-night's meeting of the Macdonaldtown Council praying that Victoria-street be extended from George-street into Campbell-street. The petition is…

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The Mayor and the Mud

Evening News · Tuesday 5 July 1887 · page 5

A correspondent writes:—"An extraordinary announcement appears in this morning's papers, to the effect that the Mayor is dispensing for a time at least with the services of a number of men…

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Friends in Council

Evening News · Wednesday 6 July 1887 · page 5

There is an apology to Flood. Somehow or another he was mistaken for Dodde, and was made to relate the experiences with two of the unemployed who succeeded in getting £1…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Tuesday, July 5

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 July 1887 · page 6

The President took the Chair at half-past 4 o'clock. PAPERS. The State Children's Relief Department…

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Parliament. Tuesday, July 5. Legislative Council

Evening News · Wednesday 6 July 1887 · page 3

The President took the chair at 4.30 p.m. THIRD READINGS. The Patents Law Amendment Bill and the West Wallsend and Monk Wearmouth Act…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Tursday, July 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 July 1887 · page 5

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. ASSENT TO BILLS. The PRESIDENT announced the receipt of messages from his Excellency the Governor, intimating that his…

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Payment of Members Bill. the Two Divisions. the Council Difficulty

Evening News · Wednesday 6 July 1887 · page 5

The various divisions on the Payment of Members Bill "chopped up" the House a good deal last night, the Government being several times divided, and Opposition and Government…

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