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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1887

1,840 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 92

Trade Affairs. Trades and Labor Council

Evening News · Friday 15 July 1887 · page 8

An ordinary meeting was held, last evening. The president (Mr.J. B. Minnie) occupied the chair, and the following societies were represented:—Upholsterers, Typographical…

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Municipal Councils. Waterloo

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

The fortnightly meeting of the Waterloo Municipal Council was held at the local Town Hall on Thursday evening. Present: His Worship the Mayor (Aldermen Weekes White), and Aldermen Lamond, Smith, Howe,…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 July 1887 · page 2

An "indignation" meeting of the ratepayers of Paddington, to protest against the "unreasonable delay in completing the contract for alterations to Hargrave and Elizabeth streets,"…

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Ryde. Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 8

T[?] council held its usual fortnightly meeting on the 6th inst. Present:—The Mayor, Aldermen Ross, Lovell, Forsyth, Best, Jordan, and J. S. Farnell, M.P…

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Parramatta Borough Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 3

THE fortnightly meeting of the Parramatta Borough Council was held on Wednesday afternoon last. Present: The Mayor (Mr. C. J. Byrnes), and Aldermen Taylor, M[?]…

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Leichhart Borough Council

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 2

The fortnightly meeting of the above was held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday having been postponed from Monday the usual meeting night. There…

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PARLIAMENT. Legislative Council

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 116

The Legislative Council sat on Friday last, with the object of getting through as much as possible of the business remaining to be considered before the end of the session, in order that the prorogation…

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Balmain Borough Council

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 4

The regular fortnightly meeting of the above Council took place at the Town Hall on Tuesday. Present: The Mayor, Ald. W. M. Burns, in the chair, Alds…

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Municipal. Four Mayors of New South Wales. (See Portraits on Page 134.) MR. P. BENNETT, Mayor of Wickham

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 9

"The country is lyric—the town dramatic. When mingled, they make the most perfect musical drama." —XAVANAGH, Mr. Peter Bennett, the Mayor of Wickham,…

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"Scene" in Young Council

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 9

In the Young Council meeting the Mayor said he had an unpleasant duty to perform. He had been informed by two of the ratepayers that one of the aldermen had circulated reports to the…

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Deputation to the Mayor off Sydney. a Horse Ferry

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 5

A deputation from the Balmain Borough Council, accompanied by members of the committee which recently agitated for a horse ferry, waited upon the Mayor of…

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Badge and Collar of the Mayor of Perth, Western Australia. Badge and Collar of the Mayor of Perth, Western Australia

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 123

Thf Jubilee of Quern Victoria was commemorated in the city of l'oitli, by aduinhijr its Mayor with :i magnificent badge- ::nd collar, which was manufactured ia Clerkenwell by the old firm of John Brown and Sons, Newcastle-place. I'ho collar is formed of 1G large swans, made of silver oxidised, Rujreeslive of the Black Swan Hirer. The badjro,…

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Parramatta Borough Council. Special Meeting

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 4

A special meeting of the Parramatta Borough Council will be held on Friday next, 3.30 p.m, when Alderman Taylor will move the following resolutions:—…

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Parliament in Session. Council. Friday, July 8

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 13

The Centenary Celebration Bill was read the third time and passed, upon a division, by 19 to 5, not, however, without a protest by Mr. Piddington as to the way in which the Council was…

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Municipality of West Botany-- Rocky Point-road. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 3

Sir,--On May 12 last Alderman Green presented a petition to the municipal council of West Botany from a large Lumber of ratepayers, praying that the gutters and footpaths…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 3

The Cootamundra Council are raising a loan of £1000 by public tender. Citizens' lists are now open for inspection at the Town-hall and elsewhere, as notified by…

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The Gosford Deadlock. the Police Magistrate and the Municipal Council

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 July 1887 · page 6

There is a considerable amount or public feeling in the Gosford district with reference to the deadlock between the police magistrate for the district (Mr. Edward Reeve) and the local…

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Protectionist Propaganda. Active Preparations. a New Convert. a Member of the Council Challenged to a Duel

Evening News · Monday 18 July 1887 · page 4

The protectionists in Parliament are not going to allow the Ministerialists and freetraders to have it all their own way daring recess. Several meetings of an executive committee appointed…

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Municipal Rates. to the Editor of the Herald

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

Sir,—The writer is one of many ratepayers ina near suburb who was considerably surprised at the action of the municipal officers declining to allow the ratepayers to vote unless the current year's rates were paid…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 July 1887 · page 3

The Alexandria council intend to borrow a further sum of £5000. The residents of Smithfield are agitating for the erection of a sub way at the railway station…

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