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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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The Municipal Council of Sydney met in committee of finance yesterday afternoon. There were present—The Mayor (Alderman A. J. Riley) in the chair, Aldermen Beare, Bryon, Buckle, Chapman, Hart, M. Harris, J…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BATHURST, Thursday.--At the municipal conned yesterday a letter was read from the Lismore Council asking their co-operation to have the advalorem duty on their gas plant…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A meeting of the general committee of the City Council was held yesterday afternoon, those present being: The Mayor, Alderman Kippax, J. Harris, Plavfair, Beare, Meeks M…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A meeting of the finance committee of the City Council was held in the Town Hall yesterday afternoon. The Mayor (Mr. A. J. Kiley, M.L.A., presided, and the following members were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—At a conference of the district councils held to-day at Waratah, the municipalities represented were Newcastle, Waratah, Hamilton, Wickham, Wallsend…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Delegates from the various municipal councils in the district, assembled to-day at Waratah, Mr. J. Scholoy the Mayor, presiding. The business was to consider the advisability of forming a Municipal Association for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →During the late heavy rains the Mayor of Newtown forwarded a telegram to the Minister for Works, asking for an officer to be sent out there to inspect the condition of the Cook's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--This morning a conference of municipal delegates from the district councils was held in the cussed chambers, Warahah, Mr. Schelay, local Marct,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The regular meeting of the Liverpool Municipal Council was held on Monday evening last. Present: The Mayor (Mr. N. G. Ball), and Aldermen Ashcroft, Clyde, Browne,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A meeting of the Penrith Municipal Council was held in the Council Chambers on Monday evening last. There were present—The Mayor, Ald. Farrell, Paskin, Riley, Clissold, Judges, Smeaton, and Cross…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MB.WILLIAM GILMOUR, thE Mayor of Wallsend, was born in Markinch, Fifeshire, Scotland, in 1831; and in 1862 he came out to New South Wales and settled in the Newcastle district as a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →MR. NATHANIEL GEORGE BULL, the Mayor of Liverpool, was born in Liverpool, New South Wales, in 1842. At the age of 13½ years he was apprenticed to his late father-in-law, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →MR. E— SECOOMBE, the Mayor of Nowra, was born in Ulladulla in 1851. He attended a denominational school, and in his spare time assisted his parents on their farm. In 1866 he was sent…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The regular meeting of the Prospect Sherwood Municipal Council was held on Tuesday afternoon last. Present: The Mayor(Mr. John Booth) and Alderman H[?]llier, M[?]ston,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The usual fortnightly meeting of the Granville Borough Council was held in the Council Chambers, on Wednesday evening last. Present:—The Mayor (Mr. J. Nobbs), Aldermen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MR. W. O. CLOSE, the Mayor of Balranald, was born in Kelton, Rutlandshire, England, in November, 1850; and in 1857 his family removed to Burton-on-Trent, where the subject of this…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A lively scene took place in the Legislative Council during the discussion on the Supplementary Estimates, which have been the cause of prolonged debates from time to time. The…
Continued on Trove, page 291 →The fortnightly meeting of the above municipality was held on Monday evening last, at the School of Arts, Kogarah. Present:—Messrs. Aldermen Carruthers, M'Rao, Tracey, English, Carroll, Wise, and head. In…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A public meeting of the residents of Botany southwards from the waterworks was held in the local School of Arts on Friday "to arrange for the formation of a municipality," separate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the meeting of the City Council to-day, Alderman M. Harris drew attention to the fact that an alderman sitting within the council holds a license under the council. In holding this…
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