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Council & local affairs, 1887

1,840 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 92

Bulli Relief Fund. Deputation to the Mayor

Evening News · Thursday 8 September 1887 · page 6

A deputation from the meeting held in the Temperance Hall to protest against the scheme of distribution of the Bulli Fund proposed by the executive committee waited upon the Mayor…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 September 1887 · page 2

Tenders are invited by the Bowral Council for a loan of £3000. At the last meeting of the Camperdown Council Alderman Moran moved and it was…

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Municipal Council. Prospect and Sherwood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 September 1887 · page 8

The monthly meeting of the Prospect and Starwood Municipal Council was held on Tuesday evening. The Mayor (Mr. John Booth) presided, and there were also present—Aldermen Joseph Booth, Carpenter, Carter,…

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Trades and Labor Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 September 1887 · page 5

A meeting of the Trades and Labor Council was held at Punch's Hotel, corner of Parkland George streets, last evening, under the presidency of Mr. J. P. Minnie. The following…

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Trades and Labour Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 September 1887 · page 4

The fortnightly meeting of members of the New South Wales Trades and Labour Council was held at the Swan With Two Necks Hotel, last night. The president, Mr. J. P. Minnie, occupied the chair. The following societies…

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The Federal Council. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 September 1887 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--In the Assembly to-night the Premier mentioned that the Federal Council would meet in Tasmania early next year. He also stated that the South…

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Trade Affairs. Trades and Labor Council

Evening News · Friday 9 September 1887 · page 3

A meeting of the Trades and Labor Council was held on Thursday night. Mr. J. P. Mennie occupied the chair. SOCIETIES REPRESENTED…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 September 1887 · page 7

PROSPECT AND SHERWOOD. The monthly meeting of the Prospect and Sherwood Council was held on the 6th. Present: The Mayor (Mr. John Booth) and…

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Sydney Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 September 1887 · page 9

The one hundred and twenty-second quarterly meeting of the Municipal Council of Sydney was held yesterday at noon. There were present the Mayor (Alderman A. J. Riley), Aldermen Beare, Bryen, Buckle, Burdekin,…

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The Mayor's Quarterly Luncheon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 September 1887 · page 9

Yesterday afternoon the Mayor of Sydney (Mr. Alban J. Riley, M.L.A.) gave the last quarterly luncheon of his term of office as Mayor, at the Town Hall. About 120 gentlemen were seated at the tables. The Mayor was in the…

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Balmain Borough Council

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 10 September 1887 · page 4

[?] regular fortnightly meeting of the [?] was held on Tuesday at the Town [?] the Mayor, (Ald. W. M. Burns) in [?] chair. Present. Alds. McDonald…

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City Council Dinner

Evening News · Saturday 10 September 1887 · page 6

The usual dinner in connection with the quarterly meeting of the City Council was held on Friday in the Town Hall. His Worship the Mayor occupied the chair, and there was an…

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Leichhardt Borough Council

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 10 September 1887 · page 2

The fortnightly meeting of the above was held last Monday. Present—The Mayor (Ald. B. R. Moore) Aldermen Davison, Hearn, Redwell, Neal, Cook, Walsh…

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The Ballarat Council Fracas

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 September 1887 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--At the meeting of the Ballarat Town Council Councillor Walker, one of the principals in the recent disgraceful fracas when Councillor Murphy's leg was…

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Dublin's New Lord Mayor. Mr. Thomas Sexton, M.P.

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 September 1887 · page 28

In one respect Mr. Thomas Sexton, M.P., who has been recently elected Lord Mayor of Dublin, is the foremost member of the Irish or Parnellite party in the House of Commons. He is not only…

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The City Council. Quarterly Meeting

Evening News · Saturday 10 September 1887 · page 4

The one hundred and second quarterly meeting of the City Council took place at noon on Friday in the Town Hall. The Mayor (Mr. A. J. Riley, M.L.A.) presided, and the following…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 September 1887 · page 10

Mr. R. J. Black, M.P., has been elected an alderman of Double Bay Ward, in the Woollahra Council, in the room of the Hon. Jas. Norton, resigned…

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Municipal. Four Mayors of New South Wales. (See portraits on page 539.) GOSFORD

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 September 1887 · page 10

MR. JOHN BENNETT WHITEWAY, Mayor of Gosford, was born in Devonshire, England, in 1835. In 1855 he obtained employment in the Nassau steam press works, London, which then…

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City Council

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 September 1887 · page 3

The quarterly meeting of the City Council was held on Friday, there being present the Mayor, Aldermen Chapman, Hardie, J. Harris, Palmer, Playfair, Kippax, Taylor, Meeks, M…

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The Fijian Council

Evening News · Monday 12 September 1887 · page 5

LONDON, September 11.—Mr. James Robertson has been gazetted a member of the Fijian Council…

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