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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1887

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The Fijian Council. London, Sept. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 September 1887 · page 7

Mr. James Robertson has been gazetted a member of the Fiji Council…

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Municipal Council. Hurstville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 September 1887 · page 8

The fortnightly meeting of this council was held on Thursday evening at the temporary council-chambers. There were present:—The Mayor (Alex. Milsop), with Aldermen Patrick, Humphrey, A. E. Gannon, Peake,…

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The Fiji Council. London, Sept. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 September 1887 · page 7

Mr. James Robertson has been gazetted a member of the Fiji Council…

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Municipal Association

Evening News · Tuesday 13 September 1887 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The monthly meeting of the committee of the Municipal Association of New South Wales was Held at the Town Hall on Monday afternoon, those present being Messrs. M. J. Hammond (in…

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The Bulli Fund. Deputation to the Mayor of Melbourne. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 September 1887 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The Mayor of Melbourne was waited upon to-day by a deputation representing the meeting held in the Temperance-hall last night. when the proposed…

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Municipal Association

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 September 1887 · page 6

The ordinary monthly committee meeting of this association was held on Monday. Present: Mr. M. J. Hammond (in the chair) and Messrs. W. A. Hutchinson, W. H. Simpson,…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 September 1887 · page 6

A movement is on foot to petition the Marrickville and St. Peter's councils to apply for a re-adjustment of boundaries so as to make the Illawarra railway line the boundary…

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City Council

Evening News · Thursday 15 September 1887 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph

An adjourned meeting of the City Council was held on Wednesday. Present:—The Mayor (Alderman A. J. Riley), and Aldermen Hart, M. Harris, J. D. Young, Beare. Meeks, Buckle…

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Municipal Councils. Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 September 1887 · page 5

The adjourned one hundred and twenty-second quarterly meeting of the Municipal Council of Sydney was held yesterday afternoon. There were present—The Mayor (Alderman A. J. Riley) in the chair, Aldermen Beare, Bryen,…

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Public Works and Municipal Matters

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 September 1887 · page 11

A line of railway from Bungendore to Queanbeyan was formally opened on Thursday last by the Minister of Works (Mr. Sutherland). The line, which is about 17 miles in length, passes through a wild and…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 September 1887 · page 7

A public meeting of the Kogarah ratepayers is to be held in the local School of Arts to-morrow night to consider the advisability of erecting municipal gasworks…

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Trades and Labor Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 September 1887 · page 6

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

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Trade Affairs. Trades and Labor Council

Evening News · Friday 16 September 1887 · page 5

An adjourned meeting was held on Thursday I night. SOCIETIES REPRESENTED. Amalgamated Miners, Operative Boot Trade…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 September 1887 · page 3

A petition praying for the re-adjustment of the wards in the municipality of St. Peters is published in a Gazette. Following is the substance of the petition:--"That the fourth…

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Municipal Gas Works

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 September 1887 · page 3

The gas question came up at the last mooting of the St. Leonards and Kogarah councils. Alderman A. Armstrong moved in the St. Leonards council, and it was carried…

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Granville. Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1887 · page 8

THE fortnightly meeting of this Council was held on Wednesday evening. Present : The Mayor (Mr. John Nobbs), and Aldermen Howieson, Unwin, Allen. Ritchie, Flower,…

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Liverpool. Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1887 · page 8

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Liverpool Municipal Council was held in the Town Hall on Monday evening last. Present :—His Worship the Mayor (Mr. N. G. Bull, J.P.)…

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Penrith Municipal Council

Nepean Times · Saturday 17 September 1887 · page 4

A meeting of the Penrith Municipal Council was held on Monday evening. Present—The Mayor, Ald. Cross, Judges, Smith, Clissold, Riley, Farrell and Paskin…

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