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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1887

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Leichhardt Borough Council

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 24 September 1887 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting took place on Monday. There being present, the Mayor (Ald B. R. Moore) Aldermen Neal, Walsh, Cook, Winkle, McCredio, Rodwell…

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Parramatta Borough Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1887 · page 3

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday afternoon last. Present : His Worship the Mayor (Mr. C. J. Byrnes),…

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Legislative Council Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 September 1887 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.-- There are already four candidates announced for the vacancy in the Legislative Council for the Southern Province, caused by the death of the late Hon. Thomas…

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The Sydney Municipal Council. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 September 1887 · page 6

Sir,--Your account of yesterday s committee meeting is incorrect, inasmuch as you state that my explanation of some statement I made in the press was on division of 11 to 4, held to…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday's Sitting

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 September 1887 · page 648

The sitting of the Council on Tuesday evening lasted until 9 o'clock, the time being taken up with a discussion on the adoption of the address-in-reply to the Governor's speech…

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Mr. E. T. Smith, M.P., Mayor of Adelaide

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 September 1887 · page 1

The name of the popular Mayor of Adelaide is now truly a household word in Australia. Visitors from Sydney and Melbourne who, until the opening of the Jubilee Exhibition and the construction of the overland…

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Ireland Under Coercion. the Dublin Council Denounce the Government

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 September 1887 · page 16

LONDON, Sept. 19.—The Dublin City Council have passed a resolution formally protesting against the tyrannical policy of the Government, and denouncing the murderous attacks of the…

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Municipal Storage Depot at Parramatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 September 1887 · page 7

A deputation, consisting of Mr. Hugh Taylor, M.L.A., and Mr. Byrnes. Mayor of Parramatta, interviewed the Minister for Lands yesterday, with reference to a site for a municipal storage depot for that town…

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Northern District Municipal Association

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 September 1887 · page 681

A meeting of the Northern District Municipal Association was held on Tuesday, in the Newcastle council-chamber. The Mayor of Waratah presided. The Mayors of Newcastle, Adamstown, Lambton, and Wallsend were also…

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Municipal. Hurstville

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 September 1887 · page 10

The usual fortnightly meeting of this council was held on September 22. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Milsop) and Aldermen Howard, Peake, M'Rae, Bibby, Cannon,…

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Municipal. Two Mayors of New South Wales. (See portraits on page 654.) ULLADULLA

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 September 1887 · page 19

MR. JAMES SIMMONS, Mayor of Ulladulla, is the son of George Simmons, one of the early settlers of Ulladulla, and a true type of the English yeoman, who by industry and hard work cleared…

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Municipal Council. Gosford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 September 1887 · page 8

The Gosford Municipal Council met on friday, 23rd September. Present—The Mayor (J. B. Whitoway), Aldermen Lloyd, Cain, and Wheeler. Toaders for three new culverts were opened, the successful tenderer being J…

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The Lord Mayor of Dublin

Evening News · Monday 26 September 1887 · page 5

LONDON, September 25.—At a meeting held in Dublin yesterday the Lord Mayor of Dublin and others who spoke defied the Government to suppress the National League…

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The Mayor of Dublin Defiant. London, Sept. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 September 1887 · page 7

At a meeting held in Dublin yesterday, the Mayor and others detied the Government to suppress the League…

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William O'brien's Trial. a Sentence of Three Months' Imprisonment. the Council for the Crown Called a Liar

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 September 1887 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday,--The trial of Mr. William O'Brien, charged with using seditious language, was concluded at Mitchelstown to-day…

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Municipal Association

Evening News · Monday 26 September 1887 · page 4

The Municipal Association of New South Wales hold their fifth annual session on Tuesday, (to-morrow), at the Town Hall, when several very important matters affecting the welfare of the…

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Municipal Picnic

Evening News · Monday 26 September 1887 · page 4

On Saturday last the Petersham aldermen entertained the Mayor of that borough (Mr. John Wheeler, J.P.) at a return picnic, in recognition of his having a few weeks' since given a similar…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 September 1887 · page 7

A petition praying for the creation of the district of Maclean into a municipality was published in a recent Gazette. The boundaries of the proposed additional…

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The Lord Mayor of Dublin Defiant. London, Sept. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 September 1887 · page 7

At a meeting held in Dublin yesterday, the Lord Mayor and others defied the Government to suppress the League…

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Municipal Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 September 1887 · page 9

The fifth session of the Municipal Association of New South Wales will commence at the Town Hall this morning, under the presidency of the Mayor of Sydney, Mr. A. J. Riley, M.L.A. The following…

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