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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1887

1,840 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 92

Alderman Poole and the City Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 October 1887 · page 7

A meeting of the general committee of the City Council was held at the Town-hall yesterday. Alderman M. HARRIS drew attention again…

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The City Council. Finance Committee Meeting. Trouble Among the Aldermen

Evening News · Friday 7 October 1887 · page 6

A meeting of the financial committee of the City Council was held on Thursday in the Town Hall. The Mayor (Mr. JL J. Riley, M.L.A.) presided, and the following members were present:—…

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Trades and Labour Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 October 1887 · page 4

The fortnightly meeting of the Trades and Labour Council was held last evening, at the Swan-with-Two-Necks Hotel, George and Park streets. The chair was occupied by the president (Mr. J. E. West), and the…

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Trades and Labor Council

Evening News · Friday 7 October 1887 · page 8
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Trades and Labor Council was held at the Swan with Two Necks Hotel, last evening. Representatives of the following trades were present:-…

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The Corporation Frauds. Debate in the City Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 October 1887 · page 6

At the meeting of the general committee of the City Council yesterday, Alderman M'MAHON said that in December last a committee had been appointed to…

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The Irish Trouble. Confession of a Moonlighter. Lord Rosebery on Irish Affairs. Prosecution of the Lord Mayor of Dublin

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 October 1887 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--It is reported that a Moonlighter, named Callman, has turned informer, and has disclosed to the Government the workings and the objects of the…

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The Irish Question. Prosecution of the Lord Mayor of Dublin. [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 October 1887 · page 7

Mr. John Bright has accused Mr. Parnell of sulking and skulking, at Avondale, while his lieutenants were inciting the Irish people to rebellion…

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Municipal Councils. Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 October 1887 · page 4

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, Bryen, Buckle, Burdekin, Chapman, Hardie, J. Harris, M…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 October 1887 · page 2

On Monday evening a motion was passed at the Burwood Council authorising the borrowing of a further loan of £9000, the security for which will be the general rates of the borough, which…

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Municipal Gasworks

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 October 1887 · page 5

WARATAH, Tuesday.--At a meeting of the Waratah Council last night, it was decided that application he made to the Government for permission to borrow £7000 for the erection…

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A Municipal Deadlock

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 October 1887 · page 5

WENTWORTH, Thursday.--The local council has come to a deadlock. The Mayor and an alderman have been in Sydney for some weeks at the Municipal Conference. Of the four…

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Ryde. Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 8 October 1887 · page 3

THIS Council held its regular fortnightly meeting on 30th ult. Present: The Mayor ; Aldermen Ross, Lord, Best and [?] The minutes of the previous meeting were…

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Municipal Council's. Victoria

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 October 1887 · page 10

A meeting of the council was held on Tuesday, October 4 Present—the Mayor, and Aldermen M'Mahon, Brainwood, Punch, Smith, Matthews, Waterhouse, Cliff, and Blue. Correspondence.—The following letters were…

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Prospect & Sherwood Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 8 October 1887 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held in the Council Chambers, Western road, on Tuesday evening. There were present the Mayor (Alderman John Booth)…

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Balmain Borough Council

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 8 October 1887 · page 4

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

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Leichhardt Borough Council

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 8 October 1887 · page 5

The ordinary meeting of the above was held on Tuesday last (having been postponed from Monday on account of the holiday.) There were present, the Mayor…

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The New Lord Mayor of London London, Sept. 30

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 October 1887 · page 754

Mr. Polydore de Keyser, alderman for the Ward of Farringdon Without, has been elected Lord Mayor of London…

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PARLIAMENT Legislative Council. Wednesday, October. 5

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 October 1887 · page 758

The Legislative Council sat for only a quarter of an hour, and disposed of the business on the paper. In answer to a question by Mr. Simpson, the representative of the Government (Mr. Salomons) said that he…

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Ireland Under Coercion. Prosecution of Wm. O'brien and the Mayor of Dublin

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 October 1887 · page 9

London, Oct. 2.—William O'Brien and Mr. T. D. Sullivan, the Mayor of Dublin, have been summoned to appear at the Dublin Police Court on Thursday next on a charge of having published…

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