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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1887

1,840 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 92

Parliament. Wednesday, October 12. Legislative Council. The President took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Standing Orders

Evening News · Thursday 13 October 1887 · page 3

MR. JACOB, for the President, brought up the report of the Standing Orders on the question which had arisen in reference to the Perpetual Trustees BilL This bill, after having…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, October 12. The President took the chair at 4.80 p.m. Answers to Questions

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 October 1887 · page 3

Mr. SALOMONS, in answer to Mr. CREED, who asked whether the Government intended to act--and if so, to what extent--on the recommendations made by General Schaw in his…

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Municipal Loan

Evening News · Thursday 13 October 1887 · page 5

LONDON, October 12.-The tenders for the Richmond (Victoria) municipal loan of £65,000, bearing interest at 5 per cent., were opened to-day. The amount tendered was £177,000…

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Richmond (Victoria) Municipal Loan. (Reuter's Telegram.) London, Oct. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 October 1887 · page 9

Tenders for the Richmond (Victoria) Municipal loan of £65,000, bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent., minimum for which had been fixed at £107, were opened to-day. The…

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Bourke Municipal Council

Evening News · Friday 14 October 1887 · page 6

At a meeting of the borough council last night accounts amounting to £195 4s 5d were passed for payment. Permission was received from the Department of Mines to lease for grazing rights…

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Friends in Council

Evening News · Friday 14 October 1887 · page 8

The husband of experience who leaves his home at night in order to attend a meeting of the Geographical Society, and on his return at 2 o'clock in the morning finds his wife wide awake…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, Octomber 13

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 October 1887 · page 6

The President took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. SALOMONS, in reply to Dr. CREED,…

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The City Council. Committee of Inspection Op Accounts

Evening News · Friday 14 October 1887 · page 3

A meeting of the committee appointed last year to inquire into the system of book-keeping and auditing of the accounts of the City Corporation was held on Thursday afternoon. The Mayor…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Thursday, October 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 October 1887 · page 3

The President took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock RETURN. Mr. SALOMONS laid upon the table a return containing certain military accounts, furnished in obedience to an…

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Municipal Councils. Alexandria

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 October 1887 · page 4

The fortnightly meeting of this council was held on Wednesday last Present—the Mayor (Mr. Foskett), and Aldermen Jason, Molnor, Albertson, Russell, Howardon, Hannon, and Turner. The incoming correspondence included…

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Richmond (Victoria) Municipal Loan. London, Oct. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 October 1887 · page 7

Tenders for the Richmond (Victoria) Municipal loan of £65,000, hearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent., the minimum for which had been fixed at £107, were opened to-day…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 October 1887 · page 3

The lighting committee of- the Newtown Council brought up a report on the subject of the erection of municipal gasworks at the last meeting of that body. The report showed that…

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Grafton Municipal Loan

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 October 1887 · page 5

GRAFTON, Thursday.--At a meeting of the Grafton Borough Council, held last night, a motion moved by tho Mayor--"That the council should go into committee at its next…

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A Municipal Loan

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 October 1887 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Tenders for the Richmond (Victoria) municipal loan of £65,000, bearing interest at the rate of 5 I per cent., the minimum for which had been…

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Visit of the Mayor and Aldermen to the Homebush Yards

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 October 1887 · page 800

On Tuesday the Mayor (Alderman A. J. Riley, M.L.A.) and Aldermen Buckle, Bryen, Chapman, J. Harris, M. Harris, Bart, Jones, Meeks, Palmer, Playfair, Kippax, and Poole, Mr. Badgery (Pitt and Badgery, auctioneers), the Town Clerk…

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Municipal Council. Manly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 October 1887 · page 15

An adjourned meeting of the Manly Council was held on Thursday last. Present—C. R. Austin (Mayor), Passau, Griffin, Pitt, Hayes, and Evans. The following correspondence wat read:—From the Department of Mines,…

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Liverpool Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 15 October 1887 · page 9

THE fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held in the Council Chambers on Monday evening last. Present: The Mayor (Ald. N. G. Bull), and Aldermen Clyde,…

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Trades and Labor Council

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 October 1887 · page 6

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

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The Lord Mayor of Dublin in the Police Court

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 October 1887 · page 13

WHEN the first Catholic and National Lord Mayor of Dublin, Daniel O'Connell, assisted at divine worship in Marlborough-street in his robes of State, the night was one to give great joy to the…

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Sporting Leichhardt Rowing Club. Skiff Rack for the Mayor's Trophy

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 15 October 1887 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon the Trophy presented by B. R. Moore; Esq. J. P, Mayor of Leichhardt, was rowed for in Lcichhardt Bay, the first heat having…

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