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Council & local affairs, 1888

2,422 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 122

Municipal. the Coming Elections. the Nominations

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1888 · page 6

The following nominations have been received for the vacancies for aldermen and auditors in the undermentioned councils:--…

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Municipal Council. Ashfield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1888 · page 7

The meeting of the Ashfield Council was held on Tuesday. Present: The Mayor (Mr. Mortley), Aldermen Dougan, Whitney, Evans", Dean, Lyttle, Mills, Watkin, and Ralston. Amongst the correspondence read were…

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Deputation to the Mayor

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 February 1888 · page 6

A DEPUTATION consisting of Alderman Howe, Mayor of Waterloo, Alderman Lamond and Alderman Navin,waited upon the Mayor this morning, asking for…

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Municipal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1888 · page 4
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The Mayor (Mr. John Harris) gave his first dinner of the present year to the Aldermen on the 19th January, and in replying to the toast of his health, referred to the painful duty he had to perform of…

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Municipal Nominations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1888 · page 7

PARRAMATTA.—Anderson Ward: The Mayor (Mr. C. J. Byrnes), and Messrs. Joseph Smith and George Ralph. Marsden Ward: Alderman John Booth and Mr. Thomas Dixon. Gore Ward: Aldermen Saunders and Mr. W. A…

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Orange Municipal Council

The Australian Star · Friday 3 February 1888 · page 5

ORANGE, This Day.--Contrary to expectation, there will be no municipal contest this year, as only the retiring aldermen have been nominated. These…

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Newcastle City Council

The Australian Star · Friday 3 February 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE This Day.--The City Council sat for seven hours yesterday considering the night soil difficulty and other matters. In regard to the night soil…

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The Newcastle Borough Council. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1888 · page 7

The Mayor and aldermen were served to-day with a notice of intention to apply for a legal injunction restraining the council from depositing nightsoil on the reserve, in pursuance of an information laid by the citizens' committee…

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Municipal Councils. Granville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1888 · page 8

A meeting of the Granville Borough Council was hold on Wednesday evening. Present: The Mayor (Mr. John Nobbs), and Alderman Howieson, Marshall, Fewster, Unwin, and Flower. The finance committe[?]…

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Municipal Nominations. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Inverell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1888 · page 8

The nominations for the municipal elections closed on Tuesday last with the following result:—For East Ward, T. R. B. Mayne; for South Ward, A. G. Jenkins and Mr. A. Thorley; for West Ward, G. Anderson and Mr. James…

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Rockdale Municipality

The Australian Star · Friday 3 February 1888 · page 6

MR. J. BEALE, one of the candidates for Scarborough word in the Rockdale municipality, has addressed the ratepayers several times recently. He dealt with…

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Chinese Municipal Voters in North Willoughby. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 February 1888 · page 6

Sir,--Under the provisions of the Municipalities Act of 1837, every person of the full age of 21 years, the occupier, owner or lessee of any ratable property within any municipality,…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 February 1888 · page 6

We have been requested to state that the triumphal arch in front of the Paddington Council- chambers was designed and erected by a committee of the council and ratepayers, and not…

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Granville. Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1888 · page 6

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

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Municipal Council. a Storm in a Trapot

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1888 · page 6

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Council was called for Monday night, and there assembled the Mayor (Mr. N. G. Bull), Alds Taylor, Ashcroft, Haigh, Carter, Nelson, Clyde,…

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Tho Wickham Council and Linwood

The Australian Star · Saturday 4 February 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--The Wickham Council Anally decided yesterday to accept the dedication of Linwood-street. This matter has formed the subject of debate…

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Forfeited Selections Within Lease­hold Areas. Decision of the Privy Council

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 February 1888 · page 16

THE Privy Council has reversed the decision of the Supreme Court in the case Edols v. Tearle. The Supreme Court held that forfeited free selec­tions within that half of a run which is called the…

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The Newcastle Borough Council. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1888 · page 11

In the Newcastle Borough Council, last night, the proceedings were not concluded till a lato hour. An acrimenious discussion took place upon the action of the Mayor in not consulting the whole of the aldermen in regard to…

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Balmain Municipal Elections

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1888 · page 2

MUNICIAAL politics are in full blast now, full steam up and the safety-valve chained down. Conjectures as to results are numerous, contradictory, and all about equally…

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