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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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At the municipal conference at Adamstown yesterday, the Mayor being in the chair, the municipalities of Hamilton, Lambton, and Adamstown were represented, but not Waratah. The principal business was the commonage question…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Sir,—Where are the advertisements from the various councils of the nominatious received for the ensuing elections? The Act makes it imperative for these nominations to be…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →After the meeting respecting the Cattle Slanghtering Act had terminated at Ashfield on Thursday, on the suggestion of Alderman J. W. Walk in it was decided that an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEXT Tuesday the nominations of candidates to fill the vacancies caused in the various wards by the retirement through effluxion of time of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. ALFRED CRISP, Mayor of Hobart…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Mr. ALFORD CRISP, J.P., Mayor of Hobart (Tasmania), is the son of Mr. Crisp, timber merchant, and was born in Hobart on May 19, 1843. The family was a large one, consisting of twelve…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Sir,—Through the columns of your paper I would like to point out home defects in Mayor Harris's retrenchment scheme, fully believing that the Mayor is not aware of the existence of things I wish to complain of. In the first…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On Saturday afternoon a new swimming bath at Bronte beach was formaliy declared open by Mr. Trickett, M. L.C., in the presence of the Mayor of Waverley (Mr. T. J. Dickson) and a number of aldermen and residents. Several…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →An exciting week in aldermanic election business closed on Friday and Saturday with a grand display of oratorical fireworks all along the line. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Tamworth Council invite tenders for a loan of £10,000. The Wickham Council at a special meeting on Friday night accepted dedication of the streets…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ryde, a beautiful suburb on the Parramatta River, is bounded on the north by Hunter's Hill, and thence to the head of Lane Cove; on the south by Brabyn's grant, on the west by Eastwood, and on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The fortnightly meeting of the St. Peters Council was held at the Town Hall last evening. There were present the Mayor (W. Walmsley), with Aldermen Edwards, Hayes, Fallick, Harbar, Judd, Ceering, and Baker. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →For the three vacancies in the municipal council, Messrs. Noil, Morrison, A. N. M'Donald, Jno. Marshall, Thomas Dully, W. S. Kowald, H. J. Cornish, George. F. Grill, Edward M'Nomay, and Hopkin Lewis are nominated; and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,--The recent Newtown election clearly prove that by not being careful in our choice it municipal representatives we are likely to be misrepresented by our…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ONE of the most disgraceful meetings that has ever occurred in Paddington took place last evening. The police, as usual, appear to have been taking a nap. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Daring the reign of the Jennings-Dibbs Government an edict was issued, as our readers may remember, obliging all civil servants, who held the position of alderman to at once…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CHEERFUL FOR "HIS WUSHUP."--The much debated question of an allowance for the Mayor was nettled last night. The first proposition was to give him £300…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A special meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Friday night There were present —Aldermen Clyde, Christiansen, Haigh, Taylor, Ashcroft, and Carter. In the absence of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The appeal to the Privy Council in the case of the Victorian Railway Commissioners versus Coultas has been allowed, with costs. [Coultas, a Melbourne tailor, was driving his wife…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Privy Council to-day delivered judgment in the Mount Morgan appeal cases. They were dismissed with costs. Their Lordships held that the absence of…
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