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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1888

2,422 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 122

Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 March 1888 · page 6

The Alt-Street subway, which has been before the borough council for the last 15 yean, was the subject of a special meeting of the Ashfield [?]…

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City Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 March 1888 · page 2

A meeting of the finance committee of Municipal Council of Sydney was held yesterday, there being present the Mayor, Aldermen Kippax, Manning, Dean, Meeks, Bryen, M…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, March 1

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 March 1888 · page 6

The President took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. TEMPORARY SUPPLY BILL. The PRESIDENT announced the receipt of…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Thursday, March 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 March 1888 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4. TEMPORARY SUPPLY BILL. The PRESIDENT announced the receipt of a message from the Governor to the effect that his Excellency had, in…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 March 1888 · page 6

At a meeting of the Alexandria Council on Wednesday evening, it was resolved, on the motion of Alderman Hannan, that Jesson-street from Harley-street to the boundary of the…

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Municipal Councils. Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 March 1888 · page 5

The City Council met in Committee of Finance yesterday afternoon. There were present: The Mayor (Alderman J. Harris), Aldermen Beare, Bryon, Buckle, Chapman, Dean, Hardie, Hart, M. Harris, Jones, Kippax, Lees,…

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A Mayor Fixed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 March 1888 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Friday. -- At the Adelaide Police Court to-day Mr. B. J. M'Carthy, Mayor of Thebarton, a suburb of Adelaide, was fined £1 for signing the minutes of a certain meeting of the…

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Granville. Borough Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1888 · page 6

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council was held in the School of Arts, Good-street, on Wednesday evening. Present:— The Mayor (Ald. John Nobbe), and Aldermen…

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Balmain Borough Council

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1888 · page 4

A special meeting of the above was held on Tuesday last, there being present the Mayor (Ald. E.H. Buchanan), Alds. M'Donald, Punch, Clyraer, Wheeler…

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PARLIAMENT. Legislative Council. Thursday, February 23

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1888 · page 456

The Council had but a short sitting. Mr. Lackey moved the second reading of the Victorian Coal-mining Company's Extension Bill. The measure after discussion was referred to a select committee…

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Parliament in Session. Council. Thursday, February 23

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 March 1888 · page 12

The only business on the paper for the afternoon was the second reading of a private measure, the Victorian Coal-mining Company's Act Extension Bill, which was moved by Mr. Lackey, The…

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Embezzlement of Municipal Funds at Young

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1888 · page 493

Attwood William Honour, late town clerk of Young, was brought up on the 24th ultimo on two further charges of embezzlement. He now stands committed on seven charges. Bail was allowed on the first three cases of £500 each, and…

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Maclean Municipal Elections

The Australian Star · Saturday 3 March 1888 · page 6

MACLEAN, This Day.--Messrs. Crabbe, Cummin, D. See, Martin, Foldbigg, and Bond have been elected the aldermen of the now municipality of Maclean…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 March 1888 · page 6
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

The polling at the first municipal election at Maclean yesterday resulted as follows: -- Dr. Crabbe, 68; J. Cummings, 63; D. See, 61; G. Martin, 60; W. J. Folbigg. 55; R. Bond, 42:…

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The Audit of Municipal Accounts. to the Editor of the Mercury

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1888 · page 4

SIR,—I was pleased to peruse your recent article on audits of municipal accounts, and I am glad to commend you for the commonsense practical manner in which you dealt with it. I…

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Municipal Council. West Botany

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1888 · page 3

The fortnightly meeting of the West Botany Council was held at the Council-chambers on Thursday evening last. There were present—the Mayor (W.G.Judd), with Aldermen Smyth, Jeeves, Green, Godfrey, and Cooke…

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The Hydraulic Power Company and the City Council. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1888 · page 4

Sir,--The question of the supply of hydraulic power to the city of Sydney appears to have worked itself into a Tory curious tangle. For some inscrutable reason the Mayor and…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1888 · page 6

The Municipalities Act of 1867 Amendment Act of 1886 will come into operation in the municipal district of Liverpool on April 2. The Nuisances Prevention Act will come…

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Executive Council

The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 March 1888 · page 5

A MEETING of the Executive Council was held to-day, at which the Colonial Secretary, in the absence of the Governor, presided. The only business of…

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