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Council & local affairs, 1888

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More Municipal Frauds. The Bourke Special Audit. The Auditor's Report

The Australian Star · Friday 23 March 1888 · page 6

BOUNKE, This Day.-- The following a brief resume of the special auditor's report laid before the Town Council at the ordinary meeting last night:-- "We have…

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Municipal. Ashfield

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 March 1888 · page 6

The usual meeting of this council was hell on March 20. Present : The Mayor (Mr. J. H. Watkin), Aldermen Whitney, Lyide, Ralston, Dean, Dougan, Mills, Mortley and Elliott. The…

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Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1888 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above was held in the Council Chambers, Parkes-street, on Friday, March 16. Present: The Mayor (Ald. Ross), and Aldermen Goodsell,…

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Leichhardt Municipal Council

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 24 March 1888 · page 6

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above council was held on Monday night. There were present: The Mayor (Ald. S. Smith, M.L.A.) Alds. Sadler, Winkle…

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The Mayor of Strathfield

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 March 1888 · page 28

Mr. William Von der Heyde, the Mayor of Strathfield, was born in Hanover (Germany) in 1829. He attended the St. Johannes Gymnasium in Hamburg. In 1850, having had a good…

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Late County Intelligence. Granville. Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1888 · page 5

A SPECIAL MEETING of the Granville Borough Council was held in the School of Arts, Granville, on Thursday evening. Present:—The Mayor (Ald. John Nobbs), and Aldermen…

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The Mayor and the Corporation Frauds

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 March 1888 · page 9

IN acknowledging the toast of " The Mayor and Aldermen," at St. Patrick's Banquet at the Town. Hall, on Saturday evening, Mayor Harris said in reply to some remarks of Mr, J. G. O'Ryan, who…

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Balmain Borough Council

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 24 March 1888 · page 3

The ordinary meeting of the above was held on Tuesday last. Present: The Mayor (Ald. E. H. Buchanan) Aldermen McDonald, Clymer, Wheeler, John Clubb…

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Melbourne Trades-hall Council

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 March 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--At the quarterly meetinyof the Trades-hall Council the following office-bearers were re-elected .Mr. Har wood, president; Mr. Barreit, vice-president;…

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Charge Against an Alderman at Cootamundra. [By Teelgraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Cootamundra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 March 1888 · page 14

A very exciting case was heardat the police court to-day. Thomas M'Beach, returning officer for the municipal election last month, prosecuted William Augustus Byrn, alderman and J.P., for making & false declaration. The…

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Parliament in Session. Council. Thursday, March 15

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 March 1888 · page 12

The bill for regulating the communication of infectious diseases to rabbits and other animals by means of inoculation with microbes was read the second time and carried through all its…

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Following the Fashion. the Kogarah Council's Alleged Discrepancies

The Australian Star · Saturday 24 March 1888 · page 6

THE Kogarah Council having discovered some alleged discrepancies in the engineer's department, last night held a meeting to discuss the subject. Several…

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PARLIAMENT. Legislative Council. Thursday, March 15. Infectious Diseases in Animals Bill

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 March 1888 · page 620

Mr. Simpson moved the second reading of the Infectious Diseases in Animals Bill, which, he explained, was not to check but to regulate experiment in the destruction of rabbits. It would regulate the…

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Mr. J. B. Henson and the City Council. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 March 1888 · page 6

Sir,--I felt compelled, on account of the Mayor's treatment of me, to forward the enclosed letter to the City Council. I see no mention of it in the published proceedings of…

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Picnic to the Members of the Grand Council of the Loyal Orange Institution of Australia

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 24 March 1888 · page 6

The Grand Lodge of the Loyal Orange Institution of N. S. W., by resolution decided to commit arrangements for the reception and entertaining of the various members of the…

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[Copy of original.) F. W. Slacken, Esq., Mayor oi East St. Leonards. Re proposed extension of Great Northern Railway, from Gore-hill to the waters of Fort Jackson

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 March 1888 · page 3

St. Leonards. Dear Sir.--In connection with the above mentioned subject, about which we had a conversation this morning, I have jotted down as briefly as possible the outline of a scheme for the proposed extension of the…

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Municipal Councils. North Willoughby

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 March 1888 · page 9

The finance committe met at 7 p.m. on Monday, nnd considered and passed the Finance Roport. The meeting of the council was held at 7.30 p.m. Present— The Mayor (Alderman Alexander Simpson) and Aldermen…

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News by Telegraph. a Municipal Toting Test Case

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 March 1888 · page 5

COOTAMUNDRA, Friday.--An important case under the Municipalities Act occupied the attention of the police court to-day. William Augustus Byrne, an aiderman, was charged by…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 March 1888 · page 6
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

A meeting of the ratepayers of Ashfield will be held on Saturday, 31st inst., for the purpose of electing an auditor in place of Mr. A. K, Troup, whose seat has been declared…

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