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Council & local affairs, 1888

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The Northern Municipal Association

The Australian Star · Friday 20 April 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.—The Northern Municipal Association meet to-day. The most important business they consider is the bus traffic question, which at the…

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Important Municipal Point

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 April 1888 · page 2

An anthony on municipal law writes as follows:--" A question of considerable interest appears to have been raised by the Concord Municipal Council as to whether the vendor…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 April 1888 · page 2

Mr. J. H. Watkin, Mayor of Ashfield, has been granted a three months' leave of absence, as he intends proceeding to Melbourne on business…

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The Mayor of Bathurst

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 April 1888 · page 28

Mr. E. T. Webb, the Mayor of Bathurst, is a native of that city. His father is Mr. Edmund Webb, M.L.C. Mr. E. T. Webb was educated in Bathurst and in Newington College. He is at…

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Prospect and Sherwood. Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1888 · page 5

THE first fortnightly meeting of the Prospect and Sherwood Municipal Council was held on Thursday evening. Present: The Mayor (Mr. H. T. Jones), and Alds[?] Hollier, Muston, John…

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Good From Evil—a Round Turn for the Aldermen

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 21 April 1888 · page 4

"THE whitest foam dances upon the darkest billow, and the stars shine the brightest when surrounded by the blackest of thunder clouds ; even as a diamond pin…

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Deputation to the Mayor. Oxford-street Grievances

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 April 1888 · page 9

A deputation, consisting of Messrs. S. T. Whiddon, E. Arnold, Thos. W. Moore, Richard Williams, R. H. Dahms, John Millett, C. E. Wigzell, and R. J. Dunford, accompanied by aldermen Riley and Kippax, waited upon…

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Balmain Borough Council

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 21 April 1888 · page 3

The ordinary meeting or the above was held on Tuesday last, there being present —The Mayor (Ald. E. H. Buchman) Alds McDonald, Punch, Clymer…

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The Queanbeyan Council Muddle

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 April 1888 · page 6

QUZANDEYAN,-- The council met last night for the first time during the past six weeks, when Alderman Gale, M.L.A., moved that the mayor's action…

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Parramatta Borough Council. Special Meeting

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1888 · page 4

A SPECIAL meeting of the Council was held in the council chamber on Thursday evening to estimate the expenditure and fix the rates for the current year. There were present: The…

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PARLIAMENT. Legislative Council. Thursday, April 12. MISCELLANEOUS

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 April 1888 · page 840

Some little time was taken up on a motion of adjournment moved by Mr. De Salis, who referred to the action of the Minister for Lands in, as had been reported, increasing the rents far beyond what…

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Parliament in Session. Council. Thyrsdaty, April 12

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 April 1888 · page 12

The Government Railways Bill having been read the third time, Mr. Do Salis formally moved the adjournment of the House for the purpose of directing attention to a complaint…

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Municipal Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 April 1888 · page 11

The Leichhardt Council have made provision for all drainage, &c, in the borough, by cementing all the creeks and drains. A deputation has been appointed from the Leichhardt…

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Latest Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph] (From Our Own Correspondent.) the St. Kilda Municipal Loan. London, April 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 April 1888 · page 14

The St. Kilda municipal loan of £361,000 has, been subscribed. Tenders at £105 8s. will receive 23 per cent, of the loan. The average is about £106…

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COUNTRY. The Northern Municipal Association

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 April 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--The meeting of the Northern Municipal conference, which was to have been held yesterday, was postponed on account of the absence of…

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Cable News. a Victorian Municipal Loan

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 April 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night.--Tenders were opened to-day for the St. Hilda, Victoria, municipal loan of £100,000 at 4 12 per cent. The tenders amounted to three times the…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 April 1888 · page 10
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

The Parramatta Borough Council decided at their regular meeting on Monday to dispose of the nightsoil question by purchasing the of Farmer and Son's desiccating machines. Each…

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The South Australian Government Policy. Half-million Loan to Be Floated. Crown Lands Board to Be Appointed. Poll-tax on Chinese in the Northern Territory. South Australia to Join the Federal Council. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 April 1888 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Friday.--The Chief Secretary (the Hon. J. G. Ramsay), addressing a meeting of electors at Norwood last night, explained the Government policy. He referred to the…

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Prorogation Op the Western Australian Council. Dissatisfaction with the Governor. a Cable to India. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 April 1888 · page 5

PERTH, Saturday.—The Governor prorogued the Legislative Council by message at 11 o'clock last night. He sent down an absolute refusal to sanction the Bunbury railway, although it…

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