Municipal Endowments
ORANGE, This Day.—Dissatisfaction is expressed that no provision is made on the Estimates for municipal endowments, though the Premier had promised a…
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Council & local affairs, 1888
2,422 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 122
The Centennial Municipal Gathering
THE Centennial Municipal Gathering, which takes the form of a garden party and banquet at Botany on Wednesday next, promises to be a pronounced success…
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THE Honorable W. J. Trickett recently resigned the office of Mayor of Woollahra, and this morning Mr. J. C. Neild, M.L.A., was unanimously elected to the vacant…
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The election of De Keyser as Lord Mayor has had an excellent effect in France (says TRUTH). It has completely distilusionised the French people of their…
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THE adjourned quarterly meeting of the City Council was held to-day, the Mayor (Mr. J. Harris) presiding. FINANCE…
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The fortnightly meeting of the Trades and Labor Council was held at the Temperance-hall last night, the president (Mr. J. R. Talbot) in the chair. Upwards of 20 societies were…
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A summons meeting of the Trades and Labour Council was held last evening at the Temperance Hall, Pitt-street. Mr. J. Talbot (president) presided as chairman. The following societies were represented by delegates, via.:—…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Waverley Council. to the Ediror of the Herald
Sir,—Referring to letter signed by the Mayor of above suburb, I must endorse his romarks as regards complaints, if made to the proper quarter, having attention; and if "Resident" in his lotter had an individual instonco of…
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Sir,--There could not be a better time to consider the matter of a Federal Council than the present, seeing that the chiefs or representatives of the Governments of all Australasia…
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The PRESENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock, but as there were only 20 members present, he declared the House adjourned until 4 o'clock on Wednesday next, The members present were Messrs. Bowker, Cox, Davies,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Grafton Borough Council. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Grafton
At the borough council meeting last night, a letter was read from the manager of the Australian Joint Stock Bank consenting to cancel the cash-credit bond for which the Mayor and a number of the aldermen were jointly and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Sanddrift at Newcastle. the Government and the Council. Abatement of the Nuisance
The Minister for Mines has given long and anxious consideration to the Nowcastle Sanddrift question, and important action has been taken, which will, it is confidently hoped, result in the abatement of the nuisance without…
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At the adjourned quarterly meeting of the City Council yesterday Alderman RILEY moved :-- That the Government be requested to introduce a…
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The Marrickville Council held a special meeting on June 11, to come to a final arrangement with regard to the ward boundaries, and also to consider Mr. Stayton's scheme of sewerage for…
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The adjourned one hundred and twenty-fifth quarterly meeting of the City Council was held yesterday afternoon There were present the Mayor (Alderman J. "Harris), in the chair, Alderman Beare, Bryon, Buckle, Burdekin,…
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The aldermen of the Parramatta Borough [?] visit to the pestilential drain at the corner of Pennant and Sorrell streets on Thursday afternoon, for the purpose of inspecting the same and seeing how best it could be…
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His Worship the Mayor of Sydney (Mr. J. Harris) forwarded a message of sympathy to her Imperial Majesty the Empress of Germany. The message expressed…
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Now that our Civic Fathers are so perplexed over the ways and means of the Council, it would be a good opportunity for them to rest awhile in the expenditure…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mayor of Marrickville
MR. CHARLES MOYES, the Mayor of Marrickville, was born in Perthshire, Scotland, in the year 1830, and arrived in Sydney in 1851. For some years he followed the occupation of a miner,…
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