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Council & local affairs, 1888

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Municipal Association

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 June 1888 · page 3

The monthly committee meeting of the Municipal Association was held at the Townhall on Monday. Present: Vice-president Mr. Hutchinson (in the chair), with Messrs…

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Municipal Councils. Macdonaldtown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 June 1888 · page 7

The fortnightly meeting of this council was held on June 18, when there were present the Mayor (Alderman J. Baldwin), with Aldermen Bryan, Irvine, Ives. Jacobson Peake, Murray, Knight, and the council-clerk (Mr. W…

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The Strathfield Municipality and the £235 Dishonoured Cheque. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 June 1888 · page 6

Sir,—It is now a long time since I wrote yon on the above somewhat strange subject, demanding some explanation from the municipal council as to how they came to accept a worthless cheque in payment of so large a sum,…

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Municipal Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 June 1888 · page 7

On Monday the appeals against the assessment of the Ashfield valuators were heard at the Newtown Court before Mr. T. K. Abbott, S. M. There were 246 properties appealed against by 124 appellants; 202 were reduced, four…

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The Chinese Question the Restriction Bill. the Council's Amendments

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 June 1888 · page 5

In returning the Chinese Restriction and Regulation Bill to the Legislative Council yesterday the Assembly stated inter alia, in the accompanying message, that the Assembly…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Wednesday, June 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 June 1888 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. MESSAGE FROM THE ASSEMBLY. The PRESIDENT read messages from the Legislative Assembly, returning the Enfield Church Lands Sale Bill,…

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Meeting of Bathurst City Council. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 June 1888 · page 9

At a meeting of the Bathurst City Conncil to-night a circular letter to the municipality from the Anti-Chinese Legu[?] Sydney asking for a subscription to the league was read. Alderman M'Hattie moved,—"That the letter…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, June 20, The PRESIDENT took the chair ut 4.30 p.m. PETITION

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 June 1888 · page 6

Mr. KNOX presented a petition from the Bishop's Commissary against the Divorce Extension Bill. PRINTING COMMITTEE…

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Parliament. Wednesday, June 20. Legislative Council. The President took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Refreshments

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 June 1888 · page 2

Dr. CREED submitted the report of the Refreshment- room Committee, and moved its adoption. After considerable discussion, in which reference was made to the…

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Centennial Municipal Picnic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 June 1888 · page 4

An entertainment of a somewhat novel character took place at Botany yesterday, when a centennial municipal gathering of the mayors, aldermen, and ex-aldermen of the city and suburban municipalities was held at the Sir…

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Municipal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 June 1888 · page 11
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The desirability of improving the city by purchasing or resuming land in order to widen and extend streets and lanes, has been unanimously affirmed by the City Council. A movement has been initiated for…

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Municipal Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 June 1888 · page 5

The Mayor of North Botany (Mr. J. Coward), together with Alderman Laycock, entertained at a dinner at Thornton's Half-way House Hotel on Tuesday evening the members of their committee (the dairymen of the district),…

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Municipal Councils. Kogarah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 June 1888 · page 5

The fortnightly meeting of this council was held on June 18, when there were present Alderman Carroll, in the chair (in the absence of the Mayor at the city railway extension meeting), with Aldermen P. Herrmann, Hatfield, P…

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Principal Contents of This Day's Paper. Centennial Municipal Picnic. Mail Summary Per S.s. Liguria. Condolence with the Queen and Ex-empress. Death From a Blow in the Back. Parisian Gossip. Current Literature. the Chamber of Manufactures. Report on the Prospect Reservoir. the Chinese Bill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 June 1888 · page 6

LEADERS: THE ASSEMBLY'S AMENDMENTS IN THE CHINESE BILL. LIFE PEERAGES IN ENGLAND…

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Centennial Municipal Gathering

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 June 1888 · page 7

THE municipal celebration of the centenary of the colony, came off yesterday at Sir Joseph Banks' Grounds, Botany, and was a decided success, although the…

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Municipal Loan

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 June 1888 · page 5

ORANGE, This Day.--Arrangements are in progress for a borough loan of £25,000 through the Joint Stock Bank…

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The Centennial Municipal Gathering

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 June 1888 · page 6

Some few months ago, whilst the Centennial celebrations were at their height, it entered into the mind of Mr. P. W. Glacken,the Mayor of East Leonards, that the municipal councils…

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City Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 June 1888 · page 3
Also in The Australian Star

The meeting of the finance committee held yesterday was attended by the Mayor, Aldermen Chapman, Kippax, Hardie, Playfair, Beare, Dean, J. D. Young, Bryen, Buckle,…

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