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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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Sir, -- From the unscrupulous and [?]constitutional way in which members have been lately appointed to the Legislative Council there can be but one opinion of the necessity of altering…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Frenk Kenyon, J.P., was on Friday night last unanimously elected first Mayor of the newly incorporated municipality of Fairfield-Smithfield…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The City Council met yesterday. There were present —The Mayor (Alderman J. Harris) in the chair, aldermen Beare, Bryne, Buckle, Chapman, Dean, Hardie, M. Harris, Hart, Hughes, Jeanneret, Kippax, Lees,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An ordinary meeting of this council was held last night. Present: The Mayor (Alderman James Coward), Aldermen Maloney, Parker, Laycock, Peel, Sparks,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →NEWCASTLE, This Day. -- The first aldermanic nominations for New Lambton took place yesterday, when 22 were proposed for aldermen, but the papers of two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Botany Council, on the motion of Alderman Luff, have decided to request the Tramway Department to re-consider the ukase recently issued to tram-ticket vendors, to the effect…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the Legislative Council there was, contrary to general expectation, a large attendance of ladies, many of whom had, no doubt, come to have the pleasure of witnessinf the first appearance of their husbands or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Before half-past 11 every seat on the floor and in the gallery of the Legislative Council, except the few intended for members of the Upper and Lower Houses was occupied by a lady, in not a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The scene presented by the body of the chamber, as viewed from the reporters gallery prior to the arrival of his Excellency, was one of rare…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The PRESIDENT took the Chair at noon precisely. The Clerk of Parliaments (Mr. J. J. Calvert) read the proclamation convening Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Last night, at the Trades Hall, the Federated Building Trades Council held its usual fortnightly meeting under the presidency of Mr. H. J. Shying. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Macdonaldtown Council have decided to call for competitive designs for building a new council-chambers at a cost not exceeding £1500. The Newtown Council, on the motion of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The following municipal elections have taken place in addition to those recorded in last week's issue: ELECTED AS ALDERMEN…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →In the Council Chamber the attendance of ladies was very large—so large that it was necessary to set apart for their accommodation many of the benches ordinarily occupied by members, and also the President's and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The President took the chair at 4.80 p.m. PAPERS. Mr. BARTON laid upon the table the quarterly report of the Railway Commissioners for the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4. 30 p.m. Ordnance Lands Transfer Bill. Mr. BARTON brought in the Ordnance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A special meeting of the Ashfield Borough Council was held on Thursday evening for the purpose of considering and accepting tenders for supplies for the year 1889-90. There were present…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The usual fortnightly meeting of this council was held on Wednesday evening, the 27th instant, the Mayor (Mr. Frank Beames) occupying the chair. Aldermen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BROKEN HILL, This Day.--At last night's meeting of the municipal council the reports and plans of a syndicate for a proposed train line along Argent-street…
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