Municipal
The Manly Council have decided to request the local gas company to make a concession to the council in its charges for street lighting, also a reduction to private consumers at per…
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Council & local affairs, 1889
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Executive Council
The first meeting of the Executive Council of the new Government was held yesterday, under the presidency of the Governor, when the incorporation of Dundas under the Municipalities Act was…
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No decision has at present been come to by the Government with regard to the appointment of a vice-President of the Executive Council, although communications have passed between the…
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The district south of Burwood, known as Enfield, has been gazetted, a municipality, and the election of aldermen will shortly take place. The boundaries of the new municipality are as…
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The Fiv[?]ck Municipal Council met on Thursday evening, [?] being then present the Mayor, in the chair, Aldermen Byrne, Sutton Cameron, Newson, Poolman, and Williamson. Alderman Williamson…
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The Marrickville Council have decided by five to two to strike a special rate of 3d. in the £ on the assessed value of rateable property in the borough, for the construction and maintenance of works for sewerage,…
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HILLSTON, This Day. -- Messrs. J. M. Fullarton, J. G. Carroll, B. Varcoe, Thos. Pearce, John Minogue, and Robt. Read were returned as aldermen yesterday. On…
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PARRAMATTA, This Day. -- William Ritchie, Robert Kurtzmann, and James Cook have been nominated for the extraordinary vacancy in the Granville…
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The municipal council of Newtown met in the local Town Hall last evening, when the following members attended: -- Alderman Jolly (Mayor), and Aldermen White,…
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The Marrickville Council have decided to levy a special rate of 3d in the £ on the assessed value of rateable property in the borough for the construction and maintenance of works for…
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NEWCASTLE, This Day.--Yesterday a lad y seemed to be in danger on the railway line at Carrington, and Alderman Hughes rushed to her assistance, when a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scene in the Melbourne City Council
Proceedings at the ordinary meeting of the Melbourne City Council on Monday were evidently of an extraordinary turbulent nature. A scene occurred when discussing the market report, and…
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A meeting of the general committee of the Queen's Fund was held at the Town-hall yesterday afternoon, the business being to receive the report of the executive committee and to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Irish Question. Arrival of Mr. John Deasy, M.p. He Is Welcomed by the Mayor
Mr. John Deasy, M.P., one of the Home Rule delegates sent out to Australia by Mr. Parnell, arrived overland from Melbourne yesterday morning. Sir Thomas Grattan Esmonde, who…
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NEWCASTLE, This Day.--It is intended to have a municipal conference shortly, to consider Dr. Ashburton Thompson's report on the Tighe's Creek nuisance…
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The Macdonaldtown Council have negatived a proposition by Alderman Baldwin, to the effect that permission be obtained to borrow an additional sum of £5000 to carry on the…
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A special meeting of the finance committee of he City Council was held on Thursday. Present: The Mayor and Aldermen Playfair, Buckle, Dean, Meeks, M. Harris, Manning, Hardie, Kippax,…
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TWENTY-EIGHT miles west of Atchison, on the Atchison, Topeka aud Santa Fe Railway, stands the town of Oskaloosa, remarkable for being governed by women…
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President Lennon occupied the chair at a special meeting of the Trades and Labor Council, held in the Trades Hall, Dixon-Street, last evening. The attendance of…
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