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Council & local affairs, 1889

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Melbourne Trades-hall Council

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 May 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Trades-ball council passed a resolution to-night expressing deep regret at the death of Mr. Francis Ormond, whom they recognised as a public benefactor,…

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PARLIAMENT. Legislative Council. Thursday, May 2

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 May 1889 · page 966

The proceedings were of very short duration, lasting [?] for some 15 minutes. Sir Alfred Stephen was informed that the iron frieze work in George-street was intended to carry telegraph wires, that its cost was…

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Parliament in Session. Council. Thursday, May 2

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 May 1889 · page 13

The President took the chair at half-paat 4 o'clock when the following papers were laid upon tho table Report of the Inspector-General of the Insane for the year 1888; Bylaws of the Faculty of Medicine, Sydney…

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Trades and Labor News. Trades and Labor Council Executive

The Australian Star · Saturday 11 May 1889 · page 6

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Trades and Labor Council took place last evening at the Trades Hall, under the chairmanship of Mr. J. Kelly…

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The Old Fruit Markets. the City Council Moving. a Questionable Proposal

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1889 · page 8

THE matter of the George-street Markets and the site of the old Central Police Court came on for discussion at the last meeting of the City Council…

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Privy Council Appeal Case. the Victoria-keilawarra Collision. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, May 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 May 1889 · page 11

The appeal to the Privy Council in the case of the collision between the steamers Victoria and Keilawarra has been dismissed, with costs…

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Municipal Councils. Concord

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 May 1889 · page 12

The fortnightly meeting of the Concord Municipal Council was held on Thursday. The Mayor (Alderman H. D. Bray) occupied the chair, and there were also in attendance Aldermen Lynch, Zoeller, and…

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Municipal Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 May 1889 · page 12

At a meeting of the Marrickville Town Council it was resolved that a petition be signed on behalf of the meeting, and presented to the Minister for Works, asking him to bring under the notice of the Parliamentary…

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More Municipal Retrenchment

The Australian Star · Saturday 11 May 1889 · page 6

THE Mayor has directed that four draftsmen in the city architect's department and one draftsman in the city [?] Department, receive notice that their…

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MUNICIPAL. An Electric Omnibus

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 May 1889 · page 28

The fact that a self-contained electric vehicle, independent of a track laid with rails, is a practical thing has been proved more than once recently. During February it was strikingly…

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The Municipal Candidates

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1889 · page 6

To-day at noon there will bo as grand a display of oratory as ever graced a first municipal election. No loss than 21 candidates have been…

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Privy Council Appeal

Evening News · Monday 13 May 1889 · page 5

LONDON, May 11.-The appeal to the Council by the A.S.N. Co. against Howard Smith End Sons has been dismissed, with costs. The above appeal arose out of the case Howard…

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Banquet to the Mayor of Paris. London, May 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 May 1889 · page 7

Sir F. Dillon Bell, Sir Graham Berry, Sir Walter Buller, and Mr. W. F. Walker attended a banquet given the Mayor of Paris by Alderman Sir Polydore de Keyser,…

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The Mayor and the Irish Delegates To the Editor

Evening News · Monday 13 May 1889 · page 3

Sir,-A requisition, signed by eighty-one (81) citizens, was presented by a committee from that number to the Mayor. The requisition read thus: "We, the undersigned citizens…

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Appeals to the Privy Council

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 May 1889 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday.--The Privy Council have dismissed the appeal of the owners of the steamer Victoria against the decision of the Queensland Supreme Court in the matter…

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Privy Council Appeal. London, May 11

The Australian Star · Monday 13 May 1889 · page 5

The Privy Council has dismissed the appeal case of the owners of the steamer Victorian against the proprietors of the s.s. Kielawarra, in connection with the…

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Trades and Labor News. Trades and Labor Council Executive

The Australian Star · Monday 13 May 1889 · page 6

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Trades and Labor Council took place last evening at the Trades Hall, under the chairmanship of Mr. J. Kelly…

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Privy Council Appeal. the Barrabool-birksgate Collision. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, May 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 May 1889 · page 7

The appeal to the Privy Council by the the A. S. N. Company against Howard Smith and Sons has been dismissed, with costs…

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Municipal Councils. CONCORD

Evening News · Monday 13 May 1889 · page 2

The council met on Thursday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman H. D. Bray), Aldermen Lynch, Moreton; Zoellery, and the council clerk (Mr. A. F. Twine). Correspondence: From the Water and…

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Municipal Councils. Redfern

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 May 1889 · page 5

The fortnightly meeting of the Redfern Council was held on Thursday There were present—The Mayor (Alderman Crowe), with Alderman Lander, Smith, Coyle, Howe, Beveridge, Butterfield, Clark, Lee, and…

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