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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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Mr. Rose, the present Mayor of Parkes, is a Scotchman, and hails from Inverness. He landed in Melbourne very young, in 1853. After receiving his education he followed commercial pursuits for two…
Continued on Trove, page 1359 →Mr. Elijah Eyles, the Mayor of Orange, is the third son of the late Mr. William Eyles, of the Field of Mars, near Sydney. He was educated at the parochial school in the locality of his birth, and after doing hard work…
Continued on Trove, page 1359 →The fortnightly meeting of this council was held on Monday evening last, in the Town Hall, present—the Mayor (Ald. Moore) and Alds. Hyde, Wragga, Little…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A special meeting of the Council was held on Thursday evening for the purpose of striking an assessment. Present: The Mayor (Mr.F.Beames)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On Tuesday evening the ordinary meeting of the above council was held at "the Council Chambers. Present: The Mayor (in the chair), Alds. M'Donald…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE regular meeting was held on Monday evening. Present: The Mayor (Mr. F. Beames) in the chair an Aldermen Taylor, Booth, Moxham, Ritchie,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On Tuesday las a representative of the CUMBERLAND ARGUS accepted an invitation from the Mayor and aldermen of Dundas to accompany them on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The President took the chair at the usual hour. In answer to questions, the following information was give: That, exclusive of salarios and forms, the coat of obtaining stock returns was about £65 per…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Two or three questions, of not much public interest, were put to and answered by Ministers. On the motion of Mr. Dangar, it was resolved that all members not absent on leave should be summoned…
Continued on Trove, page 1358 →MR. E. EYLES (Mayor of Orange MR. JOHN A. ROSE (Mayor of Parkes)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The usual fortnightly meeting of this council was held on Thursday last. Present:-- The Mayor (Mr. Alderman Howe M.L.A.), and Aldermen Anderson, Williams, Spicer,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Works to improve Arthur-street, Ashfield. have been approved by the Ashfield Council that will cost the sum of £852 12s on condition that property-owners pay their share for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →At the last monthly meeting of the New South Wales Municipal Association a letter was read from the Waverley Council, asking for assistance in the matter of defraying…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →The ordinary meeting of this council was held on Tuesday, there being present the Mayor (Alderman Buchanan) in the chair, and Aldermen M'Donald, Punch, Clymer, Elkington,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the Police-court to-day three men were prosecuted by the police for having illegally felled timber on Crown lands. The men, it was alleged, were employed by the municipal council to form a brush-wood…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Saturday was a red-letter day in the annals of Enfield, the occasion being the ceremony of turning the first sod of the newly-gazetted municipality. The proceedings were highly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting of members of the Randwick Ratepayers' Association was held in the Town-hall, Randwick, last night, Mr.P.R. Larkin (president) in the chair. The attendance was rather small. The chief busines was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This council met on June l8. Present—The Mayor (Alderman T. J. Lowe), with Aldermen Wilson, Gale, Wall, Napper, Robertson, Starkey, Pearce, and the council clerk. Petitions were received from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A petition has been presented to the Hurstville Council by 46 ratepayers in Stony Creekroad praying that the lighting rate be remitted on that road. The council have decided to…
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