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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1889

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 July 1889 · page 7

The proposal of Alderman Waterhouse in the East St. Leonards Council -- that the charge for removing nightsoil be reduced to 5½d. per pan per week -- has been referred to the finance…

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MUNICIPAL. The Mayor of East Orange

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 July 1889 · page 27

MR. JOSIAH PARKER, J.P., Mayor of East Orange, the second son of Mr. Josiah Parker (an old and respected resident of Bathurst), was born in the year 1841, and was educated and acquired…

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Bowral Council

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 July 1889 · page 6

BOWRAL, Friday. -- At a meeting of the municipal council on Thursday night 14 tenders were received for building new council chambers. The lowest tender that of Frank Raward, a…

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Balmain Borough Council

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 13 July 1889 · page 8

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of this council was held on Tuesday evening last, present, the Mayor (Ald. Buchman) and Alds. Brodie, Swan, Wheeler, Punch…

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Leichhardt Borough Council

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 13 July 1889 · page 2

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of this council was held on Monday evening in the Town Hall, present, the Mayor, (Ald Moore) and Alds. Wragge, Little…

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Bowral Council-chambers

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 July 1889 · page 5

BOWRAL, Saturday.--The Bowral Council have accepted the tender of Mr. Frank Raward for the erection of the Council chambers at a cost of L944. Fourteen…

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Scene in the Melbourne City Council

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 July 1889 · page 83

At the City Council meeting on Monday, Councillor Anderson, speaking against the proposed leasing of the western market, was interrupted by Councillor Pratt, who appealed to the Mayor to stop the "flow…

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PARLIAMENT. Legislative Council. Thursday, July 4. Our Defences

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 July 1889 · page 74

Mr. Creed, in moving that the papers relating to the guns at Steel Point Battery be printed, made an important speech. The papers he admitted were bulky, but the information they contained was of such vast…

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POLITICAL. Parliament in Session. Council. Thursday, July 4

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 July 1889 · page 13

The President took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. A motion was agreed to for the printing of papers relating to tho guns at Steel Point Battery, tabled on June 26…

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The Proposed Municipal Tax Reform. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 July 1889 · page 6

Sir,—The aldermen of Gosford deserve credit for the stand they have taken on the question of municipal taxation, and are to be commended for their efforts to induce the aldermen of other boroughs to declare in…

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Municipal Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 July 1889 · page 9

The Municipal District of Hurstville held a friendly appeal court on Wednesday evening to confer with the appellants, the majority of whom appeared and stated their respective objections, which were dealt with in a…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 July 1889 · page 10

The Dundas Ratepayer's Association propose to ask the Postmaster-General to connect Rydalmere with Parramatta by telephone, and to establish a post-office savings' bank at the…

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The Dundas Municipality

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1889 · page 3

DISTRICT cricketers and their friends should not forget the annual concert of the Brush Farm Cricket Club, to be held in St. Paul's schoolroom, Carlingford, on Monday evening…

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Bowral Council-chambers

The Australian Star · Monday 15 July 1889 · page 5

BOWRAL, Saturday.--The Bowral Council have accepted the tender of Mr. Frank Raward for the erection of the Council-chambers at a cost of L944. Fourteen…

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Municipal Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 July 1889 · page 5

The Mayor of Ashfield has received a letter from the Hon. J. H. Carruthers, stating that the Railway Commissioners have decided to do all, necessary works to remedy the present grievance under which the borough…

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Municipal Matters. Paddington

The Australian Star · Monday 15 July 1889 · page 7

A meeting of members of the Paddington Protection Association was held last evening in the Council Chambers, Oxford-street, Paddington, at which representatives from…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 July 1889 · page 7

Application is to be made to the Government by the Prospect and Sherwood Council for the alignment of Sherwood-road. At the last meeting of the East St. Leonards…

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Municipal Council. Petersham

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 July 1889 · page 5

A meeting of the borough council was held on the 9th instant. Present—The Mayor (Mr. Wheeler, M.L.A.), Aldermon Bedford, Hughes, Golding, Toms, Langdon, Russell-Jones, Elphinstone, Moseley, and Halloran…

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Executive Council

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 July 1889 · page 5

AT the meeting of the Executive Council, held at noon to-day, the following holidays were proclaimed:--Condobolin, August 2; Corowa, Mulwala, and Tocumwal, August…

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Municipal Election

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 July 1889 · page 6

YOUNG, Tuesday.--There was great excitement here yesterday over the election of an alderman for the Borough Council of Young, caused by the resignation of Mr. J. D…

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