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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1889

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City Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 3

A meeting of the finance committee of the City Council was held yesterday afternoon, there being present--The Mayor, Aldermen Kippax, Chapman, Hardie, Playfair, Riley,…

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Windsor Borough Council

Evening News · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 6

WINDSOR, Thursday.-At a meeting of the borough council held on Wednesday evening, the council decided by a majority of six to accept the tender of the A.M.P. Society for a loan of £6500…

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Queensland News. The Federal Council

Evening News · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 6

BRISBANE, Thursday.-Mr. Thos. Macrossan, the second representative of this colony to the Federal Council at Hobart, proceeds to Tasmania on Friday. Mr. Nelson will take Mr. Macrossan's…

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The Federal Council. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Mr. Thomas Playford, Premier, and Mr. C. C. Kingston, Attorney-General, were sworn in to-day before the Governor as members of the Federal Council…

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City Council. the Recent Aldermanic Squabble

The Australian Star · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 2

A MEETING of the Finance Committee of the City Council was held at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Meeks, Playfair, M. Harris, J…

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Municipal Contests. LEICHARDT

Evening News · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 5

A large and influential meeting of the ratepayers of the Middle Ward was held at the Leichhardt Hotel, Balmain-road, last evening, in support of the candidature of Mr. H. M. Hyde…

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Municipal Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 9

It was stated by Alderman Graham, J.P., at the last meeting of the Marrickville council that the Water Boord had in contemplation forming a scale of charges for stand-pipes for small properties to obviate the…

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Municipal Councils. Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 9

The City Council met in committee of finance yesterday afternoon. There were present—the Mayor (Alderman John Harris) in the chair, Aldermen Beare, Chapman, Hardie, Kippax, Martin, Playfair,…

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Municipal By-laws

The Australian Star · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 6

JOHN LEONARD was proceeded against by the Borough of Redfern, at the Redfern Police Court to-day for loitering. This. case, like a good many more, was…

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A Municipal Loan. Tenders Called. London, January 17

The Australian Star · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 5

Tenders are being called for the Orange (N.S.W.) Municipal Loan of £25,000, bearing interest at 4½ per cent…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 7

A proclamation revoking the present delimitation of the boundary lines, borough of Goulburn, and substituting an increased and redefined area, is published in a supplementary…

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Municipal Reform. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 7

Sir,--In common with many others, I went on Saturday evening last to listen to an address by a local aldermanic candidate, and was surprised at some of his utterances on the question…

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MUNICIPAL. The Mayor of Adelaide

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 28

MR. JAMES SHAW, Mayor of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, is a son of the late Mr. Hugh Shaw, engineer, of Belfast, Ireland. He was born and educated near Belfast, and was…

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Penrith Municipal Council

Nepean Times · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 4

A meeting of the Penrith Municipal Council was held at the Council Chambers, Penrith, on Monday evening last. Present- The Mayor, Ald. Cross, Judges, Stephen, Clissold, T. R. Smith, and Paskin…

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Banquet to Alderman S. E. Lees, M.L.A.

Nepean Times · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 4

On Monday night a complimentary banquet was given to Alderman S. E. Lees, M.L.A., in the Protestant Hall, Sydney. The compliment was tendered in recognition of Mr. Lees' services as…

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Parramatta Borough Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 6

THE usual fornightly meeting' of the above Council was held on Wednesday last, Present: Alderman F. Beanies (in the chair), Taylor, Brodie, Ferris, Cox Tierman, Dellow, Dixon…

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The Federal Council

The Australian Star · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 6

MELBOURNE This Day.--Victorian delegates to the Federal Council proceed to [?]mania on Friday next…

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Leichhardt Borough Council

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 3

On Monday evening an ordinary meeting of this body was held. It was a week out in respect to date, but was hold for the transaction of the regular business…

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The Federal Council. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday.--It is probable that the Premier will leave for Hobart to attend the Federal Council next Friday. It has not yet been definitely decided whether Mr. Wrixon or…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, January 10

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 122

The Legislative Council sat for only three or four minutes. The assent of the Governor was announced to the Young Wallsend Coal Company's Railway Bill; North Shore, Manly, and Pittwater Railway Bill…

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