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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1890

3,391 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 170

The City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1890 · page 5

The Municipal Council of "Sydney held its monthly meeting yesterday at the Town Hall, the Mayor, Mr. Sydney Burdekin, presiding. PETITION…

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City Council. Monthly Meeting

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 January 1890 · page 3

THE monthly meeting of the City Council took pities yesterday. PETITION. A petition was presented by Alderman…

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City Council. Monthly Meeting. the Recent Hotel Collapse

Evening News · Wednesday 22 January 1890 · page 2

A monthly meeting of the city council, preside over the mayor, was held at the Town Hall yesterday. PETITION…

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Trades and Labor News. Trades and Labor Council

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 January 1890 · page 2

A meeting of the executive committee of the Trades and Labor Council was held last evening at the Trades Hall. Mr. A. J. Kelly presided, and there were also present:…

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The Federal Council. No Meeting This Year. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1890 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Owing to the Federal Conference being held in February in Melbourne, Mr. Gillies announces that it has been decided not to call the Federal Council together…

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The Federal Council. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1890 · page 9

It has been virtually decided that there shall be no meeting of the Federal Council this year. Mr. Gillies, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Council, has been in communication with the…

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Municipal Councils. BALMAIN

Evening News · Wednesday 22 January 1890 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Balmain Municipal Council was held on Tuesday evening, January 21. There were present: Aldermen 23.E. H. Buchanan (Mayor), Brodie, Swan, G. Clubb, J…

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Municipal

Evening News · Wednesday 22 January 1890 · page 6

Talking of the proposed drainage scheme for Balmain, at the local council meeting last night, Alderman Elkington remarked that he thought that Balmain was one of the most a stinking…

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Municipal Matters. Waterloo

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 January 1890 · page 2

A MEETING of the ratepayers of the Borough of Waterloo, was held on Monday night at the Town Hall, to hear the views of Mr. E. T. Walsh, who is a candidate for the…

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Newcastle Municipal Elections

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 January 1890 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--The municipal elections are likely to be very lively here this year. Alderman Moroney will be opposed in the City Ward by Mr. B. Reilly,…

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Municipal Contests. North Willoughby

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1890 · page 6

A meeting of the ratepayers of Chatsworth Ward was held at the council-chambers, North Willoughby, on the 18th instant, for the purpose of hearing the views of Mr. R. Harnett, jun., one of the candidates…

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The Mayor's Banquet

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 4

Tho Mayoral banquet, to take place in the vestibule of the Town-hall on Monday, promises to be a most brilliant affair. Over 200 guests have accepted the invitations, and they include…

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Received by the Mayor

Evening News · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 5

The team were then taken in a four-in-hand to the Town Hall, where they were met by the Town Clerk, who conducted them to the Mayors room. The Mayor, in a brief speech, cordially…

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Presbyterian Federal Council. (By Cable.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 6

HOBART, Wednesday.--The Presbyterian Federal Council to-day adopted a loyal address to the Governor and a committee presented the same. It was decided to submit to the…

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Municipal Councils. BOTANY

Evening News · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 2

The Botany Municipal Council held its usual fertnightly meeting on Wednesday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman J. J. Macfadyen) in the chair, and .Aldermen Luland, Chant, Pemberton,…

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Municipal

Evening News · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 6

The Mayor of Bowral opened the new Town. Hall at Bowral on Wednesday. The building cost .£15,000. A banquet was afterward given, when the toasts usual on such occasions were…

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Municipal Councils. Rfpfern

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 3

A special meeting on [?]is council was held in the Town Hall on the 15th instant for the purpose of considering the proposed Sydney Tramway and Omnibus Company's Bill, which has been brought before the…

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Municipal Contests. Balmain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 5

Alderman George Clubb, M.L.A., of the North Ward, and Alderman D. Easton, South-west Ward, C. U. Carruthers, of the North-cast Ward, and C. Clymer, of the South-east Ward, the four retiring…

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Municipal Matters. Padding Ton Elections

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 8

A meeting of gentlemen interested in the return of Alderman George Davidson for Glenmore Ward, Paddington, was held at Bassetti's Solferino Hotel on Tuesday,…

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Newcastle Municipal Elections

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.-- The municipal elections are likely, to be, very lively hero this year. Alderman Moroney will be opposed in the City Ward by Mr. B. Reilly,…

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