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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1890

3,391 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 170

Broken Hill Municipal Elections

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 5

BROKEN HILL, Thursday.-- The municipal campaign is being actively prosecuted in view of the approaching annual election of one alderman for each ward…

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Municipal Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 4

Tuesday, the 28th inst., will be the last day for receiving nominations of candidates for the vacancies for aldermen and auditors at the forthcoming municipal elections in the whole of the…

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Grafton Council

The Australian Star · Friday 24 January 1890 · page 5

GRATTON, Friday. -- At the council meeting hold on Wednesday night a resolution was passed to the effect that the Government be asked to send a competent medical man…

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Trades and Labor Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1890 · page 6

A meeting of the Trades and Labor Council was held last evening in the Trades-hall, Mr. J. Kelly in the chair. The secretary reported that £20 had been…

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A Council Scene. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1890 · page 5

KIAMA, Thursday.--A motion was adopted in the Kiama Council to-day having for its object the enforcement of the Towns Police Act in the town of Kiama. It was also resolved to…

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Trades Movements. Trades and Labour Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1890 · page 6

PROTEST AGAINST PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. A large meeting of the Trades and Labour Council was held at the Trades Hall, Dixon-street, last night Mr. A. J. Kelly (president) occupied the…

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Trades and Labor News. Trades and Labor Council. Too Many Public Holidays

The Australian Star · Friday 24 January 1890 · page 7

The regular weekly meeting of the Trades and Labor Council was held in the Trades Hall last night, the president, Mr. A. J. Kelly, being in the chair. Representatives…

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Municipal. Stray Cattle

Evening News · Friday 24 January 1890 · page 2

The suburban municipal elections are close at hand, and candidates promise wonderful local reforms, if ratepayers mil only make aldermen of them. The talk is all of "New blood required,"…

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Municipal

Evening News · Friday 24 January 1890 · page 6

The borough council of Grafton has decided to request the Government to send down a competent officer to report on the sanitary condition of the town…

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Incorporation of Katoomba. Election of Aldermen & AUDITORS

Nepean Times · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 3

The election of six aldermen and two auditors, to serve on the first Municipal Council of Katoomba. took place on Saturday, and proved a close and exciting contest, as will be seen by the figure below…

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Prospect and Sherwood. Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Prospect and Sherwood Municipal Council was held on Thursday last, the Mayor (Aid. Thomas Muston) in the chair. There were present also:…

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Prospect and Sherwood Municipal Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 2

A MEETING of the Municipal Council of Prospect and Sherwood was held at the Council Chambers on Thursday evening. Present: The Mayor (Mr. T. Mustor), Aldermen…

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Maritime Council

The Australian Star · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 2

A meeting of the above council was held last evening at the Maritime Labor Hall, Mr. G. Herbert presiding. Messrs. G. Edwards (Stewards and Cooks), T. M. Davis…

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The Privy Council

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 179

The last mail has brought to the colony the full text of the decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the appeal case of Alison v. Burns. The case…

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The Federal Council

The Australian Star · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 5

BRISBANE, Saturday.--Mr. Macrossan, Minister, for Railways, left by the Cintra at noon yesterday for, Sydney, en route to attend the Federal Council in Melbourne on…

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Parramatta Borough Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 8
Also in The Cumberland Mercury

A GENERAL meeting of the Parramatta Borough Council was held on Monday evening. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Taylor, Ritchie, Booth…

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The Privy Council Judgment

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 14

IT would be interesting to hear the candid opinion of their Honors of the Supreme Court as to the late judgment of their learned brothers of the Privy Council in the case of Allison v. Burns…

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The late Mr. P. Hayes. Sympathy by the Parramatta Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 6

AT the Parramatta Council meeting on Monday evening, Alderman Taylor moved "That a letter of condolence be sent to the family of the late Inspector of Nuisances, Mr. P. Hayes…

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The Great Land Case. ALISON v. Burns. Privy Council Judgment. Squatters Win the Day. What Will It Cost?

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 9

The full report of the judgment of the Privy Council on the appeal by Messrs. Alison against a decision of the Supreme Court of New South. Wales has now been received. The question in…

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