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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1890

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1890 · page 3

The Balmain Council has been notified that the sum of £500 has been placed on the Estimates for expenditure on improvements in Weston-street and Abattoir-road…

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Stockton Municipal Council. Election of the First Mayor. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 6

The first meeting of the Stockton Municipal Council was held last night for the purpose of electing the Mayor. Alderman O'Mara proposed and Alderman Thomas…

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MUNICIPAL. The Mayor of Goulburn

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 28

Mr. Henry Shuttleworth Gannon (solicitor), Mayor of Goulburn, and president of the Goulburn Hospital, is the eldest son of the late Mr. Thos. Gannon, J.P., who was Mayor of Goulburn…

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The New Mayor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 4

Mr. Sydney Burdekin, M.P., the newly-elected Mayor of Sydney, accompanied by the town clerk, yesterday paid a formal visit to Government House and tendered his respects to Lord…

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Our New Mayor

The Australian Star · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 6

A LITTLE surprise occurred to our new Mayor, Mr. S. Burdekiu, on New Year's Eve. Mr. Quong Tart, with his usual energy, got up an impromptu serenade…

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Penrith Municipal Council

Nepean Times · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 7

A Council Meeting was held on Monday evening last at the Council Chambers. The meeting, like several meetings lately, was marked not so much by the amount of business done, as by the peculiarity…

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Municipal Council of Dundas

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 4

THE regular meeting of the Municipal Council of Dundas was held on Thursday, 2nd instant, instead of on the previous day. Present: The Mayor, and Aldermen Eyles, Sparway…

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Prospect and Sherwood Municipal Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 7

A MEETING of the Municipal Council of Prospect and Sherwood was held at the Council Chambers on the night of the 27th December. Present: The Mayor…

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Ryde and District. Ryde Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Friday evening last. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Goodsell, Jordan, Best, Pidding, Atkins and Dean…

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County Intelligence. Prospect and Sherwood. Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Prospect and Sherwood Municipal Council was held at the Council Chambers, Western-road on Friday evening, December 27. The following…

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Parramatta Borough Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 1

THE following is the business-paper for the meeting of the Parramatta Borough Council, to be hold on Monday next, viz:— REPORT TO RECEIVE…

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A Stormy Council Meeting. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 5

COOMA, Friday.--The municipal council meeting last night was very stormy, consequent on improvements proposed to be effected on the market reserve, lately dedicated to the council…

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Municipal

Evening News · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 5
Also in The Daily Telegraph

A preliminary meeting of suburban council clerks was held at Newtown on Friday evening, to consider the propriety of discussing the District Government Bill. Mr. Jesse Cowley presided,…

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Municipal Rates at Goulburn. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 7

A meeting of ratepayers, convened by requisition, was held this evening in the Town Hall to consider the subject of overdue rates, notices for which were recently served. There was a…

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Municipal Difficulty at Goulburn. Overdue Rates.--indignation Meeting. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 5

GOULBURN, Friday.--A crowded meeting of ratepayers was held at the town-hall this evening to consider the subject of the overdue rates which have caused so much consternation in the…

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Boroughs and Municipalities

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 13

The good folks of Gundagai have got into a terrible muddle about their newly-obtained municipality. The aldermen are beginning to doubt even the fact of their own legal existence,…

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Municipal. the Coming Elections

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 4

MATTERS municipal are fairly quiet, though we have reason to believe a good amount of activity is going on beneath the surface of general affairs. As…

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Presentation to the Mayor of Waverley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 7

On Monday evoning last a presentation of ana spergne, with which was combinad a silver cradle, was made to the Mayor of Waverley, Mr. Alfred C. Howlett, J.P., in celebration of the…

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Maritime Council

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 3

The above council met on Friday evening at the Maritime Labor Hall, under the chairmanship of Mr. R. M'Killop. Mr. G. Marsden, a delegate from the Newcastle Coal…

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