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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1890

3,391 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 170

Municipal. ASHFIELD

Evening News · Thursday 6 March 1890 · page 2

At the meeting of the Ashfield Borough Council on February 18 a number of paragraphs were struck put of the minutes, and the minutes were only signed by the Mayor under protest. When…

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Municipal Councils. Glebe

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1890 · page 5

A meeting of this council was held in,the Town Hall on the 3rd inatant, when there were present the Mayor (Alderman Burcher) and Alderman M. Chapman, Lucas, Dunn,' Seamer, Duncan, Meeks. Law, Conlon,…

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'On the Wing.' Sydney Visitors List at Date of Going to Press. [To ensure accuracy the Editor will be glad to receive the Cards of Visitors to Sydney, giving the names of their hotels and the dates on which they propose to leave the city.] at the Town Hall. (The Mayor's Visitors.)

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 6 March 1890 · page 11

Lord Kesteven, Stamford, England. Justice Stephen; Messrs. J. Wheeler, M.P. (Mayor of Petersham) A. McNeill (J.P.), J. M. McDonagh, M.D. (Macquarie Street), Wilford Edgar (Balliol…

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'On the Wing.' Sydney Visitors List at Date of Going to Press. [To ensure accuracy the Editor will be glad to receive the Cards of Visitors to Sydney, giving the names of their hotels and the dates on which they propose to leave the city.] at the Town Hall. (The Mayor's Visitors.)

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 6 March 1890 · page 9

Lord Kesteven, Stamford, England. Justice Stephen; Messrs. J. Wheeler, M.P. (Mayor of Petersham) A. McNeill (J.P.), J.M. McDonagh, M.D. (Macquarie Street), "Wilford Edgar (Balliol…

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Trades Movements. Trades and Labour Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 March 1890 · page 9

The Trades and Labour Council held their weekly meeting last evening at the Trades Hall, Dixon-street. The president (Mr. P. J. Brennan) occupied the chair. The societies represented were:—Journeymen Tailors,…

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Trades and Labor News. Trades and Labor Council

The Australian Star · Friday 7 March 1890 · page 2

The Weekly meeting of the Trades and Labor Council was held in the Trades Hall last night, when. 85 societies were represented. Mr. P. J. Brennan, president,…

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Honor to Whom Honor is Due. Ex-inspector Anderson. Presentation by the Mayor and Citizens of Sydney. £600

Evening News · Friday 7 March 1890 · page 5

There was a large and very representative gathering of citizens of Sydney at the Town Hall on Thursday, the occasion being the presentation, of a purse of sovereigns and as address to Mr…

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Henry George. Landing at Circular Quay. Procession Through the Streets. Received by the Mayor-- Enthusiastic Speeches-- A Cyclonic Outburst

The Australian Star · Friday 7 March 1890 · page 8

LAST night soon after 7 o'clock the single tax people gathered at the Circular Quay and awaited Mr. George's arrival from the Mariposa in the Invincible, the committee…

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O'connor Received by the Mayor. The Postmaster-General to the Fore. He Gushes Over the Sculler and the Reformer

The Australian Star · Friday 7 March 1890 · page 6

A PARTY of gentlemen assembled at the Town Hall this morning at the invitation of the Mayor "just to pay their respects to O'Connor." The Postmaster-General hovered…

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Municipal. DARLINGTON

Evening News · Friday 7 March 1890 · page 3

The general monthly meeting of the Darlington Borough Council was held on Thursday evening, under the presidency of the Mayor (Alderman Spring), there being also present: Aldermen…

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Municipal

Evening News · Friday 7 March 1890 · page 6

A lively scene occurred at a special meeting of the Granville Council on Wednesday evening. Alderman Palmer asked the Mayor certain questions with reference to an alleged exorbitant…

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Municipal Councils. Petersham

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 March 1890 · page 8

The fortnightly meeting of the council was held on the 4th instant. Present: The Mayor (Alderman John Wheeler, M.L.A.), with Aldermen Halloran, Crothers, Clarke, Elphinstone, Toms, Bedford,…

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Alderman William John Ferris, Mayor of Parramatta

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1890 · page 525

The subject of this memoir is the son of the late James Ferris, a well-known and esteemed resident of Parromatta, and was born on the 15th August, 1855. In regard to education Mr. Ferris had the advantages…

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Proposed Increase of Salary to the Council Clerk. a Slavish Alderman

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1890 · page 3

IN the Borough Council on Monday evening last Alderman Taylor moved " That the following resolution be referred to the Finance Committee for their report upon same:—' That in…

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Fighting Aldermen. Turning the Other Cheek

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 March 1890 · page 5

At the meeting of the Prospect and Sherwood Council on Thursday evening there was an exciting scene and a resort to the forcible argument. Alderman Booth referred to…

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Katoomba Municipal Council

Nepean Times · Saturday 8 March 1890 · page 3

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the above Council took place in the Katoomba Hall on Thursday Feb. 6th. Present: The Mayor and full Council The shift from the usual meeting place, inconvenient…

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County Intelligence. [?]. Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 8 March 1890 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the Granville Municipal Council was held on Wednesday evening last. Present—The Mayor (Ald. Alban Gee), and Aldermen Unwin, Fawater, Ritchie, Leggott,…

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Prospect and Sherwood. Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 8 March 1890 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Prospect and Sherwood Municipal Council was held at the Council Chambers, Western-road, on Thursday evening last. Present—The Mayor…

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Ryde and District. Ryde Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 8 March 1890 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the Ryde Council was held in the Council Chambers on Friday, the 28th February, 1890, for the purpose of electing a Chairman of Works. Present : The Mayor…

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O'connor Welcomed by the Mayor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 March 1890 · page 9

Yesterday the Mayor, Mr. Sydney Burdekin, formally extended a civic welcome to William J. O'Connor, the American champion oarsman, at the Town Hall. The Mayor was associated on the occasion…

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