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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1890

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City Council. Finance Meeting

Evening News · Friday 28 March 1890 · page 6

The Mayor took the chair at a meeting of the City Council at 2.30 p.m. on. Thursday. The following Aldermen took their seats: Messrs. Kippax, Hart, M. Chapman, H. Chapman, Taylor…

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Trades and Labor Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 March 1890 · page 6

The Trades and Labor Council met last night. Mr. P. J. Brennan (president) occupied the chair. A letter was received from the Railway…

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Wharf Laborers' Conference. Reception by the Mayor. Speeches and Champagne

The Australian Star · Friday 28 March 1890 · page 6

THE various delegates to the Wharf Laborers' Conference met at the Town Hall this morning, and after reviewing the building were publicly received by the Mayor,…

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A Question in the City Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 March 1890 · page 4

In the City Council yesterday Alderman M. Harris drew attention to the fact that the Government medical officer, Dr. Ashburston Thompson, had published a…

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Trades Movements. Trades and Labour Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 March 1890 · page 5

The weekly meeting of the Trades and Labour Council was held at the Trades Hall last evening. Mr. P. J. Brennan (president) occupied the chair. There was a large attendance of delegates, representing…

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Cable Tramways. the Tramway and Omnibus Company's Bill Considered by the City Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 March 1890 · page 3

The City Council yesterday afternoon took into consideration the bill which was introduced into Parliament on December 11,1889, to authorise the Sydney Tramway and Omnibus…

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Municipal

Evening News · Friday 28 March 1890 · page 6

North Sydney is to be the name of the amal­gamated municipality of St. Leonards, Victoria, and East St. Leonards.The Bock dale Council is desirous of having the…

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Municipal Councils. DUNDAS

Evening News · Friday 28 March 1890 · page 3

The regular meeting was held on Wednesday, there being present the Mayor and Aldermen Eyeles, Grime, Byan, Midson, Franks, G. Spurway, and Williamson…

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Municipal Note

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 March 1890 · page 10

In answer to a communication from the Granville Borough Council, the Municipal Association have written to the effect that it was illegal to appoint an alderman treasurer; that it was customary to appoint…

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Granville. Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 29 March 1890 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Granville. Borough Council was held on Wednesday last the [?] (Ald. [?]) in the chair There were present: Alderman Unwin,…

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Ryde and District. Ryde Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 29 March 1890 · page 2

THE regular meeting of the Ryde Municipal Council was held at the Council Chambers on Friday, March 21st. Present—The Mayor (Aid. Lovell), and Aldermen Boss, Pidding,…

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Dundas and Carlingford. Dundas Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 29 March 1890 · page 2

THE regular fortnightly meeting of the Dundas Municipal Council was held on Wednesday last, die Mayor (Aid. Fullford) in the chair. There were also present—Aldermen…

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Dundas Borough Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1890 · page 3

THE regular meeting was held on Wednesday evening. Present: The Mayor (Mr. J. Fullford) and Aldermen Grime, Ryan, Eyles, G. Spurway…

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Granville Borough Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1890 · page 3

A general meeting of the Borough Council of Granville was held at the Council Chambers on Wednesday evening. Present: The Mayor…

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Parramatta Borough Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1890 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the Borough Council of Parramatta was held at the Council Chambers on Monday evening. Present: The Mayor (Alderman W. J…

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Mr. James Bocking, J. P. Mayor of Campbelltown

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 March 1890 · page 28

Mr. James Bocking, J.P., Mayor of Campbelltown, New South Wales, arrived in Sydney from England in the year 1853, and was subsequently engaged by the Government in the erection of…

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Wharf Laborers Conference. Reception by the Mayor. Speeches and Champagne

The Australian Star · Saturday 29 March 1890 · page 6

THE various delegates to the Wharf Laborers Conference met at the Town Hall this morning, and after reviewing the building were publicly received by the Mayor,…

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Parramatta Borough Council. Special Meeting

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 29 March 1890 · page 1

A SPECIAL meeting of the Parramatta Municipal Council was held on Monday last. 'The chair was occupied by the Mayor, and there ‘were present Aldermen Taylor, Waiters,…

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Dundas. the Council Cricket Match

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1890 · page 2

THE Borough Council of Dundas having issued a challenge to the Redfern Council to play a friendly game, the aldermen and officers of the latter…

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The Conservatives and the Dissolution a Council of War

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 29 March 1890 · page 10

London, March 21.—At the conservative conference Lord Randolph Churchill was not present. Lord Salisbury urged that the party should present a united front on the Tithes and Irish Land…

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