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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1890

3,391 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 170

Trades and Labour Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 April 1890 · page 9

The secretary of the Trades and Labour Council yesterday received applications from the Book-binders' and Paper-rulers' Union, and the Moonee, branch of the Shearers' Union, for affiliation to the council…

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The Influenza Epidemic. Precautions Taken by the Glebe Council

Evening News · Wednesday 9 April 1890 · page 2

Alderman Lucas, the late Mayor of the Glebe, claims for that municipality that it is the healthiest suburb of Sydney-that it has not as yet been visited by typhoid, and that the death…

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Amateur Athletics. Club Fixtures. Meeting of the Council, Darlinghurst Doings—New Zealand News—Our Amateurs at Work

Referee · Wednesday 9 April 1890 · page 3

The Metropolitan Amateur Club have decided to hold their on May 10 at their usual trysting place, Chowder Bay. Hon, secretary Alfred E. Speers will be…

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Municipal. GLEBE

Evening News · Wednesday 9 April 1890 · page 3

The usual monthly meeting of the Glebe Municipal Council was held in the local Town Hall on Tuesday evening, the Mayor (Alderman Burcher) presiding, and there were also present Aldermen…

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Municipal

Evening News · Wednesday 9 April 1890 · page 6

Mr. Hugh Taylor, M.P., has received a communication from the Department of Public Works, stating that the secretary has applied for a sum of £500, to be expended on the roads in the…

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Municipal Councils. East St. Leonards

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 April 1890 · page 9

A meeting of this council was held on the 2nd instant. Present—Aldermen Mountford (Mayor), Moseley, F. Waterhouse, M'Hurney, E. M. Clark, J. Waterhouse, Beaney, and Green. Correspondence:…

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Municipal Matters. Glebe

The Australian Star · Wednesday 9 April 1890 · page 3

The regular meeting of this council was held last night. Present: The Mayor (Mr. Burcher), and Aldermen Chapman, Lucas, Conlon, Yates, Law, Duncan, Seamer, and…

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Blayney Municipal Council. the Mayor Censured

Evening News · Thursday 10 April 1890 · page 4

BLAYNEY, Thursday.—A warm discussion took place in the Blayney Council on Wednesday night, on a motion moved by Alderman Mellor censuring the recent action of the Mayor…

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Paddington Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 April 1890 · page 5

The fortnightly meeting of this council was held on the 31st ultimo, the following aldermen being present:—The Mayor (Alderman Hellmrich), Aldermen Jones, George, Dillon. Scott, Brown, Tate,…

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Municipal. CANTERBURY

Evening News · Thursday 10 April 1890 · page 3

A meeting of the Canterbury Municipal Council was held on Wednesday evening at the Town Hall, Canterbury-road. There were present Aldermen Quigg, Scahill, Thompson, Poole…

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Municipal

Evening News · Thursday 10 April 1890 · page 6

The Marrickville Council has received a notification from the Railway Commissioner to the effect that the site offered for a waiting-room at Dulwich Hill is unsuitable for the purpose…

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Municipal Councils. Darlington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 April 1890 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the Darlington Borough Council was held in the Council-chambers on Thursday evening last, when there were present the Mayor (Alderman Spring), and Aldermen Hawken, M.L.A.,…

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Murrumburrah Municipal Nominations

The Australian Star · Thursday 10 April 1890 · page 5

MURRUMBURRAH, Thursday.--A public meeting was held at Marsden's Hotel last night for the purpose of nominating the aldermen for the Middle and West Wards…

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The Mayor's Ball

The Australian Star · Friday 11 April 1890 · page 8
Also in Evening News

MAYOR BURDECIN can congratulate himself on the success of the Mayoral Ball last night at the Exhibition Building. On such an occasion, and with so many of the…

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Drummoyne Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 April 1890 · page 3

The council of Drummoyne met for the first time on the 2nd instant at a meeting specially convened for the election of a Mayor, when Mr. M. Williamson was elected, and that gentleman having returned thanks in…

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The Mayor's Ball. a Brilliant Gathering

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 April 1890 · page 5

The tempestuous weather had the effect of retarding arrivals at the Mayor's Ba[?]ast night, but it neither diminished the attendance of visitors nor dimmed the brightness of the…

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Trades and Labor Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 April 1890 · page 4

The weekly meeting of the Trades aud Labor Council was held in the Trades-hall, last night. Mr. P. J. Brennan, the president, occupied the chair…

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Trades Movements. Trades and Labour Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 April 1890 · page 3

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

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Trades and Labor News. Trades and Labor Council

The Australian Star · Friday 11 April 1890 · page 8

The weekly meeting of the Trades and Labor Council was held in the Trades Hall last night, but in consequence of the inclemency of the weather the attendance…

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