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Council & local affairs, 1890

3,391 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 170

The Executive Council

The Australian Star · Monday 21 April 1890 · page 4

A MEETING of the Executive Council will be held at noon to-morrow, when all the outstanding business necessary to dispose of before the opening of Parliament will be…

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The Katoomba Municipal Council. [By Teleoraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 April 1890 · page 5

A meeting of the Munioipat Council was held in the Oddfellows' Hall, on the 17th instant, all the aldermen being present. Mr. F. C. Goyder was in the chair. The business was not very important. The chief…

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England and Portugal. Dom Carlos on the Situation. the Shire Expedition Denied

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 April 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--The report that the Portuguese authorities in Mozambique, on the south-eastern coast of Africa, had dispatched an expedition into the Shire country…

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The Shire and Zambesi. Britain Building Gunboats. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, April 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 April 1890 · page 7

The British Admiralty is building two gunboats for service in the Imperial interests in the rivers Shire and Zambesi in South-Eostern Africa. They will be…

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Municipal

Evening News · Monday 21 April 1890 · page 6

The local authorities of Burwood has received an intimation from the Hon. J. H. Carruthers and Mr. J. T. Wilshire, to the effect that the Post-master-General has approved the purchase of a…

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Municipal Representatives and the Street Traffic. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 April 1890 · page 4

Sir,—It is to my mind somewhat unfortunate that upwards of 1000 municipal representatives of New South Wales should visit Sydney simply for the purpose of partaking of the great hospitality of the Mayor,…

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Municipal Councils. Parramatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 April 1890 · page 4

The special meeting of the Parramatta Borough Council was held on Thursday evening, the Mayor (Alderman W. J. Ferris) presiding. There were also present Aldermen Taylor, Dixon, Booth, Dellow…

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The Western Sketcher. All About Bourke. The Empire City of Central Australia. Future Federal Capital--The Chicago of the West--Homestead Lease Statistics--A Steep Yarn about 'Skeeters--Warning to Protectionists -- Free-trade Tactics--Wise for Wilcannia--The Mayor of Bourke--A Coming Candidate--The "Man in the Street" Calls the Roll. Paper Rivals

The Australian Star · Monday 21 April 1890 · page 3

Bourke, like Eatanswill depicted by Dickens, possesses two newspapers. As a matter of course one is Protectionist, the other Free-trade; not only are they opposed…

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Extension of the Trades and Labor Council. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 April 1890 · page 5

BATHURST, Monday Night.--On Saturday night a well-atteaded meeting of working men was held in the Oddfollows'-had, Mr. John Boyd, jun., in the chair…

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Municipal

Evening News · Tuesday 22 April 1890 · page 3

PROSPECT AND SHEEWOOD. The ordinary meeting was held on Thursday. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen, Hollier, Muston, Jones, Booth, Stieme, and Paton. A circular letter was read from the Cremation Society…

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Municipal

Evening News · Tuesday 22 April 1890 · page 6

On Monday night at a council meeting at Penrith, a motion was carried- "That £2000 additional be borrowed for water supply." All tenders are now accepted, and work will at once…

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Municipal Councils. Leichhardt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 April 1890 · page 4

A meeting of the Leichhardt Borough Council was held in the Town Hall on the 16th instant, when there were present the Mayor (Alderman N. C. Neal), and Aldermen Sadler, Wragge, Walsh, Little, Cropley,…

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Municipal Matters. Election at Paddington

The Australian Star · Tuesday 22 April 1890 · page 2

MR. CHARLES HELLMRICH, Mayor of Paddington, took the chair at noon yesterday, and stated the extraordinary vacancy through the retirement of Alderman…

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Katoomba Municipality. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 April 1890 · page 5

KATOOMBA, Monday.--A special meeting of the Katoomba Municipal Council was held to-night to strike the general rate for the current year, this being the last day of the…

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Executive Council

Evening News · Wednesday 23 April 1890 · page 5

The usual weekly meeting of the Executive Council was held yesterday, all the Ministers being present except Mr. M'Millan, who is unwell A large amount of routine business was dealt with…

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County Intelligence. Dundas and Carlingford. Dundas Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 23 April 1890 · page 3

THE following is the business for the meeting of the Dundas council, to be held on Wednesday, April 23rd, at 3 p .m.:— Correspondence to read and deal with…

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The Executive Council

The Australian Star · Wednesday 23 April 1890 · page 6

A FULL meeting of the Executive Council, presided over by his Excellency the Governor, was held to-day, but no business of an important public character was…

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Newcastle Municipal Council. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 April 1890 · page 8

The Newcastle Borough Council sat till a late hour last night. A long time was occupied in discussing the late correspondence between Alderman Christie (Mayor), and the Public Works Department, re draining f[?]cal…

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The Federal Council. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 April 1890 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Mr. Gillies is in receipt of a dispatch from the Secretary of State for the Colonics dealing with the resolutions adopted by the Federal Council in favor of…

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Cycling Notes. Important Council Meeting. the Great Everrland Ride. to Hon. Secretaries of Cycling Clubs

Referee · Wednesday 23 April 1890 · page 8

Any information regarding club runs, meetings, entertainments, or any matters of cycling interest will be inserted in those columns if sent in addressed to the "Cycling…

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