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Council & local affairs, 1890

3,391 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 170

Municipal Councils. [?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 9

A meeting of the Municipal Council of [?] was said [?] the council-chambers on Thursday, the 9th [?], [?] [?] [?]—The Mayor (A[?][?] H. Patrick, J.P.). with [?] Milson…

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The Forthooming Municipal Cox. Tests

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 12

Municipal election matters on the North Shore an very quiet, there being few new candidates. Most of the retiring aldermen are offering themselves for reelection. For Belmore Ward of the Borough of St…

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Municipal Troubles

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 18

In view of the approaching municipal elections, matters in the country meetings of borough councils, which were noisy and disputatious, have quieted down for the present. The…

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The Municipal Elections

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 4

THERE is a good deal of quiet activity in Parramatta over the Municipal elections. A bomb exploded in Alderman Taylor's next on Thursday when it leaked out that Mr. F. C. Cox had consented to stand for…

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Protection and Trades Unionism in Victoria. Interview with Mr. Trenwith, M.L.A. The Trades Hall Council. Board of Conciliation--Trades Unionists. Protectionists-- Free-trade Facts Upset

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 5

TAKING advantage of the visit of Mr. W. A. Tremwith, M.L.A., a gentleman who has taken a leading part in trades-unionism in Victoria, a representative of this paper called…

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Bourke Council

The Australian Star · Monday 20 January 1890 · page 5

BOURKE, Monday.--Mr. W, H. Daniell, Mayor of Bourke, wires in reference to our correspondent's message re Bourke Council, that no special audit has been asked…

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City Council

The Australian Star · Monday 20 January 1890 · page 6

To-Morrow the first monthly meeting of the municipal council under the presidency of his Worship Mayor Burdekin will be held. The business paper contains, in addition to…

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The Agricultural Society. The Society and the City Council

The Australian Star · Monday 20 January 1890 · page 3

The executive committee of the above held their usual weekly meeting at the office, Tattersall's-buildings, on Friday afternoon. Mr. F. Harvey occupied the chair. Several…

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Municipal. the Coming Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 January 1890 · page 6

The activity of the Women's Christian Temperance Union in Parramatta is making itself felt in the municipal elections in the old borough. In Forrest Ward they have a…

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Municipal Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1890 · page 8

The following report was brought up by a spacial committee of the St. Leonardd Council:—Your committee has the honour to state that the Mayor having reported that he has seen the engineer for sewerage,…

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Municipal Councils. Rockdale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1890 · page 8

A meeting of the Rockdale council was held at the Town Hall, Rockdale, on the 16th January, 1890. There were present—the Mayor (Mr. E. Godfrey), with Aldermen Cahill, Thomas, Carruthers, Green, Price,…

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ALISON V. BURNS. Decision of the Privy Council. The Council Differs from the Supreme Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 January 1890 · page 3

THE report of the decision of the Privy Council's Judicial Committee on the New South Wales land appeal case, Alison v. Burns, appears in the TIMES of December…

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Municipal Councils. LEICHHARDT

Evening News · Tuesday 21 January 1890 · page 2

The fortnightly meeting of the Leichhardt Municipal Council was held on Monday, those present being the Mayor (Mr. B. E. Moore) and Aldermen Davison, Hearn, Hyde, Neal, Cook…

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Municipal

Evening News · Tuesday 21 January 1890 · page 6

The Mayor of St. Peters (Mr. E. H. Judd, J.P.) i thinks the proposed new Local Government Bill the best measure introduced by any Government in the southern hemisphere…

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Municipal Elections

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 January 1890 · page 7

Mr. James Murphy, candidate for the Middle Ward in the forthcoming Paddington election, announces in our advertising columns that he will address the electors at…

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Municipal Matters. North Willoughby Elections

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 January 1890 · page 3

MR. R. H. HARNETT, Jun., a very old and well-known resident of North Shore, intends to offer himself as a candidate for alderman of the Chatsworth Ward at the…

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New Municipalities

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1890 · page 4

The local government officer continues to have referred to him a number of applications from country towns for incorporation. The residents of Dungog, on the Williams River,…

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Victorian Cricketers. Welcomed by Mayor Burdekin

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 January 1890 · page 6

THE members of the Victorian cricket team, who arrived in town by to-day's express, were formally received and welcomed at the Town Hall by his Worship Mayor…

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City Council

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1890 · page 6

The City Council met yesterday, the Mayor presiding. THE HOTEL COLLAPSE IN GEORGE-STREET. In reply to a number [?] questions by…

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Executive Council

Evening News · Wednesday 22 January 1890 · page 5

The usual weekly meeting of the Executive Council was held yesterday, under the presidency of Sir Alfred Stephen (in the absence of the Governor) when all the Ministers now in Sydney were…

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