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Council & local affairs, 1891

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Parramatta Borough Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 8

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

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Trades and Labour Council

The Australian Workman · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 3

THE Council met on Thursday evening last, in the Trades Hall, Sydney, Mr. P. J. Brennan presided, and there were about eighty-five delegates present…

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Distillation of Essences from Flowers. Debate in the Council of the Fruitgrowers Union

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 8

AT the meeting of the Council of the Fruitgrowing Union last Saturday, the President (Mr. C. B. Cairnes) drew attention to the fact that in Victoria…

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Municipal

Evening News · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 5
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Morse having been proclaimed a municipality, a well attended meeting was held on Tuesday last for the purpose of fixing a date for the election. Mr. A. H. Grace was chosen returning…

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Municipal. WATERLOO

Evening News · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 5

The council met on Thursday evening last.. Present: The Mayor (Alderman LI. P. Williams), and Aldermen Kellet, Lamond, M. P. Smith, Greenwood, Navin, Howe, and Spicer. The…

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A Vexed Municipal Question

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 4

IN view of the present condition of matters which obtain at Parramatta regaling the removal of nightsoil, the following report of proceedings…

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The Approaching Municipal Elections

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 2

INDICATIONS of activity in the approaching municipal elections in the various local and district municipalities are commencing to be manifest, and…

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Sentence Upon a Mayor

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--M. Dancing, Mayor of Toulon, in France, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment for conniving at procuring abortion…

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Imprisonment of a Mayor. London, January 10

The Australian Star · Monday 12 January 1891 · page 5

The Mayor of Toulon, Franco, has been sentenced to a term of five years' imprisonment for complicity in procuring abortion…

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Municipal

Evening News · Monday 12 January 1891 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

A public meeting is to be held at the Centennial Hall, North Sydney, to-night, with reference to the Whaling-road case. It is expected that every alderman will be present to hear the facts…

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Municipal. HURSTVILLE

Evening News · Monday 12 January 1891 · page 3

This council held its usual fortnightly meeting on Friday, when the Mayor occupied the chair; and there were also present Alderman Patrick, Ball, Brown, Fripp, Halstead, and Humphrey…

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Municipal Elections

Evening News · Monday 12 January 1891 · page 3

The undermentioned aldermen retire from their respective councils in February next:—Ashfield: Aldermen Whitney, Stanton, and Ralston…

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A Mayor Convicted

Evening News · Tuesday 13 January 1891 · page 5

LONDON, January 11.—The Mayor of Toulon, France, has been convicted on a charge of procuring abortion, and has been, sentenced to five years' imprisonment…

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Trades Movements. Trades and Labour Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1891 · page 6

A special meeting of the Trades and Labour Council was bold in the Trades Hall last evening for the purpose of hearing addresses by several persons connected with the Federal Co-operative…

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Trades and Labor News. Trades and Labor Council Executive

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 January 1891 · page 3

The usual weekly meeting of the Executive of the Trades and Labor Council was held last night, Mr. P. J. Brennan (president), presiding. The principal business…

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Special Edition the Acting Governor. He Bids Farewell to the Executive Council

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 January 1891 · page 6

AT the conclusion of the ordinary proceedings of the Executive Council this afternoon Sir Alfred Stephen, the Lieutenant-Governor, who has been administering the affairs of the…

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Premier of Queensland. Interview with Sir S. W. GRIFFITH. The Federal Council. Sir Samuel's Separation Scheme. Dividing Queensland

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 January 1891 · page 5

TAKING advantage of the stay in Sydney of Sir Samuel W. Griffith, the Premier of Queensland, who is passing through on his way to the meeting of the Federal…

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Municipal. MARRICKVILLE

Evening News · Tuesday 13 January 1891 · page 6

A meeting of the council was held at the town hall, Marrickville, on Monday evening. The Mayor (Alderman W. H. Smith) presided. There were also present—Aldermen Graham, Moyes,…

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