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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1891

2,975 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 149

Moore-street Resumption. Discussed in the City Council

The Australian Star · Friday 17 April 1891 · page 3

THE finance committee of the City Council held their weekly meeting at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon, the Mayor (Mr. W. P. Manning) occupying the chair…

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Municipal CANTERBURY

Evening News · Friday 17 April 1891 · page 2

A meeting of this council was held on Wednesday. "Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Scahill, Stone, Brown, Barnet, and Slocombe. A request for co-operation in establishing a local…

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Camperdown Municipal Council

Evening News · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 4

At the meeting of the Municipal Council of Camperdown on Thursday evening there were present Aldermen Proctor (Mayor), Morgan, Cahill, Larkin, Probert. Abigail, and Sparkes. The…

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St. Marys Municipal Council

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 2

A meeting of the above Council was held on Monday evening. Present—His Worship the Mayor (Ald W. Garner), Ald. Turner, Bennett, Hope, Gilbert and Carberry…

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Penrith Municipal Council. Special Meeting

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 4

A special meeting of the above Council was held at the Council Chamber on Friday evening of last week, Present, His Worship the Mayor (in the Chair), Alderman Judges, O'Connell, Fulton,…

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Prospect and Sherwood. Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Prospect and Sherwood Council was held in the Council Chambers, Western-road, on Thursday evening last. Present — The Mayor (Ald…

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The New Mayor of Sydney

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 1

Mr. W. P. Manning, who has been elected Mayor of Sydney in place of Mr. Sydney Burdekin resigned, was born in Sydney in 1846. At the age of 16 he entered the head office of the large engineering and importing…

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Mr. Mayor Manning and St. Mary's

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 14

THE new Mayor of Sydney, Mr. W. P. Manning, could not have had a happier occasion for his first public utterance in that capacity than at the annual meeting in connection with the St. Mary's…

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Mr. Alfred A. Smith, Mayor of Katoomba

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 878

Mr. A. A. Smith, recently elected Mayor of the important township of Katoomba, Blue Mountains, was born in the county of Kent, England, in 1817. He served his time to the engineering trade in the Royal…

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Parramatta Borough Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 2
Also in The Cumberland Mercury

A GENERAL meeting of the Borough Council of Parramatta was held at the Council Chambers on Monday evening. Present: The Mayor (Mr. F. Beames),…

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Granville Borough Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 7

A SPECIAL meeting of the Borough Council of Granville was held at the Council Chambers on Wednesday evening. Present: The Mayor (Mr. Albun Gee), Aldermen Unwin, Leggott,…

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The Fruit Markets Question. The New Mayor's Opinion

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 6

INTERVIEWED by a "Daily Telegraph'" reporter on the question of the new fruit markets, the new Mayor (Alderman Manning) spoke as follows:—…

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Trades and Labor Council

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph

THE Trades and Labor Council held its weekly meeting on Thursday evening at the Trades Hall, Mr. J. Wilson, the vice-president, presiding…

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Trades and Labour Council

The Australian Workman · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 3

THE weekly meeting of the Council was held on Thursday last at the usual hour, Mr. Jas. Wilson vice-president) taking the chair in the absence of [?]r. W. H. Sharp (the president)…

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The New Mayor of Sydney. a Catholic Native Elected

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 16

A SPECIAL meeting of the Municipal Council of Sydney was held in the Town Hall last Friday, for the purpose of electing a Mayor. The Acting-Mayor (Mr. Burdekin) presided, and the whole of…

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County Intelligence. Granville. Borough Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 2

A special meeting of the Granville Borough Council was held in the Council Chambers, Town Hall, Carlton-street on Wednesday last. Present The Mayor (Ald, Alban .Gee)…

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Catholic. St. Mary's Cathedral. the Annual Building Fund Meeting. Speech by the Catholic Mayor of Sydney

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 18

The annual building fund meeting was held in St. Mary's Cathedral after Benediction on Sunday evening last. As in former years, the sanctuary was temporarily used as a platform. His…

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Council's Power to Abate Nuisances. Opinion of Borough's Solicitor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 8

THE following communication from the Council's Solicitor (Mr. J. B. Bowden) was on the table of the Parramatta Council by His Worship the Mayor on Monday evening…

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