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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1891

2,975 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 149

City Council

The Australian Star · Friday 24 April 1891 · page 6

THE finance committee of the City Council met this afternoon, the Mayor (Mr. Manning) fat lie chair. The statement of the financial position of the council for the week…

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Trades and Labor Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 April 1891 · page 6

Tho weekly meeting of the Trades and Labor Council was held at the Trades' hall last night, the president in the chair. A telegram as follows was read from the…

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Trades Movements. Trades and Labour Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 April 1891 · page 7

There was a very large attendance of delegates at the weekly meeting of the Trades and Labour Council held at the Trades' Hall last evening. Mr. W. H. Sharp (president) occupied the chair…

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Trades and Labor Council. a Miller To Be Boycotted. The Position of the "Workman." Probability Of It Collapsing

The Australian Star · Friday 24 April 1891 · page 3

THE Trades and Labor Council met last night, the business transacted principally being in connection with the weekly paper, the AUSTRALIAN WORKMAN, which is now…

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Municipal. PADDINGTON

Evening News · Friday 24 April 1891 · page 3

The fortnightly meeting of the above council was held in the local council chambers last evening, under the presidency of the Mayor (Alderman M'Intyre); there being also present Aldermen…

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Municipal

Evening News · Friday 24 April 1891 · page 5

The Mayor of Windsor entertained the aldermen, the auditors, and treasurer on Wednesday night, to mark the occasion of the opening of the town hall…

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Death of a Mayor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 18

WINDSOR, Wednesday.—Mr. J. E. Onus, Mayor of Richmond, died this morning. He had been a great sufferer for years, but, despite this, ably filled the mayoral chair. His death makes a gap…

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The Late Mayor of Richmond

The Australian Star · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 6

RICHMOND, Friday.--The funeral obsequies of the late J. C. Onus, Mayor of Richmond, took place yesterday afternoon. There was a very large attendance. The…

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Penrith municipal Council. a Lively Meeting

Nepean Times · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 2

A special meeting of the above Council was held on Friday evening of last week. Present: His Worship the Mayor (in the chair), Aldermen Judges, O'Connell, Fleming, Barlow, Parker,…

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Ryde and District. Ryde Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 2

THE regular meeting of this Council, which was to have been held on Friday night, lapsed for want of a quorum. Those present were the Mayor (Ald. Jordan), Aldermen Forsyth,…

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Dundas and Carlingford. Dundas Municipal Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 2

THE regular fortnightly meeting of the Dundas Borough Council was held at the Town Hall, Dundas, on Wednesday last. The Mayor (Ald. Fallford) occupied the chair, and there…

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Parramatta Borough Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 2

THE following is the business paper for a general meeting of the Municipal Council of the Borough of Parramatta, to be held at 7.10 p.m. on Monday next :—…

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Dundas Borough Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 7

THE regular meeting of the Dundas Borough Council was held on Wednesday afternoon. Present: The Mayor (Mr. J. Fullford) and Aldermen…

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Granville Borough Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 8

THE regular fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held of Wednes­day evening. Present:—Aldermen Unwin, Spears, Legott, Finnogan and…

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A Privy Council Appeal

Evening News · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 4

LONDON, April 23.—The appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the New South Wales case of Bucknell…

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Trades and Labour Council

The Australian Workman · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 3

THE usual meeting of the Council was held on Thursday evening last, Mr. Sharp (the president) in the chair. NEW DELEGATES…

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Leichhardt Council Clerk Again

Evening News · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 5

George Ingleson, 31, clerk, appeared before Mr. C. Delohery, at the Central Police Court, to-day, on a charge of that he being the clerk in the municipal council of…

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The Deniliquin Council and Federation

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 4

Sir Henry Parkes has received from the council clerk of Deniliquin the following motion passed unanimously by the council at its meeting on the 20th inst.:--"That the…

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County Intelligence. Granville .Borough Council. Special Meeting

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 2

A SPECIAL MEETING of the Municipal Council of Granville was held on Friday, the 17th inst. The chair was occupied by the Mayor (Ald. Gee), and there were present—Aldermen…

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The Railway Institute Election of the First Council

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 3

A crowded gathering of members of the Railway Institute was held in the main hall of that building at Redfern last evening, a large number of ladies being also present. The…

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