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Council & local affairs, 1891

2,975 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 149

The Municipal Elections

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 3
Also in The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate

THE following legal decision on a point about which there has always been a considerable difference of opinion, has been taken from Turner and Henderson’s “New South Wales Municipal…

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Matters Municipal. to the Editor Op the Mercury

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 2

SIR,—Although but for 18 months a resident of Parramatta, I am in a position to bear out every word uttered by your correspondent, “ A Ratepayer of Anderson Ward,” with regard to…

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Forthcoming Municipal Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 10

There is not much stir in Parramattta in regard to the elections at present. Aldermen Ritchie, Brodie, Dillon, and Dixon retire. Alderman Brodie will not [?] re-election. Alderman Ritchie will be opposed by…

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Forthcoming Municipal Elections. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 10

The retiring aldermen in the Mudgee Council are:— C. D. Meares, William Wilton, and J. Macfarlane; and for the Municpality of Cudgegong, Aldermen P. J. Rheinberger, G. H. F. Cox, W. Grant. No…

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More Municipal Muddle. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 10

Sir,—You were good enough to insert a short letter from me last week. May I trench on your space once more? Your pithy leader in yesterday's sheet should vex the spacious souls of our aldermen. But I am not…

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Judge Booster on Constitutional Law. a Lucid Summing Up. Verbatim Report. a Case for the Privy Council. Find the Double Meaning

The Dead Bird · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 2

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Adelaide Trades and Labor Council

Evening News · Monday 19 January 1891 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Saturday.—The president of the Trades and Labor Council (Mr. Buttery), speaking on Friday night, said capitalists were now unusually confident, and there was…

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Municipal Elections

Evening News · Monday 19 January 1891 · page 3

Mr. William Pritchard, one of the candidates for the East Ward in the Borough of Leichhardt, addressed a meeting of the ratepayers in the Primitive Methodist Church, Annandale, on…

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Municipal

Evening News · Monday 19 January 1891 · page 6

The municipal council intend to urge the Government to establish a lands office at Murrumburrah. At present the residents of the district have to go to Young to transact their business…

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Forthcoming Municipal Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1891 · page 7

On Saturday night Mr. E. Broughton addressed the electors of the North Ward. Ashfield. The speaker denounced the borough council for inactivity during the past year, and contended that instead of devoting their…

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Municipal Matters. East Ward, Leichhardt

The Australian Star · Monday 19 January 1891 · page 3

Mr. William Pritchard, a candidate for East Ward, Leiehhardt, the election for which takes place on February 7, addressed a large number of the electors on Saturday…

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Bathurst Municipal Elections

The Australian Star · Monday 19 January 1891 · page 6

BATHURST, Saturday.--The municipal elections next month are likely to create some stir. It is expected that opposition will be offered to the various retiring candidates…

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Special Edition Municipal District of Rochdale

The Australian Star · Monday 19 January 1891 · page 6

MR. JOHN MASSON writes:--As it has been published that I am a candidate for Scarborough Ward, Rockdale, I beg to state that a large and influential number of the…

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Municipal. the Coming Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1891 · page 6

At Marrickvilie but little interest is shown in the forthcoming election. The Mayor (Alderman W. B. Smith) for the South Ward, and Alderman J. J. Farr for the East Ward…

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Unemployed in Brisbane. Deputation to the Mayor

Evening News · Tuesday 20 January 1891 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—A deputation of the unemployed waited on the Mayor of Brisbane on Monday asking that something should be done by the city council to provide work for such of their…

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The Executive Council

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 January 1891 · page 6

HIS Excellency the Governor presided at the meeting of the Executive Council at noon to-day, for the first time since his arrival in the colony. The attendance of…

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Queensland. the Unemployed. Plain Speaking by the Mayor of Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1891 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday.--A deputation of the unemployed waited on the Mayor of Brisbane to-day to ask for employment. The Mayor said that unless the Government granted loans to…

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The Federal Council. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1891 · page 5

The fourth session of the Federal Council will be opened to-morrow. Queensland, Victoria, and Tasmania only will be represented, instead of five co onies, as at the last meeting. Sir Samuel Griffith…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1891 · page 6

The Newcatle Borough Council invite tenders for a loan of £74,000, in debentures of £100 each, having a currency of 30 years. The money is to be employed in the sewerage and drainage of the city, electric lighting,…

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