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Council & local affairs, 1892

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The Coming Municipal Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1892 · page 4

The municipal lists of persons entitled to vote at the coming annual municipal elections will be open for inspection at the whole of the town-halls and council-chambers of…

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Municipal. North Botany

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1892 · page 6

At the last meeting of the North Botany Council the Mayor (Alderman Sparkes) in replying to Alderman Laycock, promised to endeavor to prevent bathing in the waterworks reserves. The Waterloo…

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Scene at a Council Meeting. the North Shore Gas Question. The Mayor and Alderman Phillips Cross Swords

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 January 1892 · page 3

MATTERS at the North Sydney council meetings do not always run without a hitch, and several little breezes that occurred at last night's meeting only tended to show the…

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Burwood Municipal Council

Evening News · Wednesday 6 January 1892 · page 3

A meeting of this council was held on Monday evening. Present: The Mayor (Alderman E. Scholes), and Aldermen Archer, Paisley, T. H. Jones, Hennessey,…

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Council of Colonial Bondholders

Evening News · Wednesday 6 January 1892 · page 6

LONDON, January 5.—A movement has been started in the City, and is meeting with influential support, for the establishment of a council of colonial bondholders…

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Broken Hill. The Water Supply. A Complaint from the Mayor. Premier Dibbs takes Immediate Action. ADAMINABY

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 January 1892 · page 5

Mr. Dibbs, who is with the vice-regat party, yesterday afternoon received a wire from the Mayor of Broken Hill complaining that only one water train a day was arriving…

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The Tamworth Council. a Disorderly Meeting. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1892 · page 5

An important business paper was before the borough council to-night. A call of the council was made, and all the aldermen were present. A motion to construct public baths at a cost of £100 was carried…

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Municipal Councils. Burwood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1892 · page 9

The council met on the 4th January when there were present—Aldermen Scholos (Mayor), Archor, T.H. Jones, Paisley, Honnessy, and Redman. Correspondonce was road from the Water and Sewerage Board,…

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Municipal Matters. North Sydney

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 January 1892 · page 3

AN ordinary meeting of the above council was held last evening, there being presents- Aldermen Punch (Mayor), Phillips, E. M. Clarke, G. Clarke, Urquhart, Harnett,…

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Municipal Elections

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 January 1892 · page 5

THE lists of persons entitled to vote at the coming annual municipal elections will be open for inspection at all the council-chambers of the cities, towns, boroughs…

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Scene at a Municipal Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 January 1892 · page 5

TAMWORTH, Tuesday. -- A disorderly scene occurred at tho municipal council meeting this evening. Alderman Britten accused the Mayor of making imputations regarding his…

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Proposed Council of Judges. London, Jan. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1892 · page 5

Lord Chief Justice Coleridge proposes that a Council of Judges shall meet under the presidency of Lord Halsbury, Lord High Chancellor, to discuss the…

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Municipal. Camperdown

Evening News · Thursday 7 January 1892 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of this council was held on. Tuesday evening, the Mayor (Alderman Seaforth Procter) presiding. There were also present Aldermen Sparkes, Porter, Abigail,…

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Municipal Councils. North Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1892 · page 6

A meeting of this council was held on the 5th instant. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Boar[?] Anderson, M'Mahon, Eaton, Harnett, Hagan, G. [?] Clarke, Moodie, Smith, E M. Clark, Rodick, Urq[?]…

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Municipal Elections. An Important Point

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 January 1892 · page 5

Now that the municipal elections are approaching it would be just as well to draw the attention of those interested, especially returning-officers, to one at least of the…

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The Municipal Elections. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 January 1892 · page 7

Sir,--I was extremely glad to read your admirable sub-leader in this evening's Star, drawing attention to the municipal elections now pending, and to the anomalous…

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City Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 3

The fortnightly meeting of the finance committee of the City Council was held at the Town-hall yesterday afternoon, the Mayor in the chair…

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Trades and Labor Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 4

The weekly meeting of the Trades and Labor Council was held last night, the president (Mr. J. Wilson) in the chair. CREDENTIALS…

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Trades Movements. Trades and Iabour Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 6

The meeting of the Trades and Labour Council was held in the Trades' Hall last evening. Mr. J. Wilson (president) occupied the chair, and there was a fair attendance of delegates…

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Trades and Labor Council Some Trade Disputes. Tobacco Workers and Quarry men. The Labor Platform. And the Single-taxers

The Australian Star · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 3

LAST night's meeting of the Trades and Labor Council was a trifle lively towards the finish, but the deliberations on the whole were not of a very important character…

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