A Quorum Question. Aldermen Puzzled
THE North Sydney Council is in a peculiar fix as to the question -- How many aldermen form a quorum? When the council was called to order at half-past 4 o'clock…
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Council & local affairs, 1892
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Municipal Matters. North Sydney. Sudden Death of the Mayor
An ordinary meeting of the North Sydney Council was held yesterday afternoon, there being present Aldermen Phillips (Mayor), G. T. Clarke, Smith, Harnett, E. M. Clark,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prospect and Sherwood. Municipal Council. Ordinary Meeting
The usual meeting of this Council was held on Thursday evening last in the Council Chambers, Western road. The Mayor (Ald. Geo. M’Credie) occupied the chair. Others present :…
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A meeting of the Executive Council was held yesterday, the acting-Colonial Secretary, Mr. Suttor, presiding in the absence of the Governor. The case of William Cecil,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trades and Labor Council
A special meeting of the Trades and Labor Council was held on Tuesday night at the Temperance Hall, Pitt-street, the president (Mr. J. Wilson) in the chair. Mr. J. C. Watson…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Death of Mr. Gerard Phillips Mayor of North Sydney
We regret to have to announce the death, sudden and quite unexpected, of Mr. Gerard Phillips, Mayor of North Sydney. Mr. Phillips presided over a meeting of the local borough…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Windsor Murder. Privy Council Appeal. London, May 17
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has decided to sit on Thursday next to consider the petition of Deeming's solicitor to postpone the execution in order to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The London County Council. a Large Expenditure. London, May 16
The London County Council proposes to expend during the next 18 months the sum of £1,600,000 upon public works, including £420,000 in housing the working…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Labor Bureau. Views of the Trades and Labor Council
A deputation from the Trades and Labor Council, including Messrs. Kelly, Bavister, Rae, and Houghton. Ms.L.A., waited upon the Acting- Colonial Secretary (Mr. F. B. Suttor) yesterday in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sudden Death. of the Mayor of North Sydney. Burst a Blood Vessel. Seized With a Coughing Fit -- Death Almost Instantaneous
THE Mayor of North Sydney, Mr. Gerard Phillips, J.P., died very suddenly last night through the bursting of a blood vessel. Mr. Phillips presided at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cycling Notes. the Council Meeting. The Great Cash Prize Meeting. General Notes
THE N.S.W. CYCLISTS' UNION.—The council meeting of the N.S.W. C.U., which lapsed on the 4th instant, was held at Quong Tart's rooms, on Wednesday evening. when…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cycling Notes. the Council Meeting. The Great Cash Prize Meeting. General Notes
The N.S.W. Cyclists' Union.—The council meeting of the N.S.W. C.U., which lapsed on the 4th instant, was held at Quong Tart's rooms on Wednesday evening, when…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Windsor Tragedy. the Petition to the Privy Council. a Respite Applied For
LONDON, Tuesday.--Mr. Marshall Lyle, Deeming's solicitor at Melbourne, has instructed Messrs. Wilson and Wallis, of Bow-street, solicitors, who were engaged to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Unemployed. Deputation to the Acting Colonial Secretary. Requests From the Trades and Labor Council
A deputation from the Trades and Labor Council waited upon the Acting-Colonial Secretary (Mr. Suttor) yesterday, to point out certain defects which, the council are of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trades and Labor Council. Mr. Woolridge's Charges. Against Trades Unionists. Their Truth to be Inquired Into
A SPECIALLY-CONVENED meeting of the Trades and Labor Council was held last night at the Temperance Hall to consider certain allegations made against several…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Municipal Election
MR. T. C. SMITHSON is a candidate for the extraordinary vacancy in Bexley Ward, Hurstville, and will meet his supporters at the Royal Hotel, Carlton, to-night, and at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Municipal. Marrickville
Meeting of the council held on May 16. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Scouller) aud Aldermen Hardy, Farr, Webster, Cabban, Gould, Bullock, Ottewill, Morehouse, Richie and Smith. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Windsor Murder. Petition for Respite. Appeal to the Privy Council. The Plea of Insanity -- The Medical Testimony -- Alleged Hereditary Insanity. LONDON, May 17
Messrs. Wilson and Wallis, solicitors, of Bow-street, have received a cablegram from Mr. Marshall Lyle, Deeming's solicitor at Melbourne, instructing them to petition the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death of the Mayor of North Sydney
Mr. Gerard Phillips, J.P., Mayor of North Sydney, died suddenly at his residence Redlands, Military-road, on Tuesday night. He presided on that evening at the meeting…
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