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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1893

3,185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 160

The Parramatta Municipal Audit

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 4

The subject of the special audit in connection with the Municipal Council of Parramatta. was before the Assembly yesterday. Mr. Farnell desired the Premier to state…

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Penrith Municipal Council

Nepean Times · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 7

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Council was held on Monday night. Present, Mayor Judges, Alderman Litton, Cross, Wholohan, Stuart, Parker, and…

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Auburn. Municipal Council. Ordinary Meeting

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 6

THE regular meeting of the Auburn Borough Council was held in the Council Chambers, Lee’s Temperance Hotel, Mary-st., Auburn, on Monday evening last, when there…

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Prospect and Sherwood Municipal Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 6

THE regular meeting of the above Council was held on Thursday when the Mayor (Alderman G. McCredie) presided and there were also present Aldermen Hollier. T. Muston, G…

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The Council

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 752

The Legislative Council has receded from the position it had formerly taken up with regard to the proposed vote for thrift. Whether such a vote is a desirable reform or not, it is obviously…

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Prospect and Sherwood. Municipal Council. Ordinary Meeting

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 7

THE regular fortnightly meeting of the Prospect and Sherwood Council was held in the Council Chambers on Thursday evening last. Present—The Mayor (Ald. G. M’Credie),…

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Notes in Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 7

There was a large muster of ratepayers at the meeting who were for the most part interested in the tenders for works which were down for consideration…

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Auburn Borough Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 7

THE regular meeting of the above council was held on Monday when there were present the Mayor (Alderman G. Wright) in the chair and Alderman Dyer, Roper, Thomas, Furnival…

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Parramatta Borough Council. Another Violent Scene The Council Adjourned

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 2

THE regular meeting of the Parramatta Borough Council was held on Monday evening. Present: The Mayor (Mr. C. J. Byrnes), Aldermen Taylor…

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Parramatta Borough Council. Ordinary Meeting

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 3

At the usual fortnightly meeting of the Parramatta Borough Council, the Mayor (Ald. Byron), presided, and there were present Aldermen Taylor, Moxham, Saunders, Withers,…

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Rookwood. Borough Council. Regular Meeting

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 6

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council was held in the Council Chambers, Church of England schoolroom. Taylor-street, Rookwood, on Wednesday last. There were…

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PARLIAMENT. Legislative Council. Thursday, April 6. MISCELLANEOUS

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 758

Leave of absence for the remainder of the session was granted to Mr. Walter Lamb, on the ground of ill health. The Trust Property Act Amendment Bill, the…

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The Council's Amendments. an Aggressive Attitude Again

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 16

THE Legislative Council, though it abandoned what was called a "thrift vote," has not by any means backed down from its other amendments in the Electoral Bill, and on Wednesday…

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New South Wales Parliament. Points of Proceedings. Legislative Council

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 12

The Legislative Council re-assembled on April 5 after the brief Easter recess, and in anticipation of business of an important nature there was a strong muster of hon. members…

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The Council and the Electoral Bill. Calm After the Storm

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 16

THE principal work done by the legislative Council on Tuesday was the undoing of something they bed previously agreed to. On further consideration of the message from the Assembly…

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The Makin Case. Decision of the Executive. an Appeal to the Privy Council

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 13

The N.S.W. Executive Council met on Tuesday, when the case of John and Sarah Makin, now under sentence of death for the murder of an infant named Horace Amber Murray, was…

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Imperial Federation League. Deputation to Mr. Gladstone. Preferential Customs Duties. an Imperial Defence Council

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night.--A deputation from the Imperial Federation League waited upon Mr. Gladstone to-day to urge the importance of establishing an Empire…

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The Parramatta Special Audit. Estimated Cost, £3120. The Petition and the Signatories. The Mayor on the Legal Aspect. A Scathing Criticism. Taylor Backs Down. Thorpe's Apologia. The Premier's "Scurvy" Conduct

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 7

THE Parramatta Council's apodal audit, which premises to provide any amount of food for discussion, had a good night at the last meeting of the Council on Monday evening…

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Important Municipal Case

Evening News · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 6

His Honor the Chief Justice delivered his reserved judgment on Friday in the matter of ex parte Hawkins. It was an application for a prohibition calling upon Murdoch M'Kenzie…

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Municipal Councils. Botany

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 12

The fortnightly meeting was held on the 12th April. Present—The Mayor (Alderman Luland, J.P.), in the chair, and Aldermen Wiggins, Duff, Macfadyen, Smith, Pemberton, Exell, and Frost…

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