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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1893

3,185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 160

City Council. Widening King-street. Constitution of the Water and Sewerage Board. The Council of Opinion that it Should be Altered

The Australian Star · Wednesday 26 April 1893 · page 6

The Municipal Council of Sydney held a meeting to-day at the Town Hall, at which a number of rather important matters were dealt with. The Mayor (Alderman W. P…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Tuesday, April 25. The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Coal-mines Regulation Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 April 1893 · page 5

Mr. O'CONNOR intimated that he would be prepared to go on with the Coal-mines Regulation Bill next evening. VINE DISEASES BILL…

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Municipal Councils. St. Peters

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 April 1893 · page 8

The council m[?] on Monday, 21th instant, there being present the Mayor (Alderman R. H. Judd) presiding, with Aldermen Hayes, Edwards, Stuart, Geering, Baker, and the council clerk (Mr. A…

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The Irish Question. the Recent Riots. Unionists Gravely Answerable. Orange Lodges and Unionists Condemn the Riots--Calculated to Foil and Embarrass the Leaders--The Grand Master's Manifesto-- Members Urged to Conserve their Strength--All over 16 Years to Prepare for the Battle--Deputation to the Lord Mayor--Armed Resistance Condemned. LONDON, April 25

The Australian Star · Wednesday 26 April 1893 · page 5

Mr. H. H. Asquith, Home Secretary, replying to a question asked in the House of Commons last night by Mr. Sexton, said that the speeches made recently by Unionists…

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The Newcastle Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 5

Mr. Scott, M.L.A., has received a telegram from the Newcastle Council, stating that as all the money of the council is locked up in the London Chartered Bank of Australia, would he…

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A Call of the Council

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 4

Mr. Pigott gave notice in the Legislative Council yesterday of a motion which, in view of the reported intention of some members to lake satisfaction out of the…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, April 26

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 6

The PRESIDENT took the chair fit 4.30 p.m. WAVERLEY R.C. CHURCH LAND SALE BILL. Mr. Hoskins presented the report of the…

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Labor Representatives and the Legislative Council

Evening News · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 6

In the Assembly last night Sir George Dibbs, in reply to a question without notice, repudiated the statement that had been published in a morning paper to the effect that he did not intend…

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Drainage at Rookwood. Discussion in the Council

The Australian Star · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 4

The inadequacy of the drainage in the Borough of Rookwood was exemplified during the heavy storm yesterday afternoon. Some time back a system of drainage was…

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Privy Council Appeal Case. London, April 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 5

The Privy Council has dismissed with costs the appeal in the case of John Cameron v. Nystrom…

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Canley Vale Roads. Transferring to the Council

The Australian Star · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 5

A deputation from Canley Vale waited upon the Minister for Works (Mr. Lyne) this forenoon and tendered a request that that portion of the Great Southern…

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The Manly Ferry Service. Proposals of the Manly Council

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 2

At a meeting of the Manly Council on Tuesday the special committee appointed to report on the steam ferry service presented their report, which was held over for…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, April, 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. MAKIN'S CASE. Mr. SIMPSON asked the Minister for Justice,…

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Parliament. Wednesday, April 26. Legislative Council. Coal Mines Regulation Bill

Evening News · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 3

Soon after the Council met Mr. O'Connor moved the second reading of the Coal Mines Regulation Bill. He said the measure was substantially a copy of the English Coal Mines Regulation Act…

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Irish Home Rule. the Ulster Delegates in London. Deputation to the Lord Mayor. Election of an Ulster Assembly of Control

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Night.--The Right Hon. Stuart Knill, the Roman Catholic Lord Mayor of London, to-day received a deputation from the Ulstermen who came…

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Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. the Home Rule Bill. Three Hundred Amendments. Deputation to the Lord I Mayor. London, April 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 5

Notice has been given in the House of Commons of 300 amendments to be moved in committee npon the Home Rule Bill. A great deputation consisting of the…

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Municipal. BALMAIN

Evening News · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 3

The Mayor (Alderman J. J. Wheeler) presided at the usual fortnightly meeting of the above council on Tuesday night. There were also present Aldermen J. A. Brodie, D. H. Easton, J…

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Municipal Matters. Rookwood

The Australian Star · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 2

The fortnightly meeting of the Rookwood Council was held on Wednesday evening. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Allan Gee, J.P.), Aldermen Garthwaite, Gormley,…

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Endowment to Municipalities. And Interest Due

The Australian Star · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 6

In the Supply Bill for March provision was made for a special endowment of 5s in the £ to municipalities, the sum total being £65,000. This endowment is now being…

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Municipal

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 3

The Parramatta Council have decided to apply to the Minister of Works for half the cost of opening up Thomas-strcet to the Branch Hospital for Insane, and to request…

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