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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1893

3,185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 65 of 160

Granville. Borough Council Ordinary Meeting

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 3

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Granville Borough Council was held at the Council Chambers, Town Hill, Carlton -street , Granvile, on Wednesday evening last. Present:…

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London City Council Petition Against the Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night.--The London City Council have forwarded a petition to Parliament against Mr. Gladstone's Irish Home Rule Bill…

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PARLIAMENT. Legislative Council. Thursday, April 27. MISCELLANEOUS

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 914

The Temporary Supply Bill was received from the Assembly, and passed through all its stages practically without comment. Mr. Simpson obtained leave to introduce a bill to…

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Ryde and District. Ryde Borough Council Ordinary Meeting

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 7

The fortnightly meeting of the Ryde Council was held in the Council Chambers on Friday, 28th April, when the following were present: Aldermen Forsyth, Betts, Jordan,…

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New South Wales Parliament. Points of Proceedings. Legislative Council

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 12

In the Council on April 26 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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Yass Municipal Cases

Evening News · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 6

YASS, Friday.—The municipal cases in which W. H. Margrie, council clerk, was complainant, and Messrs. T. Besnard, E. Howard, and E. M'Reynolds defendants, were called on yesterday…

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Municipal Councils. Alexandria

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 12

The council met on Wedensday, the 3rd instant, and there were present—The Mayor (Alderman Harden) presiding, with Aldermen Allen, Banner, Molyneaux, Home, Furness, Marr, Turner, Ralph,…

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Municipal Matters. Redfern

The Australian Star · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 10

An ordinary meeting of the Redfern Council was held on Thursday, there being present Aldermen Gorton (Mayor), Poole, Parkes, Dowe, Berry, Lander, Vernon…

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Municipal. Smithfield and Fairfield

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 11

Meeting held May 3. Present, the full council. Correspondence dispatched: To the Colonial Treasurer, representing that the council was without funds through the…

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Canterbury Council

The Australian Star · Monday 8 May 1893 · page 2

A meeting of the above council was held on Wednesday evening, there being present the Mayor (Alderman P. J. Scahill), and full council. The following, amongst other…

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The Lord Mayor and the Pope. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 May 1893 · page 3

Sir,—Two of your correspondents lately have commented on the unseemly exhibition by the Lord Mayor of London at his recent [?]clemastical gathering. But there are two aspects of the case, not hitherto…

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The Royal Betrothal. the London Council's Present

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 May 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Friday, 3 p.m.--The Agents-General of the colonies have congratulated the Duke of York on his betrothal. [This message appeared in a second edition…

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Sir Samuel Griffith and the Federal Council

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 May 1893 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Sir Samuel Griffith has forwarded to the Premier his resignation as a representative of Queensland in the Federal Council. This step was necessitated…

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Municipal. GRANVILLE

Evening News · Monday 8 May 1893 · page 7

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above council was held on Wednesday, there being present the Mayor (Alderman Palmer), and Aldermen Marsh, Kirk, Mahony, Cunningham,…

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Municipal Councils. Rockdale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 May 1893 · page 7

This council met on 5th May. The Mayor (Alderman Taylor) occupied the chair, and there were also present Aidermen Judd, Green, Godfrey, J.P., Carruthers, Cooke, and John Clayton. The Mayor…

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Municipal. Concord

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 May 1893 · page 6

Meeting held May 5. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Oatley), and Aldermen Chapman, Pringle, Zoeller, and Dumbrell. The following correspondence was dealt with?--From…

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Alderman and Scribe. Alderman Pritchard and the Press. Trouble in Leichardt Council

The Australian Star · Tuesday 9 May 1893 · page 3

Mr. Alderman Pritchard, of Leichhardt, had a full fling at the local press at the meeting of the council held last night. It is not quite clear how all the trouble…

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Aldermen and the Press. at the Leichhardt Council

Evening News · Tuesday 9 May 1893 · page 2

At a meeting of the Leichhardt Council last night Alderman PRITCHARD moved—"That all persons permitted to take a seat at the reporters' table during the meetings of the council be re…

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Municipal Councils. St. Peters

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 May 1893 · page 6

The council met on the 8th instant, there being present the Mayor (Alderman R. H Judd) prosiding; Aldermen Hayes, Edwards, btuart, Paikyn, Geering, and Baker. The Board of Health officer…

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A New Municipality

The Australian Star · Tuesday 9 May 1893 · page 3

On the North Shore the residents of the Lane Cove Ward, extending from the Lane Cove-road to the river, have commenced a movement for its separation from the…

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