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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1893

3,185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 68 of 160

The Lord Mayor and the Pope

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 May 1893 · page 15

LONDON, May 10.-The aldermen of the City o£ London have passed a motion expressing condemnation of the toast of the Pope and the Queen, which was proposed by the Lord Mayor, Alderman…

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Auburn. Borough Council. Ordinary Meeting

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1893 · page 2

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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Rookwood. Borough Council. Ordinary Meeting

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1893 · page 6

THE ordinary meeting of the Borough Council of Rookwood was held in the Council Chambers, C. E. schoolroom, Taylor-street, Rookwood, on Wednesday last. There were…

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Parramatta Borough Council. Ordinary Meeting

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1893 · page 2

THE regular meeting of the Parramatta Borough Council was held on Monday last, Mayor Byrnes presiding. There were present also Aldermen Taylor, Moxham, Saunders,…

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Village Settlement. Public Meeting in the City. Deputation to the Mayor

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 May 1893 · page 6

A deputation from the Trades and Labor Council, consisting of Messrs. J. E. West, J. Atkinson, R. M'Killop and F. Flowers, waited on the Mayor this morning…

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PARLIAMENT. Legislative Council. Thursday, May 4. MISCELLANEOUS

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 May 1893 · page 966

Mr. O'Connor informed Mr. Davies that Ministers had consented to a reduction of their honorariums by 10 per cent.; and that it was not intended to bring in a bill to reduce the allowance of members…

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Auburn Borough Council. The Charges Against the Engineer. The Inquiry Shirked

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1893 · page 2

THE ordinary meeting of the Council was held en Monday evening. Present : The Mayor (Mr. George Wright), Aldermen Dyer, Roper. Thomas, Furnival, Ritchie, Taylor, and…

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New South Wales Parliament. Points of Proceedings. Legislative Council. the Bank Issue Bill

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 May 1893 · page 12

The Legislative Council on the morning of May 3 had before it the Bank Issue Bill. The bill passed through all its stages with some verbal amendments, and was sent on to the Assembly…

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The Treaty Powers and Samoa. Removal of the Chief Justice and Municipal President

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 May 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Friday. -- Great Britain, Germany, and the United States, the three Treaty Powers who have guaranteed the independence of Samoa, have agreed to…

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Municipal Affairs at Auburn

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1893 · page 4

WHEN, not many months ago, the agitation for the incorporation of Auburn, so long desired and so persistently laboured for, became an…

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Mayor of Auburn

The Australian Star · Monday 15 May 1893 · page 7

Owing to some friction which occurred amongst the alderman of Auburn at a recent meeting, the Mayor (Alderman Wright) resigned his position, and a special meeting…

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Privy Council Appeals

Evening News · Monday 15 May 1893 · page 4

LONDON, May 13.—The appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the case of the Mercantile Bank of Sydney v. Taylor has been dismissed with costs…

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Privy Council Appeals. Mercantile Bank V. Taylor

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 May 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday Night.--The judicial committee of the Privy Council have dismissed, with costs, the appeal in the New South Wales case, Mercantile Bunk v…

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Privy Council Appeal Cases. Mercantile Bank of Sydney v. Taylor. London, May 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 May 1893 · page 5

The appeal to the Privy Council in the case of the Mercantile Bank of Sydney v. Taylor has been dismissed with costs. This was an action in which the plaintiff bank sued…

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Municipal Councils. Ashfield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 May 1893 · page 8

A meeting of this council was held on the 9th instant. There were present—The Mayer (Alderman Stanton), and Aldermen Brown, Dougan, Mackay, Josephson, Davies, Moss, Mills, and Thompson…

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Municipal Matters. North Sydney

The Australian Star · Monday 15 May 1893 · page 7

A special meeting of the Borough Council of North Sydney was held on Thursday to consider the resignation of Mr. Pigott as solicitor to the council, the payment of his…

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Crisis in Spain. the Municipal Elections London, May 14

The Australian Star · Monday 15 May 1893 · page 5

A political crisis has occurred in Spain in consequence of the attitude adopted by the Republican members of the Cortes towards the policy of the Government. After…

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Municipal. Hurstville

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 May 1893 · page 3

Meeting held May 11. Present: Alderman Griffin (Mayor), Patrick, Smithson, Bull, Thompson, Halstead, Newell, and Sproule. Correspondence: Mr. E. C. V…

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Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. the Royal Marriage. the Council of the Royal Colonial Institute. Felicitations to the Prince of Wales. London, May 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 May 1893 · page 5

The Council of the Royal Colonial Institute has tendered its felicitations to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, the president of the institute, upon the approaching…

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The Austrian Archduke. Welcome by the Mayor. Visit to the Warship

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 May 1893 · page 6

His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince Ferdinand having intimated through Consul-General Pelldram that he would be prepared to receive a visit from the Mayor of the…

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