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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1894

3,932 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 197

The British Premier. Rosebery's Radicalism. Address From London County Council. London, March 22

The Australian Star · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 6

The Premier, Lord Rosebery, was yesterday formally presented with an address from the members of the London County Council, of which his…

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Municipal Association

Evening News · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the committee of the Municipal Association was held at the Town Hall on Wednesday, when there were present Aldermen W. A. Hutchinson (in the chair), W. H…

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Municipal Councils. Randwick. Inspection of Dairies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 13

A meeting of this council was held on 20th March. The inspector of nuisances reported having made an inspection with an officer of the Board of Health of all the dairies and milk vendors' premises in the…

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The Camden Municipality. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 4

Sir,—Passengers from Sydney to Camden experience great inconvenience on arriving at the riverside owing to the floods. The council charge is each way in the boat to cross the river, and when…

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Municipalities

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 613

On the 15th instant a deputation from the Wallsend Municipal Council waited on the Premier to ask for a grant of money to be expended on the repair of the roads in the…

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Municipal Matters. Paddington. Water and Sewerage. Outstanding Rates

The Australian Star · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 10

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Paddington Council was held on Monday, there being present:--Aldermen George (Mayor), D. Brown, W. Brown, G. Walker,…

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Municipal. Smithfield and Fairfield

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 11

Meeting held March 21. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Stimson) presiding, and Aldermen Vallance, Spring, Paine, Hollier, and Anthony. Correspondence: From the…

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Municipal Debt

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 4

THE claims of a long and active apprenticeship to aldermanio and mayoral work have prevailed over the youthful aspirations of the champion of what is regarded as the new…

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The Municipal Election. Anderson Ward, Parramatta-ROUGH Declaration of the Poll

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 7

The polling in the Byrnes-Black fight in Anderson Ward, Parramatta, was kept up vigorously all day ; and a good deal of interest was manifested in…

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The Municipal Court Case. Black v. Richardson. Defendant Discharged

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 4

THE municipal court case, G. E. H. Black against Richard Stewart Richardson, on a charge of making a false declaration, was again called on on Wednesday at the Parramatta…

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Australasian Export Trade, Frozen Meat Trade. Geddes and Bruce in England. They Address the Manchester City Council at a Special Meeting

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 44

A cable from London runs: Mr. J. H. Geddes (the Pastoral Finance Association, Sydney) and Mr. Alexander Bruce (chief inspector of stock in New South Wales), at the invitation of the Right…

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Bowls. The Victorian Team. Reception by the Mayor

Evening News · Monday 26 March 1894 · page 5

The Victorian Bowling team, which arrived in Sydney from Melbourne on Friday, was received by the Mayor of Sydney (Sir W. P. Manning) at the Town Hall Saturday. There was a large and representative…

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Accident to the Mayor. Sir W. P. Manning Injured

The Australian Star · Monday 26 March 1894 · page 6

The Mayor of Sydney, Sir William Patrick Manning, was returning home from the races this afternoon in a buggy, which collided with a tram, the Mayor…

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Tammany Hall Again. Municipal Corruption in America

Evening News · Monday 26 March 1894 · page 4

LONDON, March 25.—The New York FORUM says that an Irish "Tammany" municipal ring entirely controls and corrupts New York, Brooklyn, Boston, Chicago,…

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Municipal. Rockdale

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 March 1894 · page 7

Meeting held March 22. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Taylor), and Aldermen Clayton, Judd, Green, Hegerty, and Cook. Correspondence.--Mr. J. H. Carruthers,…

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Accident to the Mayor

The Australian Star · Tuesday 27 March 1894 · page 3

The accident which befel Sir William P. Manning (the Mayor of Sydney) late yesterday afternoon was fortunately not as serious as at first stated. About half-past 5 he was…

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Accident to the Mayor. Sir W. P. Manning Injured

The Australian Star · Tuesday 27 March 1894 · page 6

The Mayor of Sydney, Sir William Patrick Manning, was returning home from the races this afternoon in a buggy, which collided with a tram, the Mayor…

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Excited Aldermen. Scenes at Petersham. a Rowdy Meeting. Alderman Webster and the Mayor--Law Proceedings Threatened

The Australian Star · Wednesday 28 March 1894 · page 5

Not merely one but a series of "scenes" occurred last night at a meeting of the Petersham Borough Council. Alderman Webster, who is an aspirant for a seat in…

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A Lord Mayor's Banquet. the Agents-general Invited

Evening News · Wednesday 28 March 1894 · page 4

LONDON, March. 27.—The Lord Mayor of London, the Right Hon. G. R. Tyler, will banquet the Agents-General for the Australasian colonies on April 23 (St. George's…

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The Neutral Bay Wharf. the Council's Protest

Evening News · Wednesday 28 March 1894 · page 6

A communication was received at the meeting of the North Sydney Council last evening from the Colonial Treasurer with reference to the Neutral Bay Wharf. The letter stated that…

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