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Council & local affairs, 1894

3,932 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 197

Privy Council Appeal

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 April 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday, 1 p.m.--The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council have upheld the appeal in the case of the Brisbane Municipal Council v. Martin…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Tuesday, April 24

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 April 1894 · page 6

THE PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. MINING ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The Mining Act. Amendment Bill was read a third time, and returned to the Legislative…

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Parliament, Tuesday April 24. Legislative Council

Evening News · Wednesday 25 April 1894 · page 3

The President took the chair at 4.30 o'clock. MINING ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The third reading of this bill was agreed to, and the measure was forwarded to the Assembly…

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Privy Council Appeal. London. April 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 April 1894 · page 7

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has allowed the appeal in the case of the Municipal Council of Brisbane v. Martin…

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Parliament. Tuesday, April, 24. Legislative Council

The Australian Star · Wednesday 25 April 1894 · page 2

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half past 4 o'clock. MINING ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The Mining Act Amendment Bill was…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Tuesday, April 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 April 1894 · page 5

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock MINING ACT AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion of Mr. HYAM, the Mining Act…

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Balmain's Insanitary State. the "Evening News" and the Council

Evening News · Wednesday 25 April 1894 · page 3

At last night s meeting of the Balmain Council the inspector of nuisances in his report voluntarily made special reference to the articles appearing in the Evening News on the insanitary…

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The Legislative Council. Its Existence Threatened. Mendlt--or Ending:--Mr. copeland on the Constitution--The Debate Adjourned

The Australian Star · Wednesday 25 April 1894 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly last night, Mr. Black.,moved--"That, in the opinion of this House, the public welfare demands such a limitation of the powers of the…

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Leichhardt. Municipal Lndowments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 April 1894 · page 9

A meeting was held on Monday night. The Mayor (Alderman Moore) presided. The Railway Commissioners intimated that after consideration they regretted they could not accede to the request of the…

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Municipal Councils. Hunter's Hill. Local Wharfs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 April 1894 · page 9

A meeting of the Hunter's Hill Council was held on the 20th April. The Mayor (Alderman Turner) presided. The Union Bank wrote calling attention to the council's overdraft of £365 Is 4d, and as the…

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Municipal Notes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 April 1894 · page 6

FERRY-STREET WHARF, HUNTER'S-HILL.--At the last meeting of the Hunter's-hill Council, the manager of the Parramatta Ferry wrote that his company did not see their…

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The Mining on Private Lands Bill. the Legislative Council's Amendments. the Bill to Be Withdrawn. a New Bill to Be Introduced

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 April 1894 · page 6

The drastic amendments made by the Legislative Council in the Mining on Private Lands Bill have been under tho consideration of the Government, and it has been…

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Legislative Assembly. a Staff Sergeant's Dismissal. an Abstract Motion. Limiting the Veto Power of the Legislative Council. Motion for Its Abolition. the Debate Adjourned

Evening News · Wednesday 25 April 1894 · page 3

The Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. STAFF SERGEANT JIFFKINS'S CASE. Mr. G. D. CLARK moved "That a select committee be appointed, with power to send for…

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Rookwood Council Troubles

Evening News · Thursday 26 April 1894 · page 6

Aldermen Groves, Jay, Conroy, and Ridley, of the Rookwood Borough Council, wrote to the Colonial Secretary under date April 6, protesting against the correctness of the half yearly audit,…

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Parliament. Wednesday, April 25. Legislative Council

The Australian Star · Thursday 26 April 1894 · page 2

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. COUNTRY TOWNS WATER SUPPLY BILL…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, April 25

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 April 1894 · page 6

The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. COUNTRY TOWNS WATER AND SEWERAGE BILL. Dr. MACLAURIN moved the second…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, April 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 April 1894 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 0'clock. FIRST OFFENDERS PROBATION BILL. On the motion of Mr. STEPHEN, it was resolved…

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The Mining on Private Lands Bill. the Council Bill Thrown Aside. Another Substituted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 April 1894 · page 5

The Minister for Lands. considering that the Mining on Private Lands Bill as amended by the Legislative Council is imperfect in many respects and objecting to some of the amendments introduced…

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Parliament. Wednesday, April 25. Legislative Council. Country Towns Water Supply. Second Reading Agreed To. a Short Sitting

Evening News · Thursday 26 April 1894 · page 2

The President took the chair at 4.30 p.m. The second reading of the Country Towns and Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Acts Amendment Bill was moved by Dr. MacLaurin, who…

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Municipal Retrenchment at Inverell. Inverell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 April 1894 · page 6

The municipal council has found it necessary to retrench, and has suspended all its employees excepting the council clerk. Some three years ago a sum of £5000 was borrowed. All this has been…

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