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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1894

3,932 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 197

Parramatta Borough Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 7

The fortnightly meeting was held on Monday evening. Present—The Mayor (Ald. Withers) in the chair; and Aldermen Taylor, Campbell, Mox[?]m, Miller, Ferris, Thorpe, Dixon, and…

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Auburn Borough Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 3

THE fortnightly meeting of this Council was held on Monday evening. Present: The acting Mayor (Alderman Blacket),Aldermen Heilbut…

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Rookwood. Municipal Council. Trouble in the Camp.the Meeting Lapses

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 6

The Rookwood conncil met on Wednesday. Present: The Mayor (Ald. A. Jones), Ald. Gee, Sl[?], Jay, Groves, Gormley, and Garthwaite…

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Sewage Works: Parramatta-Granville. The Abandoned Scheme. Evidence by Mayor Withers

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 7

The second report relating to the sewage farm scheme has been presented by the parliamentary standing committee on public works, and contains evidence by the Mayor of Parramatta,…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 13

In the Legislative Council on April 18, Dr. MACLAURIN said, in answer to a question, that the Government did, not consider it desirable to introduce a Compulsory Vaccination Bill till…

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PARLIAMENT. Legislative Council. Wednesday, April 18. MISCELLANEOUS

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 850

Dr. Maclaurin, in answer to a question, said the Government did not think it desirable that a compulsory vaccination bill should be introduced until the Royal Commission on Vaccination, now sitting in…

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Parramtta Borough Council. The £250 Bribe. Ald. Thorpe on Finance. A New Retrenchment Scheme

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 6

THE fortnightly meeting of the parramatta Borough Council was held on Monday evening Present; The Mayor (Alderman J. W. Withers) and Ahlermen Dixon, Campbell…

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Mulgoa Municipal Appeal Court. FRIDAY. Before the P.M., and M. Long, J.P.

Nepean Times · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 6

The Mayor (Mr. A. W. Stephen, J.P.), Messrs. W. J. Hynes (Council Clerk) and R. Morehead appeared on behalf of the Council…

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Municipal Councils. Glebe. Inspector of Works and Nuisances

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 10

A special meeting of the Globe Council was held on the 26th April. The Mayor (Alderman W. A. Hutchinson) presided. Alderman Abrams moved,— "That a call of the council be specially made to…

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Municipal Notes. the Noxious Trades Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 9

In the Waterloo Council on Thursday Alderman Williams moved that the members for the district be asked to protest in the House against the abolition of the provision…

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Endowments to Municipalities

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 9

A letter wits read at the Waterloo Council on Thursday from the Mayor of Newcastle, asking for co-operation in protesting against the action of the Government in withholding…

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Municipal Association

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 21

The monthly meeting of the committee of the Municipal Association was held at the Town Hall on Wednesday. April 18, Alderman W. A. Hutchinson, vice-president, in the chair. There were…

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Tuesday, April 21. (Before the P.M., Mr.Badham, and H. D'Ardier,J.P.) Municipal Assessment Appfals

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 2

Several appeals by property owners against the Municipal assessments were denlt with, the amounts generally being reduced by the Bench. Most of the cases were included in the Hunter's…

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Ryrie on Dangar. The Hon. A. Ryrie, M.L.C. Makes a Democratic Speech in the Council to the Utter Astonishment of his Fellow-Nominees. He Hits Hard at Potts' Point Dangar and Twits Sim with Eternal Dyspepsia. Jacobs, the Salaried Chairman of Committees, holds up his Hands in Oily Horror and Yells, "Oh, Shemomonee!" The Plutocratic Parallels of King Pharoah

Truth · Sunday 29 April 1894 · page 2

DURING the recent debate on the Mining on Private Lands Bill, the Hon. A. Ryrie, M.L.C., made an emphatic appeal to the "Lords" to resist the blandishments' of…

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Alderman J. J. Macfadyen, J.p.. at Waterloo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 April 1894 · page 6

Alderman J. J. Macfadyeu, J.P., the selected candidate of the Botany Freetrade Electoral League, addressed a meeting of between 680 and 700 of the electors from the balcouy of the Cricketers' Arms,…

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Privy Council Appeals

Evening News · Monday 30 April 1894 · page 5

LONDON, April 28. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has dismissed the appeals in the two New South Wales cases, Sydney and Suburban Mutual…

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Privy Council Appeal Cases

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 April 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday Night.--The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has dismissed the appeals in the two New South Wales cases, Sydney and Suburban…

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Privy Council Appeals. National Starch Company v. Munn's Company. London, April 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 April 1894 · page 5

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has dismissed, with costs, the appeal of the National Starch Manufacturing Company v. Munn's Patent…

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Municipal Notes Road Improvement

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 April 1894 · page 3

The Woollahra Council recently agreed to ask the co-operation of the Paddington and Randwick Councils in placing the portion of road at the Queen-street entrance to the…

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Alderman F. J. Luland. J.p., at Botany

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 May 1894 · page 6

A meeting of the friends and supporters of Alderman F. J. Luland (Mayor of Botany), who is a candidate in the protection interest for Botany, was held on Friday evening in the local School of Arts…

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