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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1895

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The New Mayor

Evening News · Tuesday 1 January 1895 · page 6

The retiring Mayor of Sydney, Sir W. P. Manning, vacated office yesterday. To-morrow (the Town Hall being closed to-day on account of the holiday) the new…

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The Lady Mayor. Farewell to Mrs. Yates. The Last of Onehunga's Experiment. Mrs. Yates on Her Year's Work-- Views of the Other Councillors

The Australian Star · Tuesday 1 January 1895 · page 5

Mrs. Yates, the lady Mayor of Onehunga, at a recent meeting of the council, took farewell of that body. A local paper says:-- Punctually at 12 o'clock Mrs. Yates took her…

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Municipal Councils. Enfield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1895 · page 7

The Enfield Council met on the 29th instantPresent—The Mayor (Alderman Lipscomb), Aldermen Hodson, Bolster, Pilcher, Wood, aud Westbrook. The boundaries of the borough, as proposed…

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A Missing Alderman. Commotion in Penrith

Evening News · Wednesday 2 January 1895 · page 6

PENRITH, January 2.-The sudden disappearance of Alderman Robert Stuart has been reported to the police. He was missed from his home on Saturday,…

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Banquet to the Mayor

The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 January 1895 · page 2

A meeting of the general committee of the citizen banquet to the Mayor was held at Rainford's Hotel, Oxford-street, on Monday evening to complete arrangements for…

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Municipal. St. Peters Council

Evening News · Wednesday 2 January 1895 · page 3

The St. Peters Council met on Monday night. The Mayor (Alderman Judd) was in the chair. Accounts amounting to £82 4s 7d were passed for payment. The…

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An Alderman Missing. Sensation at Penrith. PENRITH

The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 January 1895 · page 2

A considerable sensation has been caused around Penrith during the past two or three days by the mysterious disappearance from home of Alderman Robert Stuart. He left…

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An Alderman of Penrith Missing. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Penrith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1895 · page 5

Alderman Robert Stuart left his home at Cambridge on Saturday morning, and has not since been heard of. Only his relatives and his immediat[?] friends know that he was missing till late on…

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The New Mayor. Assumption of Office. Visits of Congratulation

Evening News · Wednesday 2 January 1895 · page 6

Alderman S. E. Lees, the new Mayor of Sydney, formally assumed office at the Town Hall to-day. Daring the forenoon there was a number of callers at the…

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The Federal Council. Date of Meeting

The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 January 1895 · page 5

As matters stand at present the Federal Council has been summoned by the Governor of Tasmania to meet at Hobart on January 31 next, but whether that date will be…

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Municipal Councils. Randwick. State of the Local Reserve

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1895 · page 6

At the last meeting of this council a petition was received from 25 ratepayers and residents in the South Ward calling attention to the state of the reserve in Oberon and Perouse streets. The…

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Municipal Notes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1895 · page 3

The question of re-making Boundary-street, which has been before the Randwick Council for some time, will, by all appearances, shortly be settled. Alderman…

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An Alderman Missing From Penrith

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 5

PENRITH, Wednesday.--Alderman R. Stuart, residing at Lambridge, near Penrith, has been missing from his home since last Saturday morning. His friends and…

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The New Mayor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 4
Also in The Australian Star

Alderman S. E. Lees, M.P., the new Mayor, took possession of his quarters at the Town-hall yesterday. It was really his formal assumption of office, the previous…

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The Missing Alderman. Found Near His Home

Evening News · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 4

PENRITH, January 3.-Mr. Robert Stuart, the missing alderman, was found this morning a short distance from his home. He was in a very weak state, and…

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Citizens' Banquet to the Mayor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 4

A meeting of the general committee in connection with the banquet to the new Mayor (Alderman S. E. Lees) was held at Rainford's Hotel yesterday. The executive…

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The Greta Disturbance. Rioters Fined. the Mayor's Instructions. a Severe Threat

Evening News · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 2

GRETA, January 3.-At the local police court on Wednesday a coalminer named Thomas Charnock was charged with riotous behavior in High-street on New Year's…

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Forthcoming Municipal Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 3

In accordance with the Municipalities Act onethird of the aldermen of the suburban and country municipal councils retire by rotation early in February. Tuesday, 5th February, has been fixed as…

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Municipal Notes. Cabmen's Shelter at Ashfield

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 7

The attention of the Ashfield Council was last night drawn by Alderman Beaver to the fact that nothing further had been done concerning the proposed erection of a…

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