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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1895

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Municipal Councils. Balmain. Improvement of the Town Hall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 8

The Mayor (Alderman H. B. Swan) presided at the meeting of the Balmain Council on 29th January. Correspondence was read from Mr. W. Armstrong, who expressed his willingness to meet…

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The Municipal Elections. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 7

Theo annunl elections to theo municipal councils of North and South Brisbane took place to-day and created much interest. At North Brisbane Messrs. J. A. Clark and G. Watson (the retiring…

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Meetings. Municipal Control of the Drink Traffic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 8

The committee appointed by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church to consider the scheme of the convener (the Rev. T. Milne) for the municipal control of the drink traffic met in the church office,…

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Municipal Nominations and Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 7

The following returns have been received of the nomination of candidates for election and also the returns of the unopposed candidates at the forthcoming municipal contests:…

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Municipal Elections. The Nominations

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 6

Campbelltown--At noon to-day the following candidates were nominated:--For aldermen: Stephen James Shanley, Nicholas Doyle, David Hugh Barker and William…

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Municipal Notes. Land Tax for Local Government Purposes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 6

Copies of the following resolution, proposed to be sent to Mr. G. H Reld. Premier, by the Hunter's-hill Council, are being forwarded by that council to all municipal councils, asking…

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Municipal Responsibility

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 4

The deputation from the Parkes Municipal Council, which waited on the Minister for Works on Monday with the cool request Unit lie would…

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The Municipal Elections. Nomination of Candidates

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 6

The formal nominations of candidates for the positions of aldermen throughout the colony were made yesterday. Following is a list of the aldermen and auditors…

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A Point in Municipal Law

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 5

ALBURY, Tuesday.--A peculiar cam plication has arisen here in connection with the municipal revision court. It has been the custom of the revision courts, when…

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A Prosperous Municipality

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 5

LISMORE, Tuesday.--Last night, at a meeting of the municipal council, the Mayor (Dr. Bernstein Reid) read a financial statement, showing a very healthy state of…

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The Redfern Council's Electric Light. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 February 1895 · page 3

Sir,—A recent issue of your paper informs the public that the Redfern Council have agreed to supply residents in Regent-street, Sydney, with the electric light for a monetary remuneration. I hope the Redfern…

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Municipal. Hunter's Hill

Evening News · Thursday 7 February 1895 · page 3

The following resolution which it is proposed to forward to. the Premier has been Bent by the Hunter's Hill Council to other municipal bodies asking their…

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Country Municipalities and Water Supply. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 February 1895 · page 6

Sir,—I notice that a great [?]tery is being made re the disinclination or inability shown by a few of the country in municipalities to pay up promptly in connection with the public money expended in…

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Municipal Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 February 1895 · page 7

The following additional returns have been receiced:- CAMDEN.—For aldermen: H. P. Re[?]ves, F. H. Burne, C. T. Whiteman, James Frier. For auditors:…

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Municipal Matters. The Nominations

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 February 1895 · page 3

The following nominations were received for the country councils :-- Armidale.-- West Ward : W. H. Watson. Central Ward: George Wigan (elected…

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A Prosperous Municipality. Cooma

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 February 1895 · page 5

At the monthly meeting of the Cooma council on Tuesday evening the Mayor, Mr. Charles F. Welch, J.P., who has declined a large requisition, in bidding…

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Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. the New South Wales Legislative Council. Sir Geoege Dibbs's Nominations. Coeeespondence to Be Galled For. London, Feb. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 February 1895 · page 5

Mr. Thomas B. Curran, M. P., intends to move in the House of Commons for the production of the correspondence which passed between Lord Ripon (Secretary of…

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Mayor of Bathurst. Bathurst

The Australian Star · Friday 8 February 1895 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon Alderman W. P. Bassett was unanimously elected Mayor of Bathurst…

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The Country. the Labor Party and the Legislative Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 February 1895 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--Mr. D. R. Watkins, M.P., addressed a meeting at West Wallsend on Tuesday. He referred to the action of the Legislative Council in…

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Local Government. More Municipal Districts

Evening News · Friday 8 February 1895 · page 5

The following maps have been prepared by the Local Government Commission and are now ready in addition to those already published:…

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