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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1895

3,669 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 184

Burwood. Council and the Butchers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 11

Alderman Lindley (Mayor) presided at Monday night's meeting at which were also present Aldermen Archer, Crane, Cardew, S[?]son, Shute, and Scholes. A petition was received from the local…

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Rookwood Council Troubles. Disorderly Ratepayers

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 6

The Rookwood Council met on Friday evening to consider the final report of the Government auditor (Mr. G. E. Brodie). The Mayor (Ald. R. Slee) presided, and there were also…

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Australasian Labor Federation. Sydney District Council

The Australian Workman · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 3

THE usual meeting was held in the Trades Hall on Thursday evening, Mr. Sam Smith, President, in the chair. Executive minutes embodying a proposal…

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PARLIAMENT. Legislative Council. Tuesday, February 26

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 434

The House simply met to adjourn. The Attorney-General, who has charge of the Government measures in the Council, is absent from the colony, and the Vice-President of the Executive Council proposed…

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N.S.W. Parliament. Tuesday, February 26. Legislative Council

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 16

The President reported the death of Mr. John Smith, M.L.C., which occurred during the Christmas adjournment. Messages were received from the Governor…

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Auburn Borough Council Mr. Smailes on the Job. Helping the Unemployed

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 2

THE ordinary meeting of this Council took place on Monday evening. —Present : Aldermen Thomas Taylor (Mayor), O.W. Small, Baker, Blackett, Lightfeot, J.D. Ritchie…

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Hunter’s Hill Council. Huntley’s Point to Remain As Before. the Land-tax Agitation

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 2

The regular meeting of the above Council was held on Friday, the 22nd instant, at 8 p m. There were present—The Mayor (Ald. Turner), and Aldermen Joubert, Thomson,…

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Municipal Councils. Ashfield. Disposal of Garbage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 11

Aldermen Ninian Melville (Mayor), Mills, Upward, Stanton, Beaver, Josephson, Broughton, Brown, and Dongan were present at the last meeting of this council. Petersham Council wrote stating…

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A Municipal Election

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 6

MUDGEE, Friday.--Henry Wallace Albert Howard was nominated for the vacancy in the Hill End Council, created by the death of Alderman Kay…

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Rook Wood Municipal Election

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 6

Consequent upon the resignation of Mr. Alban, Gee, J.P., from the Rookwood Council, an election [?] be field shortly to fill the vacancy; and; as Alderman Gee was the last;…

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Municipal Association

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 13

The monthly meeting of the committee of the Municipal Association was held at the Town Hall, Sydney, on February 20, Mr. J. Wheeler, vice-president,…

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THE Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers' Advocate. Parramatta, Saturday, March 2. Municipal Retrenchment

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 4

PRELIMINARY steps were taken at last Monday's meeting of the Parramatta Borough Council in the direction of the more economical…

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St. Peters Municipal Council. a Question of Responsibility

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1895 · page 7

A meeting of the above named council was held at the Council-chambers on Monday, 25th February, when the Mayor (Alderman Alexander Stuart) occupied the chair, and there were also present:…

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London County Council. the Annual Elections

Evening News · Monday 4 March 1895 · page 4

LONDON, March 2.—The elections to the London County Council took place to-day. There was a severe struggle between…

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London County Council Elections. Severe Struggle Between Parties. London, March 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1895 · page 5

The elections to the London County Council took place to-day. There was a severe struggle between the Moderates and Progressists, or…

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Our Special Cables. the London County Council. the Annual Elections. a Majority for the Progressives

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.--The elections for the London County Council took place yesterday. The Progressives, who are in favor of the municipal control of…

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The Drink Traffic. Licensing System Condemned. Rev. J. Milne's Pulpit Utterances. Christianity as Related to Drink.--Hereditary Influences and Intoxication--Municipal Control of the Trade--Proposed Reform

The Australian Star · Monday 4 March 1895 · page 3

Drink was the subject of a discourse at Chalmer's Presbyterian Church, Castlereagh-street, on Sunday evening by the Rev. James Milne, M.A. This was the…

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Municipal Notes. Addition to a Municipal Area

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1895 · page 2

The Local Government Commissioners have conveyed to the Strathfield Council by letter their opinion as to the treatment of the piece of unincorporated land lying between the…

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An Alderman's Seat. Attempt to Oust

Evening News · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 4

An application was made to the Full Court to-day on behalf of William Yates for a rule calling upon Tertius Nicholson Ireland to show cause why he should not be…

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Attempt to Oust an Alderman. The Alexandria Election

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 5

An application was made to their Honors Sir George Innes and Mr. Justice Simpson, in Bunco, this morning by Mr. Moss, on behalf of one William Yates, for a rule calling…

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