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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1896

3,336 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 167

Locksley Deviation Bathurst Unemployed Ignored. Action of the Council. Indignant Aldermen-- Reid's Picture of Prosperity -- Still Awaiting Realisation-- Election Promises. BATHURST

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 January 1896 · page 5

At a meeting of the borough council last night Alderman Halliday drew attention to the necessity of action being taken to show the Minister for Works that Sydney…

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Charges of Embezzlement. Against an Ex-Council Clerk

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 January 1896 · page 5

John Maulo Hill, until lately council clerk at Enfield, was before the Water Police Court to-day charged with the embezzlement of three sums totalling £18 12s…

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Municipal. Petersham

Evening News · Thursday 23 January 1896 · page 3

This council met on Tuesday, there being present—the Mayor (Mr. A. Rofe), and Aldermen Russell-Jones, M.L.A., Crothers, Moseley, Salier, Toms, Hordern, Baines, Gelding, Webster,…

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Municipal Elections

Evening News · Thursday 23 January 1896 · page 3

ALEXANDRIA.—A large and enthusiastic meeting of the ratepayers of Alexandria was addressed last night by Mr. F. C. Loveridge, one of the candidates for the representation of Beaconsfield…

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Municipal Notes. Fresh Water at Bondi Beach

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1896 · page 6

On Saturday afternoons, Sundays, and public holidays some hundreds, and, at times, thousands, of picnickers visit the Bondi Beach, and, the complaints are numerous that the local…

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Sydney Municipal Council. the Question of Suitable Abattoirs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1896 · page 3

A meeting of the finance committee of the City Council was held yesterday afternoon. The Mayor (Alderman I. E. Ives) presided, and there were also present Aldermen M. Chapman, Beare, Mackey…

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Methodist Federal Council Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1896 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--The Methodist Federal Council Conference met to-day, when the Rev. H. Burgess moved a long resolution, setting forth that there was no…

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City Council. Finance Committee Meeting

Evening News · Friday 24 January 1896 · page 5

A meeting of the finance committee of the City Council was held yesterday afternoon. The Mayor (Ald. I. E. Ives) presided, and the following members were present: Aldermen ML Chapman…

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City Council. Meeting of Finance Committee

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1896 · page 3

The finance committee of the City Council met yesterday at the Town-hall. The Mayor (Alderman Ives) presided, and the members present were--Aldermen Chapman, Beare,…

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Moss Vale Council. Moss Vale

The Australian Star · Friday 24 January 1896 · page 5

At a meeting of Moss Vale council Alderman D. M'Gregor asked the Mayor who the informant was in a charge made of breaking a bylaw. The Mayor said if the…

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Methodist Union. Draft Scheme of the Federal Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1896 · page 3

The federal council of the Wesleyan, Primitive, and United Free Methodist Churches concluded their labors last week in drafting a scheme for Methodist union in New South…

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Syrians and Indians. Action by the Redfern Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1896 · page 6

At the meeting of the Redfern Council last evening, a communication was received from the Board of Health, enclosing a copy of a letter respecting the Syrians and…

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City Council. Finance Committee. Wood-Blocking the Streets. Lighting the City -- The Electric Lighting Bill -- Pulley Lifts

The Australian Star · Friday 24 January 1896 · page 3

The finance committee of the City Council met yesterday at the Town Hall, the Mayor (Alderman I. E. Ives) presiding. There were also present: -- Aldermen Beare,…

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Municipal Elections

Evening News · Friday 24 January 1896 · page 5

Intending candidates for the forthcoming annual elections will do well to remember that their nominations must be in the hands of the several returning officers not later…

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Municipal Revision Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1896 · page 3

At the Town Hall, North Sydney, on Wednesday, the council sat as a Revision Court for the purpose of revising the municipal lists of persons supposed to be entitled to be enrolled upon the municipal rolls…

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Municipal Councils. Enfield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1896 · page 6

At a meeting held on Tuesday night, on the motion of Alderman Hodson, it was resolved that tenders be invited for the annual valuation. On the motion of Alderman Light, it was decided that one…

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Kogarah Municipality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1896 · page 6

This council met on Monday. The municipal bath committee reported that the proposed municipal baths would not only be a boon to the ratepayers, but would prove a remunerative outlay. The…

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Municipal Notes. Public Baths for Drummoyne

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1896 · page 6

The question of the necessity for the construction of public baths at Drummoyne arose at Wednesday's meeting of the local council, the matter being introduced by…

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Municipal Elections. Woollahra

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1896 · page 7

A number of supporters of Dr. F. H. Qunife, the retiring councillor for Piper Ward in the Woollahra municipality, was held on Monday evening at the offices of Mr. W. Rush. Mr. J…

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ROSEWOOD. Exeunt Two Aldermen of Rookwood

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 3

A correspondent dips his quill deeply in gull and indites the following:— "Alferman Groves and Farrell—acting, they state, under "advice"—have…

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