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Now standing the fact that there was seven motions on the business paper of a [?] or less important character, that a reports from the Council Clerk with reference to gaslight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →PERTH (W.A.). Doc. 24.—Mr. Witlenoon has been chosen as the fifth delegate to the Federal Convention. The others are the Premier (Sir John Forrest) and Messrs. Le Steere, Hacklett, and Lafroy…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →To a Sydney man, bred in an atmosphere of divided authority, the complete control exercised by the municipal council of Birmingham in all that affects the welfare of the citizens is…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →LONDON, Friday.—The following New Year's honors have been announced:— Sir Joseph Lister, Bart.. F.R.S., D.C.L., LL.D.. Surgeon Extraordinary to the Queen…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Three of the local councillors retire next month—Messrs. Vallance (the present Mayor), Hollier, and Wheatley. The last-named and the Mayor are likely to be opposed. It is not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AT the meeting of the Water and Sewerage Board last Wednesday, Alderman David Davis brought up his motion in favor of allowing annual holidays to the manual…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following letter in reference to a shocking State of sanitary affairs at Ultima should claim the attention of the Board of Health, the Water and Sewerage Board, the Municipal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A LARGELY SIGNED requisition has been presented to Mr. I. Reginald Cohen asking him to become a candidate for a spat in the Annandale Borongh Council at the ensuing February…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AS most people are probably aware, the badly-bungled and malodorous Bean case is not' yet finished. The appeal of' George Dean against the sentence of 14 years…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Monday, November 9, in seconding the nomination of Alderman Hayman for the position of Mayor of Deal for a second terra, an alderman said:--In looking over the corporation deed box, among records for data for his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Messrs. John Young (Mayor), W. J. Ferris, J. J. Maxwell, and W. Smith are the four retiring aldermen for the municipality of Annandale this year, and it is understod that each of them…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the last meeting of the Leichhardt Council, the Mayor (Alderman R. B. Cropley) announced that he had received a special grant of £320 from the Government, which was a portion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thirty-one members nave been nominated for election to the council of the Railway Institute on behalf of the commissioners, of whom sixteen are to be elected. The nominations are split up…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Balmain council held a special meeting last night to consider the question of how best to get rid of the Church-street drainage, in view of the recent request of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Annandale.—It is understood that the four retiring aldermen—Messrs. John Young (Mayor), W. J. Ferris, W. Smith, and J. J. Maxwell—will seek re-election. The only other candidates as yet announced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The forthcoming elections for the Woollahra Municipal Council have not caused much stir up to the present, the only alderman against whom opposition has been announced is Alderman E. W. Knox, for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three aldermen retire from Five Dock--viz., J. Croker (the present Mayor), West Ward; J. H. Lucas, Eastward; and J. F. Loxton, North Ward. No announcement has yet been made of new…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alderman L. G. Abrams, of the Glebe, had the misfortune, during Monday forenoon, to receive a sunstroke while at his ordinary avocation in connection with the firm of Briscoe, Drysdale, and Company. He…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mayor (Alderman Williams, J.P.) presided over the last meeting of this council. There were also present: —Aldermen Navin, Walsh, Lamond, Hole, Adams, Smith, Anderson, Danks, and Dunning. A return was received…
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