Marsfield Council
The Council met on January 27. Present: The Mayor (Alderman H. Lovell), Aldermen Bovorley, Adams, Guilliani and Sterland…
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Council & local affairs, 1898
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Rookwood Council
The Council met on Tuesday. Present: Alderman Lidbury (voted to the chair in the absence of the Mayor) and Aldermen Godson, Ritchie, Dundon, Douglas…
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The Council met on "Wednesday, February 2nd. Present: Aldermen H. Johnston (Mayor), Franks, Eyles, Cox and Spurway. Accounts amounting to £15 5s 6d were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Auburn. The Cock of the Castles. —Alderman Small Re-Elected
There were a few surprises in this borough, and a fair interest was taken in the elections. The biggest surprise was in West "Ward, where the bottle merchant…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Cost of Carriage. Mayor Jenkins' Statement
Since Mayor Henry Jenkins, of Rydal-mere, gave his evidence before the Public Works Committee, he has, as requested, furnished the Chairman with some…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Bankstown. Re-Election of Ex-Mayor Miller
The full Council met this week to elect a Mayor for the ensuing year. The results of tho election were announced as recorded elsewhere…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ructions at Auburn. The Mayor Loses his Temper. — Illegal Meetings.— Hurried Business.— "Disappointed Alderman."—The Meet-ing Ends Abruptly.—If One Meeting is Illegal Why Not the [?]
At the Auburn Council on Monday when the Aldermen met to elect a Mayor the point was taken that the meeting was clearly illegal, as the notice provided…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ermington and Rydalmere Council. Resignation of the Council Clerk
The Council met on Wednesday evening. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Jenkins), Aldermen Kirby, Spurway, Mobbs, Swane and Humphries…
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The Council met on February 2. Present:—The Mayor (Alderman Vallance) and the full Council. The outgoing correspondence included a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rookwood. Ald Jay Elected.—A Unanimous Decision. —A Happy Family.—Recognition of the ex-Mayor's Energy and Abilities
A. special meeting of the Rookwood Borough Council was held at the Council Chambers on Tuesday. The retiring Mayor (Ald. F. Lidbury) presided, and there were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →City Council Inquiry. the Press and the Public to Be Admitted
A meeting of the committee of the whole of the City Council which for some time past has been engaged in holding an investigation relative to the working of the various departments, was held at the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The New Mayors. Parramatta. Mayor Moxham Re Elected.—Review of the Year-Flourishing Condition of the Finances.—LOcal Gasworks Proposed
A special meeting of the Council was held on Wednesday. Present;: The Returning Officer (Mayor Moxham) presiding, and Aldermen Noller, Dixon, Campbell, Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Lively Scene in Granville. In by Two Votes —And Knocked Out in Two Hits —In the Midst of Liars—Alderman Duncum and Mr Osborn Come to Blows
Just as THE ARGUS representative had made up his mind that the afternoon had been wasted in attending the Granville declaration, and almost immediately after…
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Narrandera.For aldermen: Messrs. Fred. Smith, Fred. Hudson, and Arthur Russell. Alderman Elevin has been unanimously elected Mayor…
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BATHURST, Friday,--At a recent social gathering, ex-Mayor Bassett, who had occupied the Mayoral chair for three years in succession, read an interesting statement, contrasting the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Liverpool Municipal Elections
THE polling for the election of an alderman to represent each of the wards took place on Saturday last. The Mayor presided at the North Ward booth, Mr. F. Hartge at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Sydney Municipal Storm
Mattera in connection with the municipal government of Sydney are usually about as in-. terestlng as a mud puddle. The annual elections of aldermen do not stir the city to any…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →THE Municipal Elections. Parramatta. Messrs. Withers and Johnstone Re-Elected —Mr. Thorpe and " The Party"' He Takes his Gruel Badly. —Polite Language
THE polling for Anderson and Marsden Wards, Parramatta, was conducted on Saturday at the Town Hall and School of Arts respectively. The pell—especially in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rowdy Rookwood. What the Mayor Wore.—A Vote of Thanks that Wasn't Voted.—A Glorious Vindication.—Base Insinuations.—" Dirty Dick."—A Parramatta " Rag." — The Groves Audit.—Between the Devil and the Deep Sea. — Disorderly Scenes. —A Challenge to all and Sundry
When the Mayor and Returning Officer at the Rookwood elections (Alderman F. Lidbury) came forward to make the declaration of the poll a violent dust-storm was…
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THE recent embrogilo in connection with the audit of the books of the Rookwood Council when Mr Groves refused to certify and was fined for such refusal, gave more than…
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