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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1899

3,966 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 199

Cabramatta and Canley Vale Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 3

The fortnightly meeting of this Council was held on Thursday. Present—Alderman Stimson (Mayor) Aldermen Simpson, Westacott, Telfer, and Zani…

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Liverpool Council. The Loan Question

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 3

The regular meeting of the above Council was held on Tuesday. More than common interest was taken in the proceedings, owing to the loan question being on the business paper…

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Stock Boards' Council of Advice

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 21

The Stock Boards' Council of Advice waited on January 12 upon the Hon. J. N. Brunker (Colonial Secretary), the Railway Commissioners, and the Under-Secretary for Mines and Agriculture, with…

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The Grazier. Stock Boards' Council of Advice

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 126

Eight members of the above board, Messrs. W. Alison (chairman), F. W. Bacon, Hon. Rupert Carington, C. S. Hebdon, J. do V. Lamb, T. Leslie, M. E. Maher, and P. Oakden, waited, on the 12th…

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Smithfield and Fairfield Council. Alleged Separation.—The Fairfield Post-office

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 8

The Council met on Wednesday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Hall), and Aldermen Braine, Hollier, Stimson, Anthony, Paine, Cell and Downey…

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Life in London and Thereabout. Chronicled by Henry W. LUCY. Some Royal Customs-A Lord Mayor and Thackeray—Black and Blackmore—The Cambridge Don—Parliament-streat. WESTMINISTER, Dec. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 5

There is, I hear, somo probability that the present year will, among other things, be memorable by reason of the abandonment of the custom of a Cabinet Minister being in attendance on tho…

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Municipal Nominations

Nepean Times · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 6

Tuesday, 7th February, will be Nomination Day for the Penrith, St Marys, Mulgoa, and Castlereagh Municipalities. So far there are rumors of all sorts of people standing, but up to the present only one…

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Municipal Elections

Evening News · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 3
Also in The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate

A very large and influentially signed requisition is to be presented to Mr. Thomas Fanning, builder, of 280 Abercrombie-street, Golden Grove, Redfern, asking him to contest the Golden Grove Ward…

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Auburn Municipal Elections. To the Editor of the "Evening News."

Evening News · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 6

Sir,—Will you kindly allow me to correct a misstatement that appeared in your issue of the 18th re the Auburn municipal elections, that the Auburn Bijou Dramatic Company is running a…

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Liverpool Municipal Quarry

Evening News · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 3

At the last meeting of the Liverpool Council a letter was received from the Secretary for Lands stating that me portion of land, formerly part of the church and school lands,…

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Municipal Elections. (Continued from page 3.)

Evening News · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 5

NARRANDERA, Saturday.—Municipal matters are quiet. Messrs. T. H. Elwin (Mayor), J. J. Quirk, and Aiex. Brown are the retiring aldermen. The latter, it is understood, will not offer…

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Municipal Baths in England

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 173

With a view to obtaining as much information as possible regarding municipal baths in Great Britain, Mr. A. T. Hendry, of the New South Wales Amateur Swimming Association, communicated with…

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The Municipal Association and Its Opinions. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 13

Sir, -- In your issue of yesterday you report, under the above heading, some remarks made by Alderman Robinson, of the Erskineville Council, which place this association in a false light…

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Municipal. Alleged Municipal Neglect

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 11

As municipal authorities have frequently found, it is a we[?]kness of ratepaying human nature to think that its own particular locality has been left in the cold shades of neglect. Generally, there is little ground for the…

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Municipal. Liverpool

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 5

THE regular meeting of the above council was held at the Council Chamber on Tuesday evening last. Present—the Mayor (Alderman Moreshead), and Aldermen Smith. Tillett, Christiansen, C. A…

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Ryde Municipal Elections. Serious Allegations. "Stuffed" Rolls

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 7

It is pretty freely stated in several quarters, as mentioned in a previous issue of THE ARGUS, that the Ryde municipal rolls have been systematically and shamefully "stuffed,"…

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The Federal Council. Adelaide, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 January 1899 · page 7

Sir John Forrest, accompanied by Mr. J. W. Hackett, the Westralian members of the Federal Council, which is to meet in Melbourne next week, will reach Adelaide by…

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Libelling a Lord Mayor. London's Rotten Corporation. Alderman Sir Joseph Savory, M.P. a Cronk Company Claims £10,000 Damages. The Boodler Badly Bit. A Jury Give Bim 'Beans.' In the Shape of Heavy Costs. A Lesson and a Warning. To Antipodean Imitators

Truth · Sunday 22 January 1899 · page 4

IN the Queen's Bench Division last month, Mr. Justice Day and a special jury heard the case of Savory v. Edward L[?]oya, Limited, and another, Sir Joseph Savory. M.P. an…

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Municipal Reform

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 January 1899 · page 6

The annual elections of aldermen, -which takes place early next month, afford an opportunity which ought not to be neglected for making a serious effort to raise the…

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