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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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M. Regis, the Mayor of Algiers, has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment, and in addition ordered to pay a heavy fine, for inciting to murder in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A special meeting of the above Council was held on Friday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Mahony) and the full Council. Correspondence wss read:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The veteran. Alderman H. T. Jones, as the new Mayor, was found in the chief seat at the Prospect and Sherwood Council meeting on Tuesday evening, and he used the tiller…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The debate on the Address-in-Reply was continued in the Legislative Council last night. Mr. Pitcher said that he would have no…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Contrary to expectations the public interest evinced in the opening of the federal session was not so great as might have been expected from the importance of the occasion. Though…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dr. CULLEN moved the adoption of the Address in Reply. He said that, as an ardent federationist, he congratulated the Government on the advance made since last session. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. J. J. Cohen, instructed by Mr. W. E. V. Robson, appeared for Christopher James Cullen, of Fig Tree, near Unanderra, and moved under section 109 of the Municipalities Act of 1897 for a rule nisi…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The special session of Parliament, convened for the purpose of enabling legislators to deal with one measure only and thus bring to a speedy and satisfactory conclusion the movement in favour of federal union,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In the Legislative Council, Dr. CULLEN moved the adoption of the following Address-in-Reply to the Governor's Speech: -- To his Excellency the Right Honorable Henry Robert,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. Pilchor, Q.C., Mr. H. P. Owen, and Mr. J. L. Campbell (instructed by Mr. Rr. S. Lambton) appeared for the plantiff (appallant), and Mr. Langer Owen and Mr. Harvey (instructed by Mr. H. T…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This council met on the 20th instant. There were present—The Mayor (Alderman J. Ahearn). Aldermen Lindley, Cardew, Hart, Sheppard, Raiston, Crune, Archer, M.L.A., and the council clerk (Mr. G. Simpson). A…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The disadvantage, evil, and loss attendant on having a number of small municipalities, and the need of amalgamation, or of something in the nature of a County Council, was dwelt upon by Alderman Farr, the ex-Mayor,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →At the last meeting of the Kogarah Borough Council Alderman Sheppard asked why it was that the local School of Arts had not been rated in past years and appeared likely to escape rating during the present term…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In replying to a vote of thanks passed to him for his attendance at a meeting of the St. Peters Council on Monday, Alderman W. Rigg, M.P., late Mayor of Newtown, made some remarks about the improvement which…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →At the meeting of the Camperdown Council on Tuesday touching references were made to the late Alderman John Cahill, whose death took place on Monday last. The Mayor (Alderman…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The very fine "Shire" steamer Morayshire, [?] maiden voyage from London, to the agency of Messrs Dalgety and Co., Limited, arrives to-day. she will discharge at Smith's wharf. A description of this vessel [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →It being impossible for the Lambton Council to hold a meeting, since there is not a quorum of aldermen now possessing seats, the Mayor of the municipality (Alderman Henry Burg) has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Legislative Council met shortly after 2 p.m. yesterday, when the President and several of the members, accompanied by the usual officials, drove to Government House, and presented the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A meeting of the committee of the City Council appointed to inquire into and report upon the best method of lighting the city by electricity, met again yesterday afternoon at the Town Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Legislative Council met yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and almost immediately started out for Governfnont House to present the Address-in-Reply to his Excellency's opening speech…
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