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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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The hearing of a suit which has excited a good deal of interest in municipal circles was commenced in the Bunco Court, before the Chief Justice and a jury of four. The plaintiff was Alderman Matthew Harris,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Legislative Assembly met yesterday afternoon at 4.30, but there being no business to engage its attention, it was decided to suspend the sitting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The North Shore Ferry Company has replied to letters from the North Sydney Council in regard to matters concerning the company. The letter stated that the fares on the Neutral Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The President of the Legislative Council announced the receipt of the message from the Legislative Assembly after a little preliminary business had been disposed of in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The President took the chair at 4.30 p.m., when Mr. Pulsford gave notice of his intention at next sitting day to ask the representative of the Government whether it was a fact that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday. --The Employers' Parliamentary Council has informed Mr. C. T. Ritchie, President of the Board of Trade, that no way can be seen at present for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The President (Sir John Lackey) took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT. The PRESIDENT announced that he had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. HUGHES, Vice-President of the Executive Council, moved the second reading of the Advances to Settlers Bill in the Legislative Council. The colony had, he said, been passing through…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. HUGHES (Vice-President of the Executive Council) moved the second reading ol the Advances to Settlers Bill. He said the object of the bill was to enable the Government to advance…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The second reading of the Advances to Settlers Bill was moved by Mr. Hughes in the Legislative Council last evening. In doing so he made reference to the severe drought,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The City Council met this morning, the Mayor, Alderman M. Harris, M.L.A., presiding. On taking his seat the Mayor, announced that the business of the meeting was to strike…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The members of the North Sydney Council, and one alderman in particular, spend a great deal of time in discussing the alleged delinquencies of the North Shore Ferry Company, Limited, and in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Legislative Assembly sat all Tuesday night discussing the amendments by the Legislative Council in the Federation Enabling Bill. The House was in committee. The question before the Chair was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the Legislative Council yesterday, the message from the Assembly notifying disagreement with certain of the Council's amendments in the Australasian Federation Enabling Bill was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the last meeting of the Alexandria Council the report of the assessors (Messrs Matthews and Gain) of the valuations of all rateable property in the borough for the current municipal year was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The meeting of the City Council to strike a rate for the year was concluded to-day. Continuing the discussion on the proposal that the rate be 1s 4d in the £,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →When seen subsequent to the meeting by a representative of "The Daily Telegraph," the Mayor complained somewhat of the discrepancies in the several estimates that had been prepared…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alderman Booper, at the Waterloo Council last night, moved—"That the motion passed on December 16, 1896, viz., 'That Mary-street, from Phillip-street to Raglan-street, be tar-metalled and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. C. G. Heydon said he had looked over the Bill, and he thought it was one of the worst ever sent up to the Chamber. (Hear, hear.) It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This Waratah Council has been working for some considerable time past to ensure an improved inspection of cattle slaughtered for human…
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