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This council met on Tuesday, February 7. There were present the Mayor (Alderman W. E. V. Robson, B.A.), Aldermen Mills, Pike, Brown, Nixon, Beaver, Lloyd, Upward, and the council clerk, Mr. T. Glassop. With…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Baptist community of North Sydney, which at present holds its services in the hall of the local School of Arts, is in possession of an allotment of land on which it is proposed, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →HAY, Wednesday.--For the West Ward, G. A. Miller withdrew, and the remaining candidate (Dr. Broinowski) was elected. For the South Ward, Barnett and Hill withdrew, and the remaining candidate (G. A. Miller)…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The announcement of the death, on the 6th inst., of Mr. William Elvy, who twice occupied the Mayoral chair of the Darlington council and acted as alderman of that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alderman H. Vernon was unanimously elected Mayor of the Borough of Redfern on Wednesday night for the ensuing year Alderman Howe moved…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Willoughby and lane Cove councils have under consideration the matter of extension of the tramway to Longuevilleroad corner, which will, it is averred, be of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following telegram has been forwarded to-day to the Minister of Mines by Mayor Fliby:— "Great dissatisfaction exists over the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The following aldermen and auditors (in addition to those reported in Wednesday's "Evening News") have been returned unopposed in the annual municipal elections:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The western suburbs municipal councils recently decided to take some joint action, with a view of securing a reduction of the excessive sewerage rate imposed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To-day the first batch of the suburban municipal elections will be contested. Unlike Parliamentary elections, the municipal struggles are not all fought on one day. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In the District Court yesterday afternoon the Municipal Borough of Rockdale proceeded against Josiah Mitchell, a painter and decorator, to recover £12 10s 8d, being the amount…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The bulk of tho municipal elections, with the local option polling, will take place tomorrow. There will still be a couple of contests left over for Monday, which is pretty…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →One of the candidates for Waverley Wan! for aldermanic honors is. Mr. Thomas' Cummins, of Bennett-street, Waverley. He is a rcaidclifc of 12 years, and a large pro- perty-owner In the borough. Having been a successful…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A special meeting was held on Thursday to elect a Mayor for the current year. Present: Aldermen F. C. Cox, J. Franks, G. Sparway, H. T. Johnston, J. Noil and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →At the present municipal elections in the borough of Willoughby all of the retiring aldermen were returned without opposition; and perhaps the explanation of this is to be found in the Mayoral summary of the year,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mayor of Sydney yesterday, at a meeting of the Municipal Council, called attention to the fact that there was a very thin house, it a black-list were kept of the names of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Baleanald.—Auditors: Baindbridge, 20; Reah, 14 (elected); Close, 8. Botany,—Owing to an informality in the nomination of Mr. James Russell as alderman for Cook…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The colony in in a very excited state just now. For the aldermanic elections are at hand, and perspiring gentlemen in the suburbs of Sydney are making the evenings…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Alderman Douglas, the retiring alderman for Central Ward, Rookwood, addressed a meeting of ratepayers from the Town Hall balcony last Monday, Mr. A. Hargraves in the…
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