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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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Mr. F. S. Isaacs, S.M., was engaged the greater pare of yesterday, at the Newtown Police Court, in hearing two cases, both of the same nature--one against Thomas Gleeson, the other against Alfred Graham Manwaring…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Court for hearing of appeals against assessment of the Newcastle Council's valuers for the current year was held yesterday, before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M. The Australian Agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A number of ratepayers assembled in the Liverpool Town Hall last Friday, to listen to speeches delivered by Ex-Alderman J. H. Moreshead, Mr. Cole and other gentlemen in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alderman J. G. Griffin, the representative of the suburban municipalities on the Water and Sewerage Board, attended Monday night's meeting of the Leichhardt Council for the purpose, among…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The death of Mr. James Henry Ramford, J.P., an ex-alderman of the City Council, ex-superintendent of the Fire Brigades, and a gentleman well-known in licensed victuallers' and thespian circles, occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The usual weekly meeting of the Executive was held yesterday. The Governor presided. Only formal business was transacted, and afterwards a Cabinet meeting was held, at which several…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The council met on Tuesday evening, the Mayor (Alderman Moxham) presiding. The Mayor laid on the table the plan of the proposed new tank at the Parramatta waterworks. The [?]pector of nuisances…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Despite the many precautionary measures adopled by the local municipal council for the prevention of the introduction of the bubonic plague to the suburb, Balmain at the present holds the record for the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No particulars could be got out of the Premier yesterday in reference to the appointments which this Government is going to make to the Legislative Council. Mr. Lyne merely smiled when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Considerable surprise and shock were manifested in civic and theatrical circles particularly, and among the other members of the community generally, when at became known that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A special meeting of the Prospect and Sherwood Council was held on Thursday evening. Mayor E. P. Pearce presided and there was a full Council present…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This Council met on Wednesday. Present: Mayor Bell, Aldermen Anthony Davidson, Critchley, Anderson, Bellenger, Paine and Downey…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The recent discreditable proceedings in the City Council only supply further proof of the long patent fact that this institution has reached a state of boneless degeneracy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The general meeting of the Parramatta Council was held on Monday evening. Present: The Mayor (Alderman T. R. Moxham), and Aldermen Champion, Saunders, Allen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A special meeting of the Marrickville Council was held on Monday night for the purpose of considering a proposal by the Public Works Department for the permanent improvement of the low-lying portion of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →At Tuesday night's meeting of the Balmain Council the Mayor (Alderman Mills) informed the assembled aldermen that since the previous meeting of the council two more cases of plague had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the Water Police Court, yesterday, before Mr. J. Mair, S.M., a number of persons were proceeded against on a charge of scattering refuse about the streets to the danger of public health. Mr. Dawson (city solicitor)…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A conference of delegates from the municipal councils of Erskineville, Newtown, Alexandria, and St. Peters, for the purpose of discussing the important question of the disposal of house…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the Newtown Police Court on Monday two residents of St. Peters were proceeded against on an information charging them with having on February. 10 last at an election of candidates to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alderman E. J. Harbor brought under the notice of the St. Peters Council, at its meeting on Monday night, a matter of importance to most municipalities. He said that at the previous meeting the secretary of the…
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