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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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At a meeting of the local council last night, the Mayor (Alderman Chapman) presiding, a letter was received from the secretary of the Temperance and General Mutual Life Assurance Society to the effect…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. H. Pemberton has been elected council clerk. The council decided, by three votes to two, to dispense with the usual guarantee bond. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Singleton.—Retiring aldermen: H. York, A. Grainger, and A. Bailey. South Singleton.—Retiring aldermen: A. Simmons and A. J. Tulloch. It is understood all will seek re-election, and W. H…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir, -- By the vacancies in the different suburban councils (occasioned by effluxion of time), opportunities are afforded the ratepayers of improving the personnel thereof very much,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alderman Harry Cox informed the Balmain Council, at the last meeting, that it was his intention not to seek ro-election as alderman, but the fact having become known he had…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At last night's meeting of the Sydney Labor Council, presided over by Mr. T. H. Thrower, applications for affiliation were received from several unions, and delegates from the Balmain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Henry Macnamara, Mayor of the Glebe, has been making inquiries into the condition of Blackwattle and Rozelle Bays, and the causes of their pollution. He has received from Mr. G. T…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The weekly meeting of the Sydney Labour Council was held last night at the trades Hall. The president (Mr. T. H. Thrower) occupied the chair, and the attendance was large…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Thursday.--A largely-attended Convention of the United Irish League was opened yesterday in Dublin. Mr. John E. Redmond, leader of the Irish…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Broken Hill Proprietary, Company Block 14, Limited, v. the Municipal district of Broken Hill. On the application of Mr. T. E. Creswell, agent for Mr. Justin M'Carthy, of Broken Hill (solicitor for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LIVERPOOL, Thursday.--The secretary of the Temperance and General Mutual Life Society has written to the local council, informing that Its offer of a loan of £32,000 is withdrawn, consequent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ARMIDALE, Thursday.--At the municipal council meeting last evening the Mayor reported that the loan of £8000 was due next September. Mr. Guignl, from whom the money was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alderman Thomas Hughes, the new Mayor, was born in Sydney in the year 1863, and is probably the youngest man ever placed in the Mayoral chair of his native city. But though…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →At the last meeting of Leichhardt Council the matter of the Rozalle Bay nuisance was brought up by Alderman O'Toole. He moved,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. See and Mr. Critchett Walker waited on the Mayor yesterday, and assured Mr Hughes that the Government would render all possible assistance in matters between the State…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A meeting of the above Council was held on Monday night. Present. The Mayor (Ald F D Woodriff), Ald F H Woodriff E K Waldron, L C Tennant, C Randdall,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Amongst the visitors to the Mayor of Sydney yesterday were the State Premier (Mr. See), and the Russian Consul (Mr. E. M. Paul), who tendered him their…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →At the last meeting of the committee of the Parramatta Progress Association the following minute was adopted for insertion on the records of the committee:--"That this…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The usual meeting was held on Monday night. Present : Aldermen Treadgold (Mayor), Colebrook, Westbrook, O'Toole, Dyer, Steward, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE ordinary meeting of this Council was held on Thursday last. Present: The Mayor (Alderman J. Thompson), and Aldermen Brown, Musgrove,…
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