Municipal Corruption. London, Jan. 20
In connection, with the bribery at the recent municipal elections at Shrewsbury, Shropshire, a large number of electors have been disfranchised. One hundred of the Liberal…
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In connection, with the bribery at the recent municipal elections at Shrewsbury, Shropshire, a large number of electors have been disfranchised. One hundred of the Liberal…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →On Saturdays evening last Alderman Trevarthen, the retiring alderman for Rockdale Ward, in the Rockdale Municipality, and who as seeking…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,— In walking around the St. George suburbs one is struck by the ragged-looking pine-trees planted by the different Councils. Does it ever…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ALDERMAN Perry, who is seeking re-election for West Ward, addressed a meeting of ratepayers at Mr. Doyle's residence, Hoxton Park, on Thursday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE regular fortnightly meeting of the above council was held at the Council Chamber on Wednesday evening last. Present—The Mayor (Alderman Chapman), and Aldermen Perry,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,-Aliow me to reply to a paragraph in last Saturday's ARGUS, [?] Mr. Lightfoot having no connection with the P.D.A. Mr. Lightfoot was a number and a vice-president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →From far away Pitt Row he came, The hero of my song, And, when he said his name was Waugh, The people said, " He's long."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The opinion of a man is often useful, especially when the man is well known to be a muter of the subject upon which he speaks; then his statements are more than…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Mayor of Mosman (Alderman F. R. Strange) was on Saturday the guest of the aldermen of the borough at a complimentary picnic held at Mr. Lane's picturesque grounds at Clontarf. During…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Rockdale Council has decided to wait upon the Australian Gaslight Company, and urge the necessity for the erection of a lamp at Napoleon-street, Sans Souci. The company has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Several canvassers at the recent municipal elections at Shrewsbury, Shropshire, were paid by both the Conservative and the Liberal parties…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Peter M'Lachlan, who was nominated as a candidate for the South-west Ward, has notified the returning officer of his intention to withdraw from the contest, which will now be fought out…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Australian Protestant Defence Association and the Loyal Orange lodges in the eastern suburbs have selected candidates for the municipal elections as follow:--Paddington: Upper Ward,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the regular fortnightly, meeting of the Parramatta Council, on Monday night, the Mayor made an explanation regarding the floating of the loans of the council, amounting to £56,600, at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mayor of Parramatta on Monday night gave his long-promised statement concerning the late reflotation of the borough's loans, and why he had accepted Mr. T. M. Slattery's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The closing of the municipal year was marked by the Willoughby Council by a divergence from ordinary council business, which resulted in a pleasant hour or so being passed. At the close…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At tho last meeting of the council of the Railway institute (Mr. H. W. M'Lachlan in the chair) the class committee's report, read by .Mr. T. K. M' Gowan, staled that a very satisfactory amount of work had been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The twenty-third quarterly meeting of the Council of Advice was held in the Land Board-room. Lands Department. on Wednesday and Thursday the 28th…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The staff and labour committee of the City Council held its usual monthly meeting yesterday evening, and spent a lively two hours [?]r, trying not to say what was on its mind…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The recent appointment of a slaughtering inspector by the Bexley Council occasioned a long discussion at the last meeting of that body as to what fees the officer was entitled to collect upon animals killed at the…
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