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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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A special meeting of the Quirindi Municipal Council will be held on Wednesday night to consider the resignation of the town clerk, Mr. William Penn Blick Hungerford…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →At a recent meeting of Mosman Council, when the proposal to erect swimming baths in Mosman Bay was being discussed, one of the aldermen gave as a reason against their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the meeting of the works committee of the City Council yesterday, under the presidency of Alderman W. T. M'Elhone, it was decided to recommend to council the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Freame, Mayor of Prospect and Sherwood, writes: "While thanking you for your good wishes upon my election to the chair of the above council your…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Lord Mayor's proposais in reference to resumptions in Oxford-street, with a view to widening that thoroughfare, were finally considered by the City Council at a special…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alderman M'Manus, of the North Sydney Council, met with an accident last night. He was about to outer a tram in the vicinity of the North Star Hotel Miller-street. whilst on his way to attend a council…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The regular fortnightly meeting of the Parramatta Council was held on Monday. Present: Mayor. Waugh, and Aldermen W. P. Noller, D. D. Henderson, C. A. B…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Lord Mayor, on behalf of the Royal Life Saving Society of England, yesterday morning presented Mr. J. J. Kearney, one of the council's attendants at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A peculiar position has a[?]ison in connection with the local council. Owing to its failure to elect a Mayor within the prescribed time. Alderman Close was appointed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →At the last meeting of the Enfield Council the new Mayor (Alderman James Mackay) Submitted a minute, showing that it would be necessary for the council to go steady. Good work had been carried…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A representative of "The Daily Telegraph" sought the Lord Mayor yesterday, concerning the 'case of plague that had been discovered in the city, and was referred to the acting Health Officer, Dr. Sinclair…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At lunch, after the quarterly meeting of the City Council yesterday, the Lord Mayor introduced to the aldermen Major Cardew, who has just arrived from England to inspect the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →At the North sydney Council last night Alderman Clark protested against the spending of large sums of money on the parks for the sake of a few individuals, without…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The only business before the quarterly meeting of the City Council yesterday was the confirmation of a minute by the Lord Mayor, with regard to the widening of Oxford-street to the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →At the last meeting of the Randwick Council a communication was received from the Coogee Surf Life-saving Brigade, requesting the council, in view of the recent surf-bathing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A deputation representing the pastoral industry and the meat trade waited on the Minister for Works a few days ago in connection with the proposed now abattoirs and saleyards, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In an interview this morning with an "Evening News" reporter, the Lord Mayor of Sydney said that be had had an interview with Dr. S[?]r, Acting City Health Officer, and Mr. Duncan…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"I have already indicated to the 'Star' the broad principles upon which I propose that the municipality of Redfern should be included in the city," said Alderman J.O…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At a meeting of the health committee of the City Council this afternoon the aldermen interrogated Dr. Sinclair the acting-city health officer, regarding the cases of plague…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Lord Mayor, in a rejoinder to the letter of Mr. Henley, M.L.A., concerning the new abattoirs, published in "The Daily Telegraph" yesterday states that the letter had left him in a…
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