A Labor Mayor. Sydney
Mr. Leitch has been elected Mayor of Redfern. Mr. Leitch is Labor's first metropolitan Mayor. Only eight of the 12 aldermen voted, as there were…
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Council & local affairs, 1908
595 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 30
The New MAYOR.d His Future Administration
Alderman J. H. lvey commenced his Mayoral term yesterday, and so much has been said of past Mayoral administrations' that a "Miner" reporter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Barrier Miner. Saturday February 8, 1908. the New Mayor
ALDERMAN J. H. IVEY has been elected Mayor of Broken Hill for the municipal year 1908-9, and he is to be heartily congratulated upon the honor that has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Street Corner. on the Municipal Elections
"See here," said the Man with the Spider, utilising the instrument to scrape the perspiration off his forehead, "1 lost a shift over those elections on…
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The audacity with which the municipal bylaws in regard to the rules of the road are broken has become so patent that the authorities are…
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The fortnightly meeting of tile City Doun oil will be held to-morrow hight. The finance committcq will submit, the following report, embodying, a resolution adopted at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mayor for Fourteen Years. Sydney
Robert Wilson, who has been an aiderman in the Gerringong Municipal Council for 33 years, ami Mayor for the last 14 years, has been again elected Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The City Council
The first business meeting of the newly constituted City Council was held last night. There were present Aldermen J. H. Ivey (Mayor). Warnock, Wiekes, Bath, Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Excessive Railway Freights. Protest by the City Council
At the City Council meeting last night Alderman Booth moved that the Council, through the members for the district, bring under the notice of the South Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Strand Bite. Council and Commonwealth. Negotiations Strained. [Reuter's Message.] London
Lord Elcho, speaking at a meeting of the London County Council yesterday, remarked that the Council's committee was willing to let the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Duties of a Mayor. Prosecution at Nowra
The hearing was concluded late last Wed. nesday, says the "Sydney Morning Herald," of a case brought by David Hyam, of Terara, against Hugh M'Kenzie, Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dearth of Aldermen. Sydney
No formal nominations have been received of six aldermen to fill the vacencies in the Bourke Municipal Council. The returning officer has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A German Mayor
One of the principal requirements of a mayor of Germany is unqualified honesty, for in the municipal administration of that country "graft" in any…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Council Clerk Difficulty. Municipal Sweaters. Sydney
The Molong Council after advertising twice for a council clerk got no response. The salary offered was £110. Then the council communicated with Mr. Leo…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Electing a Mayor. Discreditable Scenes. Sydney
A discreditable scene occurred at the meeting of the Richmond municipal Council held for the purpose of electing a Mayor. Great personal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Barrier Mine[?] Saturday February 15, 1908. the Municipal Accounts
THE ratepayers are now in possession of the half-yearly statement of the city accounts, and the first thing that strikes the reader is, that instead of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Election of Mayor
IT is one of the penalties attached to Rublic life that those who venture into the fierce light that beats upon a Mayor must brave the criticism their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labor's First Mayor in the Metropolis. Redfern Gains the Distinction
Further particulars relative to the election of a Labor alderman as Mayor of Redfern (which fact was briefly recorded in a recent "Miner") are given…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Zealand Drought. Wellington Council's Action. Wellington
Owing to the drought in New Zealand the Wellington City Council is taking st[?] to curtail the use of water, prohibiting the operation of hydraulic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lord Mayor's Safe. Broken Into by Thieves. Lot of Jewellery Stolen. Sydney
The Lord Mayor's safe was broken into to-day and a lot of jewellery, valued at £300, stolen. No clue of the thieves has so far been obtainable…
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