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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1895

3,669 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 184

Liverpool. the Council and the Health Board

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1895 · page 6

A meeting was held at the council-chambers on the 8th instant. The Board of Health wrote relative to the council's notification of the registration of the premises of Mr. J.E. Ashcroft under the provisions…

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"A Bowling Trophy and the Glebe Council." (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Monday 14 January 1895 · page 3

Sir,--My attention having been repeatedly drawn to a report under above heading in your issue of January 8 I trust you will allow me space to correct the false…

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Glebe Municipal Elections

Evening News · Monday 14 January 1895 · page 6

Touching the forthcoming municipal elections for the Glebe, and in connection with the facts published in this journal the other day, it…

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Municipal Councils. Concord. Intended Aldermani[?] Resignation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1895 · page 6

At a recent meeting Alderman A. T. Pringle wrote, asking for leave of absence till the end of the municipal year, as it was his intention to resign his seat. A letter from Mr. P.H. Moreton on the…

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Local Government Bill. Municipal Conference

The Australian Star · Monday 14 January 1895 · page 3

The third meeting of the conference of municipalities to discuss the new Local Government Bill was held at the Redfern Council-chambers on Friday night,…

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Municipal Elections. Rockdale

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1895 · page 2

Owing to the fact that, the mayor of Rockdale (Alderman W. Taylor), who retire by effluxion of time, seeking re-election to the council, it was necessary to…

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Municipal Notes. the Local Government Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1895 · page 2

The request of the Colonial Secretary that the council in making their assessment for the ensuing year take a valuation on the unimproved basis, for the…

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Glebe Bowling Club. And the Local Council

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 January 1895 · page 3

An important general meeting of the Glebe Bowling Club was held in the pavillion on Saturday afternoon. The president, Mr. Hogue, M.L.A., occupied the chair,…

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Municipal. Leichhardt and Annandale. the Councils in Conference

Evening News · Tuesday 15 January 1895 · page 2

A meeting of the joint Councils of Leichhardt and Annandale was held at the Town Hall, Leichhardt, last night, for the purpose of hearing the report of the…

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Municipal Conference. Finances of Leichhardt and Annandale

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 January 1895 · page 3

The financial rotations between the boroughs of Leichhardt and Annandale having occasioned a vast amount of correspondence recently, it was decided that the most…

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Municipal Matters. Woollahra

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 January 1895 · page 8

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Woollahra council was held last night, there being present: Aldermen Magney (Mayor), Quaife, Reading, Davis, Trickett, Knox,…

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Victorian Finance. Drastic Retrenchment. The Municipal Subsidy. To be Extensively Curtailed--The Postal Department--Suggested Economics. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 January 1895 · page 5

As was expected, the Government has decided in view of the attitude of the Legislative Council to drop its land value taxation proposals for the present. At a…

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Municipal Elections. Waterloo

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 January 1895 · page 6

Aldermen E. T. Walsh (Mayor), M. F. Smith, and S. F. Smith retire by effluxion of time. Alderman M. F. Smith was elected last year in the place of Alderman…

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Municipal Conference at Leichhardt

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 January 1895 · page 6

The aldermen representing the municipal councils of Leichhardt and Annandale met in conference at the Leichhardt Town-hall last night to arrange, if possible, for the…

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Municipal Notes. Manly Finances

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 January 1895 · page 6

A special meeting of the finance committee of the Manly Council was held on Friday evening. The Mayor (Alderman H. E. Farmer) presided. A letter was read from…

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Municipal Matters. Ashfield Council. The Outbreak of Typhoid. Matter Discussed by the Aldermen-- No Rubbish Tip Available-- A Serious Difficulty

The Australian Star · Wednesday 16 January 1895 · page 3

The Ashfield council, or, rather, the Mayor of the borough, is impaled on the horns of a dilemma. His Worship plaintively stated last night at the…

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Civil Service Aldermen. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Wednesday 16 January 1895 · page 2

Sir,--Probably no other council in the vicinity of Sydney is situated precisely as the Ashfield council is, inasmuch as that no less than three of its present aldermen are…

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Special Council Meeting

Referee · Wednesday 16 January 1895 · page 3

A special Council meeting of the Association was hold on Wednesday night last at the Association rooms,Oxford-street.Mr.R.Coomboa(president)occupied the chair.there…

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Our Note-book. the Australian Eleven's Financial Squabbles. The Cricket Council's Intervention

Referee · Wednesday 16 January 1895 · page 1

At tho recent meeting of the Cricket Council in Adelaide, tho letter appended was read,being a complaint from several members of the last Australian team about…

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Municipal. BURWOOD

Evening News · Wednesday 16 January 1895 · page 3

The Burwood Council met last night. The Public Works Department signified receipt of council's letter drawing attention to the delay in connection with the…

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