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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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The adjourned quarterly meeting of the City Council was continued today, the Mayor (Alderman Ives) being in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, March 16:—Mr. R. W. Richards, city surveyor of Sydney, was banquetted last night by the Municipal Engineers' Association…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. R. W. Richards, city surveyor of Sydney, has been banqueted by the Municipal Engineers' Association. The chairman advised that a surveyor should…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →This council held its usual meeting on the 11th instant, the Mayor (Mr. [?]P. Miller) and all the aldermen being present. The finance committee's report, recommending the payment of £31, and the works committee's report,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A letter was received from the Leichhardt Council at last night's meeting of the Newtown Council protesting against the action of the Board of Water Supply…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In regard to one at least of its committees, the Marrickville Council is in a position from which extrication appears somewhat difficult. At the beginning of the municipal year the finance…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ST.PATRICK'S DAY will be duly celebrated all the world ever by Irishmen to-day, and perhaps nowhere (at any rate, so far as Australia is concerned) will the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir, -- The writer of the paragraph in Tuesday's issue signed "Zed" must have been pretty dense while present at the Annandale Council-chambers, else he…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Mayor presided at the last meeting, Aldermen [?], Gordon, Christie, Allen, Mackenzie, and Slatyer being also present. L[?] Council wrote, asking cooperation in a movement for the election of Mayors by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Carruthers having been requested by Hurstville Council to use his influence to have the long-standing Penshurst Park matter satisfactorily cleared up, has transmitted the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Thou shalt not sell on Sundays" is as much a commandment, from the standpoint of the Council of the Churches, as "Thou shalt not steal." At yesterday's meeting of the council a petition…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The monthly meeting of the committee of the New South Wales Municipal Association was held at the Town Hall on Wednesday afternoon. Alderman John Wheeler, senior vice-president, in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A special meeting of the Glebe municipal council was held in the Glebe Town Hall on Monday night for the purpose of adopting the valuation and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Speaking to a Herald reporter yesterday about the publicity which has of late [?] given to the need of more efficient inspection of su[?]rban slaughterhouses, the president of the Board of Health, Dr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The position of the Adamstown Council with regard to the ratepayers is beginning to cause some un[?]ness to the latter. Through some fault or another, the council has overwhelmed itself in debt…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At last night's meeting of the "Wickham Municipal Council several communications were received from Government departments. The Principal UnderSecretary (Mr. Critchett Walker) wrote stating that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. W. J. Ferguson. M.P., presided at a meeting of members of the Australasian Labor Federation, held yesterday at the Labor Centre, 227 Onstlereagh-street. In response to a reply from Mr. James Curley, secretary of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The vexed question of contract versus day labour has arisen in the City Council in connection with street cleaning. Alderman Alexander Dean, who stood…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The monthly meeting of the committee of the Municipal Association of New South Wales was held at the Town-hall on Wednesday afternoon. Alderman John Wheeler (Petersham) presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →This council met on the 15th March, when the Mayor (Alderman Taylor) occupied the chair, and there were also present Aldermen Bull, Guthrey, Ridge, Broad, Harten-tein, Ferris, Cohen, and Dwyer, and the council…
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