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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1898

3,529 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 177

[?] Municipal Council

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 8

A meeting of the Casear high Municipal Council was held on Tuesday evening. Presnet Ald Gates Devlin, Smith, Clemson and Mills. Up to 8'oclock the Mayor had…

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Rookwood Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 2

The Council met on Tuesday. Alderman J. R. Jay was voted to the chair in the absence of the Mayor, and there were also present—Aldermen Ritchie, Javes…

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Parramatta Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 12

THE COUNCIL met on Tuesday evening. Present: The Mayor (Alderman T. Moxham), and Aldermen Dixon, Campbell, Hillis, Hill and Allen. Alderman…

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Auburn Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 2

The Council met on Tuesday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman C. Dyer), Aldermen Taylor, Ritchie, Roper, Baker, Small, Sidney, Lewis and Smith…

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The Municipal Elections The Retiring Aldermen in the Granvillo Electorate—Who Will Seek Re-Election —Where New Blood is Wanted

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 2

The elections in connection with the municipal bodies in the Granville electorate are already engaging attention and in some few cases the campaign has already been…

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Ermington and Rydalmere Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 1

The Council met on Wednesday. Present:—Aldermen H. Jenkins (Mayor), Spurway, Humphreys, Mobbs, Swane and Kirby…

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Prospect and Sherwood Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 4

The Council met on Tuesday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman T. Muston), Aldermen Noller, Woodward, Jamieson, Jones and Gleadall. Alderman Gifford sent an…

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Australasian Cricket Council. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 5

The annual meeting of the Australasian Cricket Council was adjourned last night, owing to the [?]on-attandance of two New South Wales delegates, who desired to be…

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Victoria. the Australasian Cricket Council

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The annual meeting of the Australasian Cricket Council was to have been held at Menzies' Hotel to-night, but when the delegates assembled, Mr.Whitbridge, of South…

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The Proposed Retrenchment at Auburn. Discussion in the Council —The Proposal Enthusiastically Thrown Out —The Mayor's Lament —The Argus Gets Attacked as Usual

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 2

At Tuesday's meeting of the Auburn Council, The Mayor moved the adoption of the Special Retrenchment Committee's report…

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The Mayor of New York. Emmons Powers. Thirty Thousand Office Holders

The Australian Star · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 13

Mayor Van Wyck, of Greater New York, will have "more effective control over the affairs of "the city than President M'Kinley has over the affairs of the nation (says the…

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A Municipal Difficulty. MACLEAN, Dec. 22

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 47

The trouble over the alignment of the streets remains unsettled, and the surveyors are unable to proceed with the work. The Government has replied to the council's memorial that the Act provides that…

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The Fire Brigades' Board. Municipal Contribution Not to Be Increased

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 4

At the meeting of the St. Peters Borough Council on Wednesday night, a letter was read from Mr. W. Taylor, representative of suburban municipalities on the Fire Brigades Board, which was received with much pleasure…

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The Special Grant to Municipalities

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 9

The Mayor of Hurstville, on the strength of the promised 2s 6d in the £ special grant, has had work carried out in his municipality to the tune of £144. At Thursday's meeting of the council,…

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The Municipal Subsidy

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 11

At last night's meeting of the Carrington Council the following resolution, moved by Alderman Rodgers was carried unanimously:--"That this council expresses its disappointment at the…

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Municipal Statesmanship. How Stands Australia? Almost Absolutely Stagnant. V.

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 13

When we turn our eyes homewards, and ask ourselves "How stands Australia municipally?" we find it somewhat difficult to reply. There are such gaps, such discrepancies in the various…

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Municipal Association

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 13

The monthly meeting of the committee of the New South Wales Municipal Association was held at the Town Hall, Sydney, on December 22, Alderman John Wheeler presiding. There were also present:…

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The New Mayor. Commences Doty To-morrow. His Intentions

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 January 1898 · page 7

ALDERMAN MATTHEW HARRIS will enter upon his first Mayoral term to-morrow. Seen by a representative of the SUNDAY TIMES yesterday, at his pretty residence at…

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Australasian Cricket Council Beginning to Awaken-The Associations to Bring out Future English Teams

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 January 1898 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Australasian Cricket Council will be held at Menzies' Hotel to-morrow evening. It was to have been held on Friday evening, but as the proxies for two…

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The New Mayor. Callers at the Town Hall

Evening News · Monday 3 January 1898 · page 5

The new Mayor, Alderman Matthew Harris, M.L.A., entered upon his term of office to-day. There were many callers at the Town Hall to wish him well in the high sphere to which the city…

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