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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1898

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The Promised Municipal Endowment. Going Begging to the Premier. St. Peters Objects

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 January 1898 · page 11

At the meeting of the St. Peters Council on Monday night a letter was read from the Bankstown Council inviting suburban councils generally to attend a deputation to the Premier, requesting him to pay the…

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Municipal Elections. Meetings of Candidates

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 January 1898 · page 6

Mr. W. R. Bird, a candidate for Glenmore Ward, Paddington, held a meeting at the Solferino Hotel, Elizabethstreet, Paddington, last night.-- There was a large attendance of supporters, and a strong committee was…

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Municipal Elections. the Nominations

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 January 1898 · page 7

The following further nominations have been received for the vacancies which occur in the various municipal districts throughout the colony:-- SUBURBS…

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A Council's Dilemma

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 January 1898 · page 4

The Mosman Council is in a curious position. A man has been camping in the Curraghbeona Park for some considerable time, and the council doomed it advisable that be should shift his…

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Camperdown Council Want More Light

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 January 1898 · page 7

At its meeting oh Tuesday, the Camperdown Council discussed the letter from the Lane Cove Council. It was considered, however, that the question was submitted in too crude a shape…

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Sale of Vacant Lands. Decision of the Ashfield Council

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 January 1898 · page 7

The circular from the Lane Cove Council in reference to the sale of vacant allotments in satisfaction for arrears of rates was read at last night's meeting of the Ashfield Council…

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Municipal Matters

Evening News · Thursday 27 January 1898 · page 3

The fact of the North Sydney Council having recently negotiated a loan of £23,000 has evidently no effect on its solvency. At Tuesday night's meeting of the council a letter was received from…

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Municipal Elections. Nominations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 January 1898 · page 5

Auburn.—East Ward Aldermau Thomas Taylor (unopposed). West Word:Alderman T. Barker, T.Castles, 13 Webb.North Ward (extraordinary vacancy) John R.H. Gibbons (unopposed), North…

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The Auditing of Municipal Accounts. the Present System Inefficient and Misleading. Camperdown Recommends a Government Auditor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 January 1898 · page 3

Recent events have directed a deal of attention to the auditing of municipal accounts, and at the meeting of the Camperdown Council last Tuesday night a somewhat important discussion took…

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That Municipal Subsidy. Consideration by the Councils

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 January 1898 · page 3

The letter from the Bankstown Council, seeking the co-operation of the suburban councils in an attempt to soften the heart of the Premier towards the municipalities, was read at a recent…

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Alderman Broughton at Croydon

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 January 1898 · page 6

Last night. Alderman E. C. V. Broughton, whose reelection for the North Ward, Ashfield, is being contested by Dr. Sly, addressed a large meeting of ratepayers in the Congregational schoolroom, Croydon, the building…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1898 · page 3

A meeting of the finance committee of the City Council was held yesterday. There were present- Aldermen M. Harris (Mayor), J. Harris, Manning, Lees, Booth, Landers, Buckle, Hart, Dean, [?]…

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City Street Traffic. the New Regulations. Interview with This Mayor

Evening News · Friday 28 January 1898 · page 5

Some objection is being taken by carriers to the orders issued by the Mayor of Sydney that wool teams shall in future not proceed via Pitt and George streets. One large carrier questions the right of the…

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Protest Against a Council's Loan

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 January 1898 · page 4

A special meeting of the North Sydney Council, was held last week, for the purpose of dealing with an offer from the A.M.P. Society to provide the loan or £23,000 as required by the…

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The Council of Advice. Kiama

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1898 · page 5

The council of advice appointed some months ago at a conference of the New South Wales Co-operative Factory delegates held here met to-day for the third time, when there were present—Messrs. Geo…

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Co-operative Movement Council of Advice

Evening News · Friday 28 January 1898 · page 2

KIAMA, Friday.-A meeting of the co-operative council of advice, formed at the conference of the New South Wales Cooperative Factory delegates in Kiama some months ago, was held here yesterday…

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Charitable Institutions. Exemption From Rates. Discussion in the Council

Evening News · Friday 28 January 1898 · page 6

At the meeting of the finance committee of the City Council yesterday an application by the Sisters of St. Joseph, Providence Orphanage, Cumberland-street, to be exempted from the payment of rates on…

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Manly Municipal Elections. To the Editor of the "Evening News."

Evening News · Friday 28 January 1898 · page 3

Sir,-In order to avoid any misunderstanding in regard to my name appearing among those nominated far the above ward, will you kindly, allow me to explain that a number of my friends…

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Municipal Elections. Nominations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1898 · page 5

Annandale.—The following are the candidates nominated:—Allon [Taylor (Mayor), J. F. Broad, C. P. Dwyer, A. E. Horton, J. Grant, E. Curties, E. J. Aiken…

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Municipal Matters. the Public Health Act

The Australian Star · Friday 28 January 1898 · page 2

At Tuesday night's meeting of the Balmain council correspondence was read from the Annandale council, conveying a resolution passed at their last meeting, requesting…

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