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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1898

3,529 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 177

Sailing. N.s.w. Sailing Council

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 7

The usual monthly meeting of the Sailing Council was held at Aaron's Exchange Hotel on Thursday night. Mr F. J. Donovan occupied the chair, and delegates were present from the Sydney Amateur and Johnstone's…

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The Civic Service. Mr. Daniels and the Council

The Australian Star · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 5

Saturday is very much an "today" in Sydney municipal, circles, and neither Mayor nor aldermen can be found in town. Those who have been following the current of…

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Federation and the Privy Council. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 7

Sir,—Those who are advocating the creation of a Federal Court of Appeal seem to have wholly lost sight of the certainty that the Judges composig such Court would be chosen from colonial Judges,…

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City Council Inquiry. Working of the Departments. the Suppressed Evidence, Second Instalment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 9

We published yesterday the first instalment of the evidence taken before the committee of the whole council, which has been occupied since January 6 last ia making an investigation into the manner in…

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The Sale of Land for Rates. Proposal of the Lane Cove Council

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 5

The Ryde Municipal Council, at its last meeting, considered the Line Cove circular letter asking for cooperation in a movement to empower councils to sell vacant lands for the recovery of rates. Alderman…

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Municipal Elections. Nomination Day. Penrith

Nepean Times · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 2

Some twenty or thirty people assembled at the Council Chambers, Penrith, on Tuesday last a little before 12 o'clock, for the purpose of watching the proceedings…

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The Health Act. Municipal Councils' Discussions

Evening News · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 7

At the meeting of the Darlington Council on Thursday night a circular letter was read from the Annandale Council soliciting co-operation in requesting the Government to provide funds for…

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Municipal Councils. Burwood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 10

Tro following attended the meeting of the above council ou January 27:—The Mayor (Alderman J". Stinson), and Aldurmen Ralston, Crane, Ahearn, Carden, Lindley, and Shute. Mr. William M*M-illan, M.L.A.,wrote atatmgthat…

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Municipal Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 10

The following are the results of the contests for vacancies in tho various su curban aud country municipalities:- Balranald.—Lutz, 49; M'Guinness, 22;…

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Municipal Elections. Polling in the Suburbs

The Australian Star · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 5

The annual elections of aldermen and auditors for the majority of the suburban councils commenced this morning. There are about 40 municipal districts around Sydney,…

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Municipal Elections. the Polling. Election of Mayors

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 11

The annual polling for aldermen to municipal councils throughout the colony was commenced yesterday in a few country and suburban municipalities. In the majority of centres the elections will be held to-day, and…

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Municipal. Liverpool

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 7

THE regular meeting of the above couucil was held at the Council Chamber on Tuesday evening last. Present—the Mayor (Alderman Moreshead) and Aldermen Chapman,…

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Liverpool Municipal Elections

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 6

A WELL-ATTENDED meeting of ratepayers was held at the Town Hall on Tuesday last, at noon, for the purpose of nominating candidates for offices of aldermen and auditors…

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THE Municipal Elections. the Nominations. (Continued from Page 8.) Rookwood

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 11

Candidates Away—Short Speeches.—The Mayor Speaks Out.—He Claims the Right to Smile.—Being " Led by the Nose."—Some Strong Remarks.— A Deflinition of "Impartiality."—A Disorderly Wind-Up…

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THE Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers' Advocate, with Which Are Incorporated The Cumberland Mercury, River Times, and Weekly Advance, Parramatta, February 5, 1898. To-day's Municipal Elections

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 4

Half of the municipal battle in Parramatta had been fought before Nomination Day. In two wards only one candidate faced the electors. In one of these—Gore…

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THE Municipal Elections. the Nominations. Parramatta John Thorpe and His Special Audit.— Only £900.—The Argus Badly Broken up.—An Amusing Tirade.—Sir George Dibbs also Rebuked—The Town Hall Brigade

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 8

The Returning Officer—Mayor Moxham —presided at the Town Hall on Tuesday, when there was rather a larger attendance than is usual on such occasions. Amongst…

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Contention Notes. the Privy Council

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 February 1898 · page 7

MR. SYMON considered it was ridiculous for anyone to say, as Sir Edward Braddon had done, that in substituting one court of appeal for another they were sapping the…

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Our Rotten Corporation the Finance Committee. a Breezy Meeting Breaks Up in Disorder. a Cheque Held Over. Alderman Taylor in the Know

Truth · Sunday 6 February 1898 · page 2

The City Council, sitting as a Finance Committee, worked itself into a wild state of excitement on Thursday afternoon, and matters got very mixed in consequence…

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The Town Hall Enquiry. Both Sides of the Question. Interviews with the Mayor and the Town Clerk. Sensational Developments Expected. How the Public Money Was Squandered. the Mayor Speaks Out. Accuses His Predecessors of Neglect of Duty

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 February 1898 · page 7

THE Town Hall sensation is the topic of the hour. It even overshadowed cricket interest, and beside it the doings at the Federal Convention are but a trifling…

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Vaucluse Municipal Election

Truth · Sunday 6 February 1898 · page 3

THE quiet village of Watson's Bay was all astir yesterday over the Vaucluse municipal fight, which waged fiercely all day long. As was stated in the last two issues of TRUTH,…

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