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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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IT is some months now since. Truth began its vigorous crusade against the municipal muddling and mismanagement which has prevailed for so many years in every action…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Saturday.--A fire broke out in premises at Beulah, occupied as the shire-hall by the Karkarooe Council. The premises are leased for a term from Mr. F. Lewitzka. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The meeting of the Rand wick Council on Friday evening for the election of Mayor for the current year was, according to his Worship the Mayor, the most disorderly that ever took place in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A meeting of this council was held on the 10th instant. Present—The Mayor (Alderman I. P. Miller), and a full council. The works committee recommended the acceptance of the tenders of Mr. G. Clark (£15 10s) and Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Below are given some additional returns of the municipal elections:- Alexandria.—Alderman M. O'Riordan has been chosen Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At the invitation of the Enfield Borough Council large number of gentlemen assembled at the council chambers on Saturday afternoon to view an experimental use of a tar distributor for footpaths, manufactured and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Last Tuesday morning a deputation, consisting of Mr. W. C. Shipway (president), Mr. Thackeray (hon, sec.), and Messrs. Spain, Ellis, Dennis and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alderman W. L. Kidd, the new Mayor, presided over the regular meeting of the City Council last night, and there was a full attendance of aldermen. The manager of the Scottish Union…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The fortnightly meeting of the Newcastle City Council was held at the Town Hall to-night, under the presidency of the Mayor (Alderman Kidd). The monthly financial statement showed that the receipts…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A further instalment of evidence given before the committee when sitting with closed doors was published yesterday. The evidence of Mr. R. C. Robertson,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the sitting of the committee of the whole of the City Council, which has been engaged for some time past upon an investigation into the manner in which the various departments of the corporation…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pi[?]ton.—Alderman M'Quaggin has been re-ele[?] Mayor. Warren.—Alderman C. Pigg[?]tt has been ele[?] Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Marrickville has the honor of possessing an alderman in the person of Mr. W. Histlehurst, who has been cured by Bile Beans of Biliousness. A letter written by him to the proprietors of this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The City Council yesterday afternoon met for the purpose of considering a series of resolutions by Alderman Jeanneret on the subject of the Water and Sewerage Board…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An adjourned meeting of the City Council was held yesterday afternoon, the Mayor (Alderman Matthew Harris) presiding. The business before the meeting was the consideration of a number…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →At the meeting of the Newtown Council last night, the Mayor (Alderman W. Rigg, M.P.) said he wished to call attention to a matter of considerable importance to municipal councils and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At last night's meeting of the Newtown Council the Mayor (Alderman Rigg, M.L.A.) drew attention to certain statements made by Mr. George Christie, one of the city auditors, in connection…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Woollahra Council would seem to be about to follow in the footsteps of the City Council with regard to ,making a more thorough acquaintance with the working of their officers, etc. At…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the Waverley Borough Council meeting last night an animated discussion arose on the cost of administration or the provisions of the above Act. The present system of having the expenses…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The adjourned meeting of the finance committee of the City Council, the object in holding which was to afford Alderman Jeanneret an opportunity to bring forward a series of resolutions bearing upon…
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