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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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The Full Court had before it yesterday an application on behalf of the defendants in the case of Denham and another against Foley and another fur a rule nisi to enter a non-suit or in the The City Council met yesterday afternoon for the purpose of considering a series of eight resolutions moved by Alderman Jeanneret, relating to the report of the Royal Commission on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—Under the above heading in Friday's "Herald" Mr. Edmondson expresses regret that the Municipalities Act does not provide for the raising of all municipal revenue by means of a rate…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mayor of Newtown (Alderman. W. Bigg, M.L.A.) last night presented to the Newtown Council a minute dealing with statements made at the Town Hall inquiry…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following committees were elected on Tuesday night to do duty on behalf of the Newtown council for the ensuing year:--Finance: The Mayor (Alderman W. Rigg),…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the last meeting of the Woollahra Borough Council, a letter was read from the municipality of Bankstown, asking for co-operation in a deputation to the Premier to request the payment of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →At last night's, meeting of the Petersham Borough Council, a letter was received from the Bankstown Council conveying a resolution passed by that body concerning a proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Though the Mayor of Sydney (Alderman Matthew Harris) has such a decided aversion to banquets, he knows where to draw the line of demarcation. Since the publication in "The Daily…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The proposal to abolish the existing right of appeal to the Privy Council was considered by the council of the Melbourne. Chamber of Commerce at its meeting on Friday, and after a lengthy,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The case of the A.M.P. Society against the Commissioners of Taxation was before the Full Court to-day on a motion on behalf of the commissioners for final leave to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Newtown Council was occupied a considerable time at its meeting on Tuesday night in discussing a motion by Alderman J. W. Abigail for the appointment of a special committee to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Australian Jockey Club does not appear to stand high in the estimation of the Randwick Council. The A.J.C., it was argued, is a conservative body, and would take care that no…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the Woollahra Council on Monday evening a letter from the Bankstown Council, inviting the" co-operation of the Woollahra Council in a deputation to the Premier to request him to pay the 2s…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A challenge rink match of five aside has been arranged between the "City Fathers" and the Waverley Borough Council, to be played on the Waverley Green at 3 p.m. on Wednesday next. The City Council will be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is bard to dissociate municipalities from the game of bowls. Whether it is that municipalism cannot get on without bowls, or bowls cannot get on without municipalism, does not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A meeting of the finance committee of the City Council, presided over by the Mayor (Alderman Matthew Harris) was held at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The matter of the A.M.P. Society against the Commissioners of Taxation was before the Full Court yesterday on a motion on behalf of the commissioners for final leave to appeal to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The committee of inquiry into the administration of the various departments of the Town-hall continued their labors yesterday forenoon, the Mayor (Alderman Matthew Harris) presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A telegram was received by Mr. C. Bull, M.P. for Camden, from the Mayor of that borough, stating that the devastation in that district was very great, and applying for assistance from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the meeting of the finance committee of the City Council yesterday afternoon the matter of the King-street Wharf came up for discussion, on the report of the assessor, who reported in favor…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The committee of the whole of the City Council making an investigation into the working of the corporation dopartments sat again yesterday morning under the presiduney of tho Mayor (Alderman…
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