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LONDON, January 10.-Mr. John Burns, M.P. for Battersea, advocates the establishment by municipalities of choral societies with a view to their giving free concerts to BULLI, Tuesday.-Local fishermen are meeting with considerable success, some splendid hands of schnapper being made. On off days at the mines the jetties and beach are lined with miners, who…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. John Burns, M.P., the labour leader, advocates that municipalities should establish choral societies ia order [?]t they may give free concerts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tho annual muuicipvl elections will tako placo eail) noxt month, when ono-tlnrd of tho nldormen constituting tbo whole of tho municipal councils of tho colony outsido tho city of Syduov will rotiro by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Monday.--Mr. John Burns, M.P. for Battersca, advocates the establishment by municipalities of choral societies for the purpose of giving free concerts to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Saturday afternoon, to mark the close of his Mayoral year, Alderman Stinson, the Mayor of Burwood, gave a harbor picnic, at which the following gentlemen were present:--Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The second in camera inquiry by the City Council into the work of the different municipal departments was held yesterday afternoon at the Town Hall. The Mayor (Alderman M. Harris) presided and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Mayor and several of the aldermen yesterday drove out to Mr. W. P. Macintosh's studio at Forest Lodge and inspected the model of the second group…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The new markets in George-street, officially known as the Queen Victoria Market Buildings, are rapidly approaching completion. Though Mr. M'Rae is now assistant Government architect, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The other day the Mayor (Alderman Matthew Harris) intimated that it was his intention to issue instructions to the effect that all rubbish carts must be out of sight by 9 a.m. In…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the last meeting of the Burwood Borough, Council, a resolution was passed, disapproving of the recommendation of the Royal Commission for the reduction of members of the Water and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson, sitting in Chambers to-day. I granted an application by the Crown to appeal to the Privy Council to the matter of Joseph Harrington and the Crown Lands Acts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the Burwood Council meeting on Monday night last the recommendation of the Royal Commission to reduce the number of members of the Water and [?]werage Board from seven to three was severely…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alderman Watkins moved the following resolution at last night's meeting of the Waverley Council:--"That the resolution passed by the council on the 7th day of December, 1897, namely,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bankstown.—The rotiring aldermen are I. P. Miller (the Mayor) and J. Eldridge, who will both offer themselves for re-election. Hurstville.—A large meeting of ratepayers of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →For some time past many of the municipal councils have complained of the additional work thrown upon them by recent Acts of Parliament. Not only is a deal of extra labor involved, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A harmless looking minute lurking away among a lot of other matters in the business paper of the North Sydney Council on Tuesday evening gave rise to a protracted and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A minute from the Mayor, as to the temporary employment of an additional ganger for special duty, drew forth a considerable, and at times warm, discussion at the last meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Chambers today, before Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson, an application was made on behalf of the Crown for leave to appeal to the Privy Council in the matter of Joseph…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A difference seems to have arisen between the Willoughby Council and the Water and Sewerage Board, in connection with the payment of an account. It appears that about the year 1891 it…
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