Electric Lighting. the Mayor's Minute
The following is the minute referred to in our late edition yesterday, which was submitted by the Mayor (Alderman M. Harris) to the electric lighting committee of the City Council:…
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Council & local affairs, 1899
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The Electric Lighting Question. What Will the City Council Do. a Minute by the Mayor
The committee recently appointed by the City Council to deal with the question of lighting the city by electricity met for tho first time at tho Town-hall yesterday afternoon. The Mayor…
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LONDON, January 18, 4.10 p.m.—The elections to the urban councils in Ireland were held yesterday. At Dublin fifteen Labor candidates were elected, and at Cork nine…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →This Limerick District Council. London, Jan. l8
John Daly, the Irish dynamiter, who was latey released from prison, and 24 of his supporters have been elected as members of the Urban District Council,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Narrabri Council and the Electric Light. Narrabri
The municipal council last night discuued the question of electric light installation for tbe borongh. The Mayor announced that the amouut required, £2700, could not bo borrowed at presont An…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Building Prosecution. Debate at the Waverley Council
There have already been several discussions in the Waverley Council as the result, of the recent prosecution of a builder who neglected to give the officers of the council the requisite notice before commencing buildinsr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Free Church Council. Adoption of the Constitution
Matters have been proceeding for some time past towards the organisation in Sydney of a council of the Evangelical Churches, somewhat on the lines of the Free Church Council, which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Municipal Elections
Mr. Thomas Holderness, of Patrick-street, Hurstville, has received a requisition signed by over 100 ratepayers, requesting him to allow himself to be nominated as an alderman in the…
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The monthly meeting of the committee of the New South Wales Municipal Association was held at the Town Hall on Wednesday afternoon, Alderman John Wheeler presiding. There were…
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A meeting of the committee of the Municipal Association of Now South Wales was held yesterday afternoon in the Town Hall. There were present Mossrs. J. Wheeler (in the chair), J. F. Smith, T.J…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Municipal Elections Paddington
From present indications the coming elections at Paddington will be very quiet. The retiring aldermen are Alderman T. George (Upper Ward) Alderman T. J. West (Lower Ward), Alderman. W…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Fire Brigades' Board. Increased Municipal Contributions
At a meeting of the Erskinevllie Council on Monday, the Fire Brigades' Board notified that the council's contribution for the current year was £49 1s 1d, being an increase of about £8 over that of the previous year…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Abolition of the Transit Commission. a Municipal Conference
The crusade against the present system of traffic control and the administration of the regulations by the Transit Commission is still being carried on by Paddington Council. In furtherance of the recommendations of a special…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Hero in Limerick. the Dynamitard Daly. As a Municipal Leader
LONDON, Wednesday.--A singular state of affairs has resulted from the election of the local governing body in Limerick, Ireland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Popular Mayor
The Mayor of Marrickville (Alderman W. R. Benson, J.P.) was banquetted on Wednesday at the local Town Hall by the aldermen and officers of the council. Alderman Could presided, and among…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Banquet to the Mayor of Marrickville
On Wednesday evening Alderman W. R. Benson, J.P. (Mayor of Marrickville), was entertained at a banquet in the local Town Hall by his brother aldermen. Alderman James Gould (ex-Mayor) occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cooma Council
COOMA, Thursday.--The Cooma Municipal Council held a special meeting last night, to consider a motion for sinking a well to supply that portion of the town known as the Royal with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Federal Council
The Western Australian members of the Federal Council, Sir John Forrest, and Messrs. J. N. Hackott and A. P. Matheson, Ms. L.C., left for Albany en route for Melbourne to-day to attend…
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