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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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SOME FIGURES AND COMPARISONS. The usually quiet council at St. Peters became considerably agitated on Monday night, when a letter was read from the secretary of the Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At yesterday's meeting of the City Corporation a motion aiming at the cancellation of what has been done in the matter of appointing special committees was ruled…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the motion of the Mayor, at the meeting of the Burwood Council on Monday night, a resolution was passed, broadly embodying an old municipal grievance:--"That all the municipalities within the metropolitan area…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Copies of the consolidated Municipalities Act, brought right up to date, may be had at The Argus Stationery Depot. The Gas Question has not brought out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Regular meeting held on Monday. Present: Aldermen Moxham (Mayor), Noller. Dixon, Campbell, Taylor, Hill, Saunders, Watters, Allen, Henderson and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting of the council of the National Rifle Association was held last night LieutenantColonel Longfield presided, and there was a good attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lidueenant-Coionel Lontfield presided over a well-attended meeting of the council of the National Rile Association, which was held last night at the United Service Institute…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Parramatta elections this year are notable from the fact that the Mayor of the town and its Parliamentary representative both retire. Major Ferris has announced that his parliamentary…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the last meeting of the Balmain Council a, statement of the financial position of the borough was submitted to the aldermen. The summary, which covered the period extending from August 2,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In Parramatta borough there are four wards, and in two, if not three, wards there will probably be contests in February. Mr. J. J. Taylor (son of the late Mr. Hugh…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is now stated that in all probability the municipal baths, at Rookwood will be ready for opening on Anniversary Day. When the necessary preliminaries were completed, and the work…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steyne Ward, Alderman Warburton; Fairlight Ward, Alderman Neville Montagu; Wentworth Ward, Alderman A. J. P. Stevens. Alderman Warburton will not seek re-election, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alderman Dymock's motion to rescind the resolution by which the City Council committees were recently elected having been calmly set aside by order of the Mayor, no time is being lost in calling…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A widow of Waterloo has claimed from the local council a small sum of money which she considers ought to be paid. At last night's meeting, however, the council decided that it was not to be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board has notified the Waterloo Council that it has been found necessary to increase the contribution levy for this year, in order to meet the reasonable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The new scheme of doing all the detail work of the City Council by special committees was initiated yesterday, when the finance committee met in the council-chamber of the Town Hall. There were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The first meeting of the newly appointed finance Committee of the City Council was held at the Town Hall yesterday. The Mayor (Alderman M. Harris, M.L.A.,) presided, and there were also…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The finance committee of the City Council established a precedent at its meeting this afternoon which was the first under the new rules governing the procedure of municipal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →There was a long discussion at the Waverley Council meeting on Tuesday night concerning the recent prosecution of a builder, Mr. J. M'Culloch Gilles, for a breach of the municipal bylaws by…
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