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Council & local affairs, 1900

3,909 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 196

The Municipal Association

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 9

Recently, on the principle that union is strength, the five boroughs of the northern suburbs formed a standing municipal committee for the consideration of a number of matters of…

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Municipal. Cabramatta and Canley Vale

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 8

AT the last meeting of the above council, the Mayor (Alderman Stimson) presiding, a letter was received from the council clerk drawing attention to the fact that correspondence for the…

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Liverpool Progress Association. The Consumptive Patient Question. Extending the Municipality

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 3

This Association met in the Councilchamber, Liverpool, on Thursday, the president (Mr. W. A. Smith, J.P.) in the chair…

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District Municipal Elections

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 4

The development in Parramatta this week is that Mr. P. Long, the well-known business man, will go for Forrest Ward, and ratepayers are asked not to…

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Our Rotten Corporation Municipal Muddling. Civic Concerts and Cronk Contracting

Truth · Sunday 21 January 1900 · page 5

SOME three years ago, when TRUTH first commenced its onslaught on the City Council, in the series of articles headed "Our Rotten Corporation," this paper was…

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The Mayor's Minute

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1900 · page 4

The Mayoral report delivered to the City Corporation a few days ago is a very candid admission that even the most severe critics of that body did not say the worst that could…

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Cycling. Council Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1900 · page 8

A meeting of the Council of the league was held on Friday night at the clubrooms, and did not conclude until a late hour. An application from Nymagee Club. for sanction for a race meeting on Easter Monday was…

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Municipal Matters. Doings at the Councils

Evening News · Monday 22 January 1900 · page 3

At the Marrickville Council's last meeting, several resolutions by Alderman Farr proposing a scheme of retrenchment were withdrawn, the alderman remarking that he would bring them on…

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Municipal Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1900 · page 9

Marrickville.— Captain Dr. Perkins, who left with the Army Service Corps in the first contingent to South Africa, is an alderman of the Marrickville Council. A number of his supporters met…

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A Sydneyite's Travels Abroad. Interview with Mr. John Young. Through France and Egypt. Municipal Lesson's From Great Britain

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1900 · page 7

One of the colony's biggest building contractors and an ex-Mayor of Sydney, in the person of Mr. John Young returned home from a visit abroad on Saturday. A series of articles in "The Daily…

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The City Council and the Contingent. To the Editor of the "Evening News."

Evening News · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 7

Sir,—In your report of City Council's meeting yesterday you state I complained that the council had been ignored by the Government in connection with the demonstration of Wednesday…

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Municipal Councils. Annandale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 8

A meeting was held on January 15. The Mayor (Alderman Allen Taylor) president, There were also present—Aldermen [?] Wells, Cohen, Smith, Broad, [?]dge, Horton, and Bull. Amongst the correspondence…

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Municipal Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 7

Annandale.—Matters in connection with the forthcoming aldermanic elections in Annandale pr[?] to be lively. Three of the retiring aldermen have bunched, viz., Aldermen Young, Bull, and Ferris…

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North Sydney Municipal Elections

The Australian Star · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 3

A very large meeting of the friends and supporters of Mr. Lewis de Groen, who is a candidate for Kirrlbilli Ward, North Sydney, took place on Friday night at Tierney's…

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Municipal Association. Meets To-morrow

The Australian Star · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the committee of the Municipal Association, postponed from Wednesday last, in consequence of the holiday, will be held to- morrow afternoon, at the…

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The Municipal Rolls. Alleged Irregularity

The Australian Star · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 5

A correspondent writes calling attention to what he regards as an illegal practice on the part of council clerks in compiling the municipal roll. "It has been the constant practice…

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Municipal Elections. Meeting of Randwick Ratepayers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 3

A public meeting of the ratepayers of Randwick was held in the local Town-hall last night, when Mr. John Wallace, who is a candidate for election as an alderman of Middle Ward, delivered an address. Mr. Geo. Raffan…

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The Street Traffic. Proposals of the Municipal Conference. Deputation to Mr. See

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 3

Mr. J. C. Nelld, MR., introduced a deputation yesterday afternoon to Mr. See, Colonial Secretary, with regard to the regulation of vehicular traffic on the street of the city and suburbs,…

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Paddington Municipal Laborers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 6

The Paddington Council last night discussed a clause in the report of the finance committee of the council recommending the adoption of a new system of employing laborers. At the present time laborers are employed…

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Suburban Aldermen. And the Water and Sewerage Board

The Australian Star · Wednesday 24 January 1900 · page 5

Some time ago the question of allowing the Mayor and aldermen of Parramatta to take part in the election of a member of the Board of Water Supply and Sewerage came before…

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