The City Rate. Mayor Demands an Increase. A Strong Minnie
The Mayor of Sydney (Sir Matthew Harris) presented the following minute to the City Council at a meeting of the committee for general purposes yesterday:--"In…
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Council & local affairs, 1900
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The Matter Before the Council
The question of appointing four aldermen to act with the four ratepayers in a deputation to the Government, as proposed, was dealt with at the Council meeting on Monday night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Liverpool Council. The Mount Misery Quarry. A Summons Case-M.Y. Mills v. Liverpool Council
This Council met on Tuesday. Present:—Major Christiansen, and Aldermen H. Scrivener, J. Perry, J. H. Moreshead, J. Watt, F. Chapman, P. Smith and T. F. Murray…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →City Council. the Financial Position. an Increased Rate Struck
The Mayor, at the meeting of the City Council yesterday, read the following minute upon the question of the city rate: -- "In inviting you, to consider the question of the city rate for 1900…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The City Rate. Discussed by the City Council. Proposed Increase to 1s 6d
A meeting of the general purposes committee of the City Council was held on Friday. The Mayor (Alderman Sir M. Harris, M.L.A.) presided, and there were also present Aldermen Taylor,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Parramatta River Question. Deputation to the Minister for Works. Mayor Mahony pleads that the Bars should be Cut. Minister O'Sullivan Run by his Departmental Officers. A Lack of Dredges
On Wednesday, a deputation representing the Parramatta Progress Association, and the Granville and Prospect and Sherwood Councils waited on the Minister for Works with…
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AT the last meeting of the above council, the Mayor (Alderman Cooke) presiding, a letter was received from the Department of Public Instruction refusing to allow the public school at…
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On Thursday evening last the Sydney Labour Council met in the Trades Hall. Mr. Frank Brennan was voted to the chair, and there was a large attendance of delegates…
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LONDON, March 3.—The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has dismissed, with costs, the appeal of the defendant, W. H. Palmer, from the decision of the late Chief Judge in Equity of…
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At a special meeting of the Newtown Council, held on Saturday afternoon, the following committees were appointed for the current municipal year:-- Finance: The Mayor (Alderman John Salmon) and Aldermen Dolman,…
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LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--The judicial committee of the Privy Council has dismissed the appeal in the case Palmer v. Moore, with costs…
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Before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council yesterday the appeal of the defendant. W. H. Palmer, from the decision of the late Chief Justice in Equity of New South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Housing the Poor. the London County Council
LONDON, March 4.—The first of the houses for the occupation of the working poor built at Shoreditch by the London County Council, and provided at a cost of £630,000, were opened by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mayor of Sydney's Minute. Carting the Rats to Folly Point. Protest From North Sydney
The minute of the Mayor of Sydney, as published in the "Daly Telegraph" of Saturday, has created a good deal of alarm, spiced with indignation, at North Sydney. "Arrangements," says…
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The first of the houses for the occupation of the working poor built at Shoreditch by the London County Council, and prosided at a cost of £630,000, were opened…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Privy Council Appeal. Moore v. Morgan, Palmer, and Others. London, March 3
Before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council yesterday, the appeal of the defendant, W. H. Palmor, from the, decision of the late Chief Justice in Equity…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Municipal Matters. Doings at the Councils
At the last meeting of the Erskineville Council the cost ol the recent municipal election was discussed at length. The amount paid to the officials was lOgs. The presiding officer…
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The question of the disposal of garbage is becoming one of increasing importance to well populated municipalities, and the Woollahra Council appears to be taking a special interest in…
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In accordance with the decision of the Full Court the Mayor and two other aldermen of Lambton, who were recently imprisoned for non-payment of flues imposed for contempt…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alderman Waine and the Mayor. To the Editor of the "Evening News
Sir,—In your report of the Mayor's minute in to-day's late edition of your paper, the following appears: "The Mayor said he was sorry one alderman had informed the prees that the outbreak…
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