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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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In criticising the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Bill, the Law Officers of the Crown chiefly object to clause 74 of the bill on the ground that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At Tuesday night's meeting of the Balmain Borough Council, the following letter was read from a ratepayer:—"Gentlemen,—Your printed notices to residents request them to clean and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A feature of the plague sea[?]e in the western suburbs has been the number of letters of complaint about alleged insanitary spots in the various boroughs received by the municipal councils. At the Ashfield…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WE conceive that the principle underlying the superficially attractive proposal that municipal loans should be consolidated and guaranteed by the State is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A question which concerns many aldermen, and which at times has given rise to a deal of angry discussion, came before the meeting of the St. Peters Council at its meeting on Monday night. The council has to make…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A public banquet, which was largely attended by prominent residents of Marrickville, was tendered to Alderman Howarth at the Excelsior Hall last Tuesday. Alderman…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Much of the time at recent meetings of the Waverley Council has been spent in discussing the position of a member of the council, who is also an undertaker, and who it in contended has as an undertaker made…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the meeting of the municipal council of Burwood on Monday night Alderman M. Sheppard reforred as a matter of privilege to the possible spread of the bubonic plague by means of produce of various…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mayor was interviewed yesterday regarding the statement by Mr. Hickson, Under-Secretary for Works, that the delay in the arrangements for towing garbage to sea in punts was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On Tuesday a special meeting of the Balmain Council was held at the conclusion of the ordinary business meeting, in connection with the plague, to receive a special report from the borough engineer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The council met on Tuesday evening, the Mayor (Alderman J. T. Jay) presiding. Mr. John Nobbs, M.L.A., wrote stating that the Attorney-General had notified that the bylaws for the regulation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →At a meeting of the North Sydney Council on Tuesday evening the Mayor (Alderman J. M. Purves) submitted a statement setting forth the precautions which are being taken throughout…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At Tuesday night's meeting of the Balmain Council, the inspector of nuisances, in the course of his report, said that complaints had been received in respect to a number of dead fish floating…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gentlemen,—I have often thought it my duty, for the sake of others, to write you. It will be five years next month since my wife was given up by the doctors as a patient who could not live…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of the Municipal Association of New South Wales was held yesterday afternoon at the rooms of the association, Queen Victoria Markets. Alderman J. Wheeler was in the chair, and there…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. Want, Q.C., and Mr. Kelynack, instructed by Mr. John M'Laughlin, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Pilcher, Q.C., and Dr. Sly, instructed by Messrs. Pigott and Stinson, for the defendants. This…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The last meeting of this council was presided over by the Mayor (Alderman Allan Taylor), There were also present —Aldermen Bull, Woods, Ferris, Ridge, Wells, Broad, Cohen, Curties, Horton, Smith, and New. Correspondence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ACTION BY A RATEPAYER. An application for an injunction against the Borough of Burwood, and for damages in respect of an alleged nuisance, was commenced in the Banco Court before…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The weekly meeting of the Water Licensing Court was held yesterday, there being on the Bench, Messrs. C. Delohery, S.M. (chairman), J. Mair, S.M., and F. Penny, L.M. The following transfers of publicans' licenses were The monthly meeting of the Municipal Association of New South Wales was held at the rooms of the association, Queen Victoria Markets, yesterday, when Alderman J. Wheeler presided over a large attendance of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The above council met on Wednesday evening the Mayor (Alderman Humphreys) presiding. The Mayor read a minute stating that the bank overdraft had been nearly expended, and that it would…
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