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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1900

3,909 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 196

The City Refuse. Meeting of the City Council

The Australian Star · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 7

The City Council met yesterday for the purpose of considering the report of the garbage committee appointed to inquire into and report upon the best method of disposing of…

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The Destruction of Gaebage. Meeting of the City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 3

A special meeting of the City Couucil was held yesterday afternoon to deal with a report of the garbage disposal committee recommending the acceptance of a tender for erection of refuse…

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The Mayor and the Board of Health. Quarrntine Arrangements How Business Hen View Them. Commercial Interests Will Suffer

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 6

The Premier stated yesterday that it had been decided to make the Mayor of Sydney a member of the Board of Health. On the assumption that the Government intended to quarantine that part of the infected area stretching between Erskine-street and the gasworks on the water side of Sussex-street, as…

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Constitution of the Board of Health. Should the City Council Be Represented?

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 6

At yesterday's meeting of the City Council, Alderman Dr. Graham raised the question whether the present was not a good time for the council to press for representation on the Board…

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The Recent Case at Balmain. Special Meeting of the Council, the Use of FERItETS ADVOCATED

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 3

A special meeting of the Balmain Council was held last night, under the presidency of the Mayor, for the purpose of considering the report from the Mayor on the case of the patient Fleming…

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A Visit to the "Tip." Many Improvements Effected. Burning the Refuse. the Rag-pickers Banished. Another Industry Flourishing Intentions of the Mayor. No Money to Be Spared

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 6

Many different rumors are in the air concerning the Moore Park tip. One alderman yesterday averred that it was still a "foul mass of consumption and filth, forming a breeding-ground for…

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Funeral of Mr. Vincent Heaton. the Balmain Council. Special Plague Meeting. Drastic Preventive Measures to Be Taken

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 6

QUARANTINE STATION, Thursday.--Mr. Vincent Heaton was buried this morning. Father Ignatius, one of the Passionists, who is stationed here attending to the patients, read the In view of the case of plague reported at Balmain on Wednesday, the Mayor (Alderman Henry Mills) summoned a special meeting of the council for last night, to discuss the situation…

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Municipal Councils. Ashfield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 8

This council met on Tuesday, March 20. Yhere were present: The Mayor (Alderman J. Mills), Aldermen Robson, Upward, Lloyd, Brown, Miller, Nixon broughton, and the council clerk (Mr. T. Glassop). A feature of…

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Proposed Municipal Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 6

At the instigation of the Wallsend Council a conference of representatives of the whole of the municipalities within the Newcastle district has been convened for April 2 for the purpose of appointing a…

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Law Report. Thursday, March 22. Banco Court. (Before the Chief Justice and a jury of four.) Action Against a Municipality. Brietley v. Borough of Burwood (part heard)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 7

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. Pigottand Stinsin for the defendants. This…

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Claim Against the Burwood Municipality

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 8

The hearing of this action was resumed in the Banco Court, before the Chief Justice and a jury of four, in which James Brierley, a ratepayer, sought for an injunction against the municipality of Burwood and £50…

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Aldermen Inoculated

Evening News · Saturday 24 March 1900 · page 6

Thirty-five of the workmen at the Town Hall and two of the aldermen were inoculated at the Town Hall yesterday by Dr. Armstrong. It is in-tended to inoculate the others at a later date…

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Vacancy in the Council Alderman Litton Resigns

Nepean Times · Saturday 24 March 1900 · page 2

At the ordinary monthly meeting of the Penrith Council the following letter was read:-"Emu Plains, March 16,1900. To the Mayor and Aldermen of the Municipal Council of Penrith…

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Penrith Municipal Council

Nepean Times · Saturday 24 March 1900 · page 2

The ordinary monthly meeting of the above was held on Monday night, when there were present:- The Mayor (A[?]d W P[?]ayer), A[?]d W Dunkley, E Haynes, Amos Parker, and T R Smith…

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Ald. M. Christiansen. Mayor of Liverpool

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1900 · page 3

Alderman Christiansen was born in Denmark on May 6, 1858. He and his six brothers all followed the trade of their late father, that of brick and pipe manufacturing. Mr…

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Rookwood Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1900 · page 2

Ordinary meeting held on Tuesday. Present: Mayor J. T. Jay, J.P., and Aldermen Garthwaite; Ritchie, Javes, Thomas, Dundon, Larcombe, Baty…

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Balmain Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 March 1900 · page 10

At a special meeting of the Balmain Council on Thursday night, called by the Mayor (Alderman H. Mills) to decide what steps should be taken in connection with the precautionary arrangements in the…

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Auburn Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1900 · page 2

Regular meeting hold on Monday. Present: Mayor J. It. H. Gibbons, J.P., and Aldermen Taylor, J.P., Franklin, Stevenson, Small, Lambeth, Ritchie, and Salisbury…

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The Mayor and the Board of Health

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 March 1900 · page 10

A notice, signed by Mr. Lyne, was published in yesterday's "Gazette" as follows: -- "His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has been pleased to appoint the…

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Ryde's Mayor and the Fruitgrowers. Marsfield Indignant

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1900 · page 4

Acting under instructions from the Mayor, the Ryde Council's Inspector stopped on Thursday about twenty fruitgrowers who ware carting manure from the city or suburbs to…

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