Hunter's Hill Council
The fortnightly meeting was held last Friday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Rooke) and Aldermen McNeil (treasurer), Joubert, Thomson, Aspinall, and McBride…
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Council & local affairs, 1900
3,909 stories in Sydney's papers · page 69 of 196
Sewerage Anomalies. Minute by the Mayor of Petersham
At the Petersham Council on Tuesday night the Mayor (Alderman J. W. Cockbaine) referred to some of the anomalies and difficulties under which the boroughs which had sewer reticulation laboured…
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The ordinary meeting of this Council was held on Wednesday. Present:—Aldermen Swane, Adamson, Stevens, Randall and Dorahy…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The City Council and Sanitation
At a meeting of the General Purposes Committee of the Municipal Corporation of Sydney, held last week, resolutions were passed expressing the desirability of entirely…
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A report from the Town Clerk of Sydney to the Mayor, which was brought before the City Council on Monday, suggests many reforms which should be effected as…
Continued on Trove, page 1031 →Privy Council. to the Editor
Sir, -- Now that the appeal to the Privy Council is being discussed at select conclaves and open meetings, it is perhaps worth while to quote the well-known words of Lord Brougham upon this…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →John Thorpe to John Tooh[?]y. The Ex-Alderman in London. A Word for Copeland
Mr. Alderman Toohey, J.P., is in receipt of a letter from Mr. John Thorpe, from which we have been kindly permitted to make the sub-joined extracts. Our old friend John writes…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Said the Barber!" By Tram and Train. A Mayor-Manager's Show
The little Barber was carefully steering a perambulator, containing the latest addition to his absurdly-large family through the shop doorway as I entered, and having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legislative Council Appointments. to the Editor
Sir, -- The Government are on the eve of exercising one of, perhaps, their highest prerogatives within the next few days, and I would sound a note of timely warning against their erring, as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Federation—privy Council Appeals. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Mr. Deakin is misleading the Home authorities as well as the people here when he says that the Federal Parliament will readily accept the proposed new Imperial Court of Appeal. May I say…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Big Win for Bankstown Council. Mo More a Dumping Ground
Bankstown has for some time been made the dumping ground for the refuse find garbage as well as other insanitary matter by many neighboring Councils for some years past…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How the Empire Is to Be Governed. an Imperial Council "Huttonising" the Imperial Forces
LONDON, March 30. -- The "Bradford Observer" is bold enough to assert that "Rumor attributes to the Government the intention of making a Federation scheme the issue…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Federal Delegates in London. the No Appeal Clause -- Probable Amendment. the Proposed Imperial Council
LONDON, March 30th. -- Interest in the Commonwealth Bill has been increasing all this week, and the press is beginning to devote more attention to it. The delegates sent to Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Municipal Muddling. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")
Sir,--The present disgraceful condition of municipal matters necessitates the adoption of some serious reform. All that our aldermen seem capable of is to provide, in their debates,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suburban News. a New Municipality
There is joy in Bexley Ward. Bexley is one of the three wards that fend representatives to the Hurstville Council, and for a long time past its residents have been agitating for separation from the parent borough, with…
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At Thursday evening's meeting of the Hurstville council the Mayor complimented Alderman J. G. Griffin, who was recently appointed municipal representative on the Water and Sewerage Board for the metropolitan councils,…
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THE election of an alderman to fill the extraordinary vacancy in the North Ward of the Liverpool Municipality, caused by the resignation of Alderman Moreshead, for reasons…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →City Council Proposed Re-organisation. The Sanitary Department. a Medley of "Medical" Murdle. Surrender of Municipal Powers. Citizens Not Consulted
THE General Purposes Committee of the City Municipal Council on Monday resumed consideration of the Town Clerk's report re[?]tive to the re-organisation of the sanitary…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Is the City Council Serious? (To the Editor.)
Sir,-Everywhere one goes the question. is asked: "Is the City Council serious in endeavoring to protect the city from the pestilence at our doors ?" Weeks and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The City Council and the Plague. (To the Editor.)
Sir,-There is an aspect of the Council's attitude in regard to the plague which I think is a most important one, and should receive some attention. What loss is the…
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