Municipal Taxation
Owing to the political excitement in regard to questions of both national and State government which will occupy the next few months, some important minor questions of…
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Council & local affairs, 1901
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Consolidation of Municipal Loans
Mr. J. S. Hawthorne, M.P., has informed the Leichhardt Council that he has written to the Colonial Secretary asking that he would receive a deputation from aldermen of the various…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Municipal Treasurers. Aldermen Not Eligible
Unwittingly a number of suburban and country municipalities are acting in opposition to the Municipalities Act in appointing an alderman as treasurer each year, a dual position which the act…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MR. A. M. MILNE. Mayor of Balmain
Mr. Alexander Martin Milne, who has just been elected for the third time Mayor of Balman, has been a resident of that municipality for 30 years, and has been for eight years…
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LONDON, February 20.-The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has dismissed the appeal in the case of Parsons versus the New Zealand Shipping Company…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Presentation to the Town Clerk. the Mayor's Eulogy
The retiring town clerk, Mr. R. M. M'C. Anderson, received a splendid testimonial last night. First of all he was presented with a valuable gold watch and an elaborately framed invitation…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Parramatta District. Rookwood Council
This council met on Tuesday evening, the Mayor (Alderman Thomas) presiding. In reference to the old quarry, which is alleged by the council to be a nuisance, the Board of Health, in reply to the…
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At Monday night's meeting of the Leichhardt council the local inspector of nuisances reported that during the past fortnight his attention had been drawn to the bad smells which had occurred in the…
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The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has dismissed the appeal in the case of Parsons versus the New Zealand Shipping Company…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. G. H. Reid. Discussion in the Ballarat Council
A telegram from Ballarat (Vic.) to the Melbourne "Argus" says:-There is a very generally expressed desire that Mr. G. H. Reid should be formally invited to Ballarat to speak on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rozelle and Blackwattle Bays. Pollution of the Harbour. Action by the Balmain Council
The nuisance caused during the past fortnight by the st[?]nch arising from the foul condition of Rozelle and Blackwattle Bays, which has already been reported in the "Herald," waa discussed at Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Municipal Rate. Appeal to the Full Court
The Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Owen, and Mr. Justice Walker were engaged yesterday determining an appeal by the plaintiffs in the case of the Broken Hill Proprietary Block 14 Company…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Municipal Committees
At the meeting of the Waverley Council on Tuesday evening the following committees wera appointed for the year:—Finance: Bondi Ward, Alderman R. G. Watkins; Waverley Ward, Alderman W…
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Yesterday afternoon the monthly meeting of the Municipal Association of New South Wales was held at the offices of the association, Queen Victoria Markets, Alderman Wheeler presiding, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Municipal Councils. Balmain
This council met on February 19. Present—The May[?] (Alderman A. M. M[?]ne)in the chair, also Aldermen R. Campbell, H. B. Swan, M. H. Cohen, C. Taylor, W. W. Williams, A. G. Crump, H. Cox, E. J. Bowes, J. J…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Municipal Association
The Municipal Association of New South Wales held its monthly meeting at the offices, Queen Victoria Markets yesterday. Alderman Wheeler presided, and there was a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disputed Municipal Assessment. Suit by Broken-hill Companies. Irrelevant Interrogatories
Argument was continued before the Full Court in an appeal respecting a phase of the litigation brought by seven Broken-hill mining companies against the local municipality, respecting the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ALDERMAN W. G. CRANE. Mayor of Burwood
The Mayor of Burwood for 1901 is Alderman Walter G. Crane. Mr. Crane was born in Sydney in 1856, and was educated at the Cleveland-street Public School, and the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clothing the Aldermen
In accordance with the custom at the first Court of Aldermen, the Aldermen met at Guildhall, to inspect and select the cloth annually sent to the high…
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