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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1901

3,444 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 173

Municipal Honors

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Tuesday 26 February 1901 · page 2

"Yes," [?]ez M[?] inty "there arre manny more orr [?] emply honors [?] be hed in this counthry, but th' most worth liss wan iv all is the municipal wan…

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Municipal Councils. Bankstown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 February 1901 · page 7

A meeting of this council was held on February 21. t[?] Mayor (Alderman Gilliver) presiding. Accounts amounting to £23 1s 1d were passed for payment. Alderman H. J. Kelly was appointed alderman to sign cheques in…

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Annandale Aldermen at Variance. a Noisy Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 February 1901 · page 8

Monday night's meeting of the Annandale Council was, perhaps, the most noisy held since the inception of the borough. The hall was packed with ratepayers, who in turn applauded and dissented from the different speakers…

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Bankstown Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1901 · page 3

Ordinary meeting on Thursday. Present: Mayor Gilliver and full Council. The Works Committee recommended that the tender of E. Clark for wator-tabling in…

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ALD. J. Percy Josephson Mayor of Marrickville

The Australian Star · Wednesday 27 February 1901 · page 5

Alderman J. Percy Josephson, Mayor of Marrickville, has a municipal career of over 12 years. Formerly, the borough was made up of three wards only, and when the fourth…

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Ermington and Rydalmere Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1901 · page 1

The ordinary meeting of this Council we held on Wednesday, present the Mayor (Alderman Swane) and Aldermen Adamson, Randall Hughes and Unicomb…

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City Council. Special Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 February 1901 · page 5

A special meeting of the City Council was bald last evening to consider various matters relating to the health of the city. The Mayor (Alderman Dr. Graham, M.L.A.), presided, and there was a full…

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City Council. the Plague Scare

Evening News · Wednesday 27 February 1901 · page 2

A special meeting of the City Council was held on Tuesday evening, in response to a requisition by Aldermen Fitzgerald, Ralston, Stephen, Hughes, and Mullins, to consider:-1. Precautions…

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Control of City Thoroughfares. Liverpool-street "Disembowelled." Protest by the Mayor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 February 1901 · page 4

The Mayor of Sydney had something plain tc say yesterday with respect to the city streets for which in the public mind the council is belt responsible…

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Proposal to Widen Elizabeth- Street. What the Mayor Wants to Do

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 February 1901 · page 4

If the Mayor of Sydney had his way, Elizabeth-street would soon lose its present dingy, commonplace aspect, and become one of the most picturesque, and at the same time imposing,…

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Cabramatta and Canley Vale Council. The Settlement of the Debt to Liverpool Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1901 · page 1

This Council met on Thursday. Present : Mayor Cook, Aldermen Allen, Palmer, Hoy, Latham, and T. B. Linley. Correspondence: from the auditors, Messrs P. W. Murray and…

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A.j.c. and the Randwick Council

Evening News · Wednesday 27 February 1901 · page 2

At a meeting of the Randwick Council on Tuesday night, the following letter from the secretary of the Australian Jockey Club was read:-"I have the honor to direct your attention to the…

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The City Council. Another Plague Scare. Wash Us Clean

The Australian Star · Wednesday 27 February 1901 · page 3

The City Council met last evening specially for the purpose of considering what precautions should be taken, in view of a probable recurrence of the plague, the organisation of…

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An A.j.c, Grievance. Randwick Council Not Sympathetic

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 February 1901 · page 5

Last night at the Randwick council meeting a latter was read from the Australian Jockey Club secretary, pointing out that on the days of racing at Randwick certain persons made use of…

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If the Plague Should Return? City Council's Intentions. Special Meeting Last Night

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 February 1901 · page 9

A special mooting of tho City Council was held last night. In response to a requisition by Aldermen Fitzgerald, Ralston, Stephen, Hughes, and Mulllns, to consider (1) precautions be taken…

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Policy of the Minister for Works. Prepared to Act with the City Council

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 February 1901 · page 4

The State Minister for Works has lately been giving much attention to the question of the improvement of Sydney, and he states that he is willing to co-operate in every way with the…

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Municipal Sydney. Progress Made Last Year. the Town Clerk's Report. Ax Interesting Statement

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 February 1901 · page 4

The Town Clerk's annual report for 1900 is now in circulation. It is a lengthy statement of affairs, and includes reports emanating from nil the chief officers of the council, side by side…

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ALDERMAN W. F. LATIMER. Mayor of Woollahra

The Australian Star · Thursday 28 February 1901 · page 5

Alderman W. F. Latimer is again Mayor of Woollahra. It was a distinct compliment to this gentleman to be chosen for the position last February after a short municipal career…

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A Popular Ex-mayor

The Australian Star · Thursday 28 February 1901 · page 8

At a special meeting of the Darlington Council Alderman Moran, J.P., moved-- "That the thanks of this council be accorded to the retiring Mayor, Alderman James Spring, J.P.,…

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Plague Fear. the Mayor Speaks

Evening News · Thursday 28 February 1901 · page 6

The Mayor of Sydney (Alderman Dr. Graham, M.L.A.), speaking on the subject of the possibility of another visitation of plague in Sydney, said that, while it was urgently desirable to…

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