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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1901

3,444 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 173

Marsfield Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 3

The fortnightly meeting was held on Thursday. Present: the Mayor (Alderman E. H. Small), and Aldermen Lovell, Gallagher, Adams and Johnson…

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Prospect and Sherwood Council. The Council's Bookkeeping

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 4

Ordinary meeting held on Thursday. Present: Aldermen Waugh (chair), Coopor, Stieme, Miller, Champion, Meakin. Correspondence :…

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The Position of Sydney. "Threatened on All Side." Warning by the Mayor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 7

The presence of the plague at San Francisco is regarded by the Mayor of Sydney as a very grave matter, in view of the amount of direct shipping between that port and this…

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A Municipal Muddle

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 2

THE Granville Council, through ignoring the advice of its Mayor iu 1890, when he submitted a reasonable scheme of retrenchment, has drifted, into a…

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Important Municipal Case. Soap-suds on the Water-tables

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 1

Win. Swann, headmaster of the S.P.S. School, Parramatta North, was charged on Friday at the Parramatta Police Court with allowing soap suds to flow into a water-table in…

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Goulburn's Ex-mayor. Goulburn

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 March 1901 · page 7

The committee for the recognition of ex-Mayor Knowlman's services has decided to adjourn the smoke concert till after the election campaign…

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Boers in Council. a Meeting on

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 March 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--A conference of Boer commandants will be held on Friday, presumably with the intention of discussing the proposed terms of surrender…

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Improving the City. Proposal to Widen Elizabeth- Street. the Council and the Hyde Park Trustees

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 March 1901 · page 6

The Mayor of Sydney is evidently very much in earnest as regards the project to widen Elizabeth-street and to effect a number of necessary reforms in connection with the city parks…

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Municipal Salaries

Evening News · Thursday 14 March 1901 · page 8

In view of the vacancy in the position of Town Clerk of Sydney, applications for which, at a salary of £800 a year, are being invited, the following list of salaries paid to the officials of the…

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NO. 2 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Stephen and a jury of four.) Claim for Alleged Negligence. Herbert v. Municipal District of Manly (part heard)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1901 · page 3

Mr. Moriarty and Mr. Mason, [?]structed bt Mr. E. G. Maddocks Cohen, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Want, K. C., and Mr. Kolvnack, instructed by Mr. P. O. Williams (of Messrs. Williams and…

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Municipal Elections. Borough of Waverley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1901 · page 9

Alderman W. Carter, J.P. (Mayor and returning officer), has received the following nominations for the extraordinary vacancies in the various wards of the borough of Waverley:—Bondi Ward (for the…

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Municipal Appeal Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1901 · page 3

Mr. Edwards, S.M., presided over a court held yesterday at the Newtown police Court, for the hearing of appeals against the recent municipal assessment of the borough of Erskineville. The assessors,…

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Wyalong Municipal Affairs. Wyalong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1901 · page 5

A special meeting of the municipal council was held last night to deal with business which has fallen into arrear through the lansing of a number of meetings during the past few weeks. The salaries for the…

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A Cabman Summoned. Case Under the Municipalities Act

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 March 1901 · page 8

A special case was dealt with by Mr. Justice Cohen in Chambers. It appeared that one Stinson proceeded against a cabowner named Houget, on behalf of the Municipality of Armidale, for a…

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The Dalley Seat. Alderman Cohen at Annandale

The Australian Star · Friday 15 March 1901 · page 3

Alderman I. R. Cohen, the selected Ministerial and Liberal candidate for the Dalley seat in the Federal House of Representatives, addressed a meeting last night from Kirwan's…

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Granville Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 March 1901 · page 3
Also in Granville Independent and Parramatta Advertiser

The council met on Wednesday evening the Mayor (Aldorman M'Adem) presiding. The lighting committee reported having made a personal inspection of the lamps in the borough, and recommended (I) that…

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Railway Institute Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 March 1901 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the council of the Railway Institute was held on Friday evening last. The president (Mr. H. M'Lachlan) occupied the chair. Letters were read from Messrs. W. B. Donnellan, of Murrurandi, and G. C…

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Smithfield and Fairfield Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 March 1901 · page 3

The council met on Wednesday evening, the Mayor (Alderman Anthony) presiding. The Deputy Postmaster-General wrote regretting that the department could not accede in the request for an…

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Striking a Rate. Increase Strongly Advocated. the City Finances. Important Statement by the Mayor. Appeal to Parliament Urged

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 March 1901 · page 7

There is a hard financial nut to be cracked by the City Council, and the aldermen last night seriously tackled the work. "To strike a rate for the year" was the…

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