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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1901

3,444 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 173

Bankstown Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 1

Ordinary meeting hold on Thursday, 4th April. Present: Mayor Gilliver, J.P., Aldermen Miller, J. P., Goyeu, Macauley, Gibson and Eldridge…

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The City Council

The Australian Star · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 4

The programme of the City Council continues to be progressive; if no phenomenal improvement can yet be detected in metropolitan sanitary and other directions, the facts that…

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Newcastle Council

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 8

The Newcastle Council last night received a telegram from Mr. C. Lyne, secretary to the Public Works Committee, intimating that the committee would visit Newcastle within three…

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City Council Matters

Evening News · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 6

"Should Parliament meet before the dissolution," said the Mayor (Dr. Graham, M.L.A.), yesterday, "opportunity will be taken to get an amending bill…

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Ermington and Rydalmere Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 4

The ordinary meeting of the Council was held on Wednesday. Present the Mayor (Alderman Swane) and Aldermen Hughes, Unicombe…

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Auburn Council. Dealing with Tenders

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 1

There was a special meeting of the Council on Wednesday, called for tho purpose of dealing with tenders. Tho whole Council was present except Alderman Ritchie. The Mayor…

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The Adelaide City Council. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 7

At a meeting of the City (Council this afternoon the town clerk read the following letter which he had written to the Chief Secretary:—"I have the honour to refer to the approaching visit of the Duke and, the…

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City Traffic Regulations. Rates of Carriage Increased. Action by the Waverley Council

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 4

The agitation which was recently commenced in the eastern suburbs against the new traffic regulation that has diverted the slow heavy traffic of Oxford-street to contiguous…

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Municipal Appeal Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 4

Mr. Smithers, S.M., presided over the municipal appeal court for the borough of Alexandria, which was held at the Redfer[?] Police Court yesterday morning. Mr. Madden, council clerk, and the…

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Municipal Reform. Sanitary and Otherwise

The Australian Star · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 6

His Worship the Mayor is fully alive to the necessity which exists for reform in the matter of street cleaning, as one item highly necessary to receive the attention of the City…

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Rookwood Municipal Finances. to the Editor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 3

Sir,-I have only now got "Government Gazotlo," abstract of Rookwood municipal accounts to compare with that advertised in THE ARGUS of 6th March, and find many of the…

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A "Poetic" Alderman. Novelty in Municipal Discussions

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 April 1901 · page 6

An inquiry into the working of the overseer's department of the Ashfield Council, which has been in progress for some time, was brought to a conclusion in the small hours of yesterday…

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Presentation to an Alderman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 April 1901 · page 9

On Tuesday night Alderman E. F. Sutton, of the Drummoyne Council, who left yesterday with the Australasian team of bowlers, was presented with an ivory-handled obo[?]y walking stick, with gold…

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Watering the Streets. "A Plague-ridden Mayor." The Water Board and the Council

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 April 1901 · page 5

During the course of a meeting of the Water and Sewerage Beard to-day the old question of seeking Government aid to help the board in the expense of fumigating' sewers…

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City Affairs. What the Mayor Says

Evening News · Thursday 11 April 1901 · page 4

The Mayor (Dr. Graham, M.L.A.) informed an "Evening News" reporter to-day that the new sanitary inspectors had each been detailed for duty by the city health officer (Dr. Armstrong)…

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City Council Laborers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 April 1901 · page 7

At a meeting of the general purposes committee of the City Council held on Tuesday, the question of employment of labor by the council was discussed at length, and it was agreed to…

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The City Council's Work

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 April 1901 · page 4

The new City Council, as far as opportunity has yet been given, has fulfilled the expectations formed regarding it. It has been already made clear to the ratepayers…

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Leaders in Council. Botha, Steyn, and De Wet. a Meeting Near Heilbron

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 April 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--After staying on a farm near Heilbron, in the north-eastern part of the Transvaal, with ex-President Steyn and General Christian De Wet,…

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Municipal Appeal Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 April 1901 · page 3

At the Paddington Police Court yesterday, Mr. J. Mair, S,M., sat as a court of appeal against the ass[?]ts for the Borough of Waverley. There were 92 appeals lodged against the assessments for…

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Municipal Appeal Courts. Balmain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 April 1901 · page 8

The appeal court for the municipality of Balmain was held yesterday at the local court-house, before Mr. F. S. Is[?]s, S.M., for the purpose of hearing and determining the appeals lodged against…

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