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Sydney · Council & local affairs
3,444 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 173
LONDON, Wednesday.--Conflicting reports have, been published recently with regard to the Boer leaders having met in council since the failure of the peace…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—Until I saw from the press that the Water and Sewerage Board intended to curtail the supply of water used for flushing the streets of the city I was not aware there was such a thing in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The monthly meeting of the committee of the New South Wales Municipal Association was held at the offices, Victoria Market Buildings, en Wednesday afternoon, when there were present:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting of the Municipal Association of New South Wales was held yesterday. Alderman John Wh[?]ler was in the chair, and there were present Aldermen Rigg, M.L.A., J. F. Smith, E. Campbell, G. Clarke,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Wilshire, S.M., presided over an Appeal Court held yesterday at the Newtown Police Court for the purpose of hearing appeals lodged against the recent municipal assessment for the Borough of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Mayor (Dr. Graham) expressed his gratification yesterday that, the City Council had approved of the proposal to erect a garbage destructor almost immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Mayor of Petersham (Alderman H. Davis), after having gone exhaustively into the condition of the finances of the Petersham Council, has prepared a statement, which was submitted to the last meeting. It…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Speaking yesterday on the subject of the garbage destructors, the erection of which was approved by the City Council on Wednesday night, the Mayor of Sydney (Alderman Dr. Graham,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The weakly meeting of the Sydney Labour Council was held at the Trades' Hall last night, Mr. T. H Thrower being in the chair A letter was read from the Journeymen Coopers' Society dealing with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The sixteenth quarterly meeting of the Council of Advice was held in the Land Board room of the Lands Department on 9th, 10th, and 11th…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A communication was received from, the Journeymen Coopers' Society at last night's meeting of the Sydney Labor Council, dealing with alleged sweating in their trade. The letter stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Perth City Council sat continuously from 8 o'clock on Tuesday night till 4 o'clock yesterday discussing the question of the appointment of town clerk. There were 126 applications. One fuction in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →We have already received by cable a brief intimation of the decision of the Privy Council in the appeal Minister for Lands v. Wilson, generally known as the " Mercadool case," and we now give the full…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We have already received by cable a brief intimation of the decision of the Privy Council in the appeal Minister for Lands v. Wilson, generally known as the "Mercadool case,"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Vaucluse Borough Council have a matter in hand just now in which the Harbor Trust Commissioners are also directly concerned. The former body met on Wednesday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce held at the Exchange, Bridge-street, yesterday afternoon, the question of outward wharfage rates charged under the Harbor Trust Act was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the last meeting of the Liverpool Council, a petition was received from a number of Ingleburn residents, requesting the assistance of the council in urging the Government to extend one…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alderman Winter, of North Sydney, evidently does not think much of tho municipal council of which he is a member, and, in consequence of an outspoken expression of opinion on his part, the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The ordinary meeting of the above was hell on Monday night last, when there were present—The Mayor (Ald F D Woodriff), Aldermen J W Dunkley, A…
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