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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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A combined meeting of the members of the labor leagues of Balmain North and South was held last week to consider the question of selecting candidates to contest the municipal elections…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alderman Osgood, at the meeting of the St Peters Council on Monday evening, complained that the drivers of the electric trams frequently failed to stop at the conditional…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The ordinary meeting was held on Wednesday. Present : Mayor MeAdam, and Aldermen Lane, Mahony, Wilkins, Gill, Finnegan, Kay, Hewatt, Osborn, Townsend and Kirk…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The fortnightly meeting was held on Friday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman J. R. Rooke), and Aldermen McNeil, Joubert, McIntosh, Thomson, and McBride…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,--Just now, when we are again threatened with an epidemic of a dirt disease, for such the plague undoubtedly is, one might expect our local councils to bestir themselves, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, December 24.--The Lord Chancellor last Wednesday, after a lapse of six weeks, gave the reasons for the decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the Marais…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A good deal of interest is already being manifested in connection with the annual city municipal elections, which will take palce next month. Alderman M. A. Fraser, who is the retiring alderman for the City Ward, is to be opposed…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Among the correspondence at last night's council meeting were communications from the Railway Commissioners relative to the taking away by tram of large quantities of municipal water to Blackheath…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A meeting of Mr. Hunt's friends and supporters is to be held at the School of Arts to-night. There is nothing very new in connection…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mayor (Alderman T. Hughes) is determined that, so far as it lies in his power, the plague shall not he allowed to spread. At his instigation every precaution is being taken by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The German Consul, Herr Von Burl, in company with the commander of the warship Moewe, paid un official visit to the Mayor of Sydney this morning. The visit…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At Tuesday evening's meeting of the Petersham Council the Mayor (Alderman H. Davis) presented his annul minute dealing with the finances. It stated inter alia that the prices of material had been very high during the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Mayor of Balmain (Alderman Milne) is dissatisfied with certain of the Supreme Court judges, and from certain remarks of his at Tuesday night's meeting of the Balmain Council…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →About 250 electors of Belmore and some other friends entertained Sir James Graham at a smoke concert last evening at the concert hall, Queen Victoria Markets, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mayor of Sydney (Alderman Thomas Hughes) has had an interview with Dr. Armstrong, City Health Officer, in reference to plague matters, with a view to ascertain what…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The recent outbreak of suspected cases of the plag[?]e at Rushcutter Bay, in places which are in close proximity to the Woolla[?]ra municipal boundary, has caused the Mayor of that borough…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,--A letter appears in your issue of to-day which, if true, is certainly a reflection on the scavenging department of the council; the gentleman making the complaint should, I think, when…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At Tuesday night's meeting of the Balmain Council a copy of a report made to the Board of Health by their consulting engineer, Mr. T. H. Houghton, upon an inspection of Blackwattle,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mayor of Sydney (Alderman Thomas Hughes), in view of the possibility of the outbreak of plague threatening to increase in Sydney, held an interview with Dr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In view of the recent occurrence of cases of plag[?]o in the city, the Mayor (Alderman T. Hughes) called for a report from the citv health officer, Dr Armstrong. Tant report has now reached the hands of…
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