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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1902

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Liverpool Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 11

This Council met on Tuesday, Present: Mayor Chapman and the full Councill. Correspondence: From T. F. H. McKenzie, M.L.A.,…

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Action by the Mayor of the Glebe

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 10

The works committee of the Glebe Council drove through the borough on Tuesday last with a view of ascertaining whether or not the borough was in a sanitary condition A thorough inspection was…

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Dundas. Council Meeting

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 3

The regular meeting of the Dundas Council was held on Wednesday. Present:—Mayor F. C. Cox, and Aldermen Johnston, Spurway, Franks, Neil and Hughes…

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The Plague. Council and Board, Dr. Tidswell and Redfern Council

The Australian Star · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 8

According to a report in a morning paper, the Redfern Council on Thursday indulged in strictures on the Board of Health, who were described as "parsimonious," and who were…

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The City Council. Those Crown-street Properties. the Ownership Repudiated

Evening News · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 6

At the meeting of the health committee yesterday morning, the City Solicitor (Mr. P. S. Dawson) wrote as follows: "I have perused the report of the City Building Surveyor or the…

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The Rat Crusade. Advice to Citizens. the City Council's Circular

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 10

At yesterday's meeting of the health committee of the City Council the city health officer, Dr. Armstrong, submitted the following circular, which he suggested should be issued to citizens…

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Sanitation at Alexandria. a Drastic Report by the Inspector. Discussion in the Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 10

At the meeting of the Alexandria Council on Thursday evening the inspector for the district proceeded to read his report, when Alderman Horne rose and moved that the council go into committee with…

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The City Council. Meeting of the Health Committee. Crusade Against Rats. the Burdekin Estate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 9

The Health Committee of the City Council met yesterday morning, Alderman Samuel Smith, M.L.A., vice-chairman, presiding. The following members were also present—Aldermen Evan Jones,…

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MUNICIPAL Plague

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 34

So far, the operations of the bubonic Plague rat have been confined within reasonable limits. Drastic cleansing operations were proceeded with by all those numerous elective or…

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Mort's Dock's Appeal against Municipal Assessment

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 5

The appeal of Mort's Deck Engineering Company, Ltd., against the Balmain Borough Council for the assessment for the year 1901, which has…

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Pages From Famous. Men's Lives. (All Rights Reserved.) Vi.-- Mr. Chamberlain As Municipal Reformer

The Australian Star · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 2

A distinctive feature in Mr. Chamberlain's character and career is in his close touch with the people outside London. To denizens of the metropolis it is as in the…

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Municipal. Liverpool

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 5

THE regular meeting of the above council was held in the Council Chamber on Tuesday evening last. Present—The Mayor (Alderman Chapman) and Aldermen Christiansen, Brewer, Murray,…

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The Incorporation of Newington and Silverwater. Taking Time by the Forelock. Proposal for Another Municipality

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 2

The residents of the Silverwater portion of Newington have always pronounced against in-corporation, and it was thought that after two or three unsuccessful attempts to get a majority…

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Municipal Malpractice. Leichhardt Council and Callan Park. Filthy Disposal of Nightsoil

Truth · Sunday 2 March 1902 · page 3

RESIDENTS in the vicinity of the Callan Park Asylum have complained to TRUTH of a filthy method of disposing of nightsoil recently adopted by the Leichhardt Council,…

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Meeting of the Council. the Crown-street Area

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 March 1902 · page 7

Several matters of importance were dealt with yesterday by the Health Committee of the City Council. Dr. Armstrong submitted a report on the…

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Dr. Tidswell and Redfern Council

The Australian Star · Monday 3 March 1902 · page 6

Redfern Council is highly indignant at the criticism to which it has been subjected by Dr. Tidswell. The doctor, it seems. implied in the course of an interview that the…

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The City Council. Meeting of the Health Committee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 March 1902 · page 8

The Helath Committee of the City Council met on Saturday morning, Alderman Samuel Smith, M.L.A. (vice-chairman) presiding. The following members were also present:—Aldermen Evan Jones, M'Elhone,…

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Redfern Council, and the Complaint About Disinfectants. Reply by Dr. Tidswell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 March 1902 · page 8

Dr. Tidswell has informed a representative of this journal that his attention had been called to a discussion which had taken place in the Redfern Council, in which…

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Municipal Matters

Evening News · Monday 3 March 1902 · page 3

At the last meeting of the Marrickville Council, the borough engineer (Mr. J. P. Webster) presented a special report. It stated that the municipal year, 1901, having now come to a close,…

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Municipal Councils. Gundagai

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 March 1902 · page 10

At a meeting of the local council last night the question of a water supply by pumping was discussed. The council appeared to be unanimous in the matter, and decided, on the motion of Alderman…

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