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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1902

4,012 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 201

Leichhardt Council. The Water Supply. An Unsavoury Depot

The Australian Star · Wednesday 5 March 1902 · page 3

At the meeting of the Leichhardt Borough Council on Monday the minute with regard to the recent conference held by the Annandale and Leichhardt Councils re the…

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The City Council. Tablet to China Contingenters. Assessment Appeals

The Australian Star · Wednesday 5 March 1902 · page 7

The usual meeting of the City Council was held at the Town Hall last evening, the Mayor (Alderman T. Hughes) being in the chair…

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City Council. the Smoke Nuisance. a Time Limit Fixed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 March 1902 · page 4

The City Council met at the Town-hall last night. REMOVING BEDDING. Alderman Griffin asked what steps had been…

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Discussion in the Balmain Council. the Use of Ferrets Advocated

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1902 · page 8

At lost night's meeting of the Balmain Council a communication was received from the City Council asking the council to co-operate, with other municipalities, in making an onslaught on the rats and…

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Condition of the General Post Office. Discussion in the City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1902 · page 8

During the course of the deliberations of the City Council last evening the condition ot the General Post Office came under notice. Alderman Kelly said that in consequence of its…

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City Council. Appeals Against Assessments. the Smoke Nuisance. Memorial to the China Naval Contingent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1902 · page 4

The ordinary meeting of the City Council was held last evening, when the following members were present:—Aldermen T. Hughes (Mayor), Milner Stephen Watkins, West, Lane Mullins, Barlow,…

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The City Council. Meeting of the Health Committee. Fumigation of Sewers. Condition of Sussex-street

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1902 · page 8

The health committee of the City Council met yesterday morning, the Mayor (Alderman Hughes) presiding. The Mayor informed the committee that he had…

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Municipal Councils. Cootamundra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1902 · page 10

The council has received a report from the Government analyist that the local water supply is not the purest for delicate constitutions and children without filtration. A letter has been forwarded to…

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Our Vienna Letter. Municipalising Works. Vienna, Jan. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1902 · page 10

Among the great capitals of the European Continent Vienna proceeds fastest in the municipalising the principal undertakings in the metropolis—waterworks, gasworks, and means…

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Municipal Councils. Annandale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1902 · page 13

This council met on February 24. Present—The Mayor (Alderman Allen Taylor) in the chair, also Aldermen Ferris, Wells, Cohen, Robertson, Broad, Ridge, New, Smith, Coyle, Bull, and Starling. The correspondence…

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The Public Health Act. Its Cumbersome Procedure. the Remedy. a Chat with Alderman Fitzgerald

Evening News · Thursday 6 March 1902 · page 8

Few opportunities have been let slip by the City Council to explain that its powers in the direction of demolishing rookeries are sadly hampered by the cumbrous procedure…

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Discussion in the Camperdown Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1902 · page 6

The borough council of Camperdown sat for several hours on Tuesday evening discussing matters connected with the plague and the sanitary condition of the district over which the council…

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Cleansing the City. Wednesday's Council Meeting

Evening News · Thursday 6 March 1902 · page 6

The City Health Officer reported that 12 additional cleaners would le required for the disinfection and cleansing of the block between Pitt, Castlereagh, Bathurst, and Liverpool streets. This…

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Bexley Bickerings. Scene in the Council

Evening News · Thursday 6 March 1902 · page 8

The Bexley Council is a very young body, the locality having only become incorporated in a separate borough some eighteen months ago; but its meetings are sometimes…

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Parramatta and District. Criticising a Council

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 March 1902 · page 8

The Parramatta Progress Association at a meeting on Tuesday night, presided over by Mr. J. J. Taylor, received a letter from the council clerk of Parramatta stating that the Mayor did not consider it advisable to call…

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NO. 2 District Court. (Before Judge Murray.) City Council Assessment Appeals

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1902 · page 8

His Honor Judge Murray commenced the hearing of a number of appeals against the rating assessments of the City Council. They consisted of the cases that were not settled by the friendly Court of…

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The Rifle Associations. Meeting of the Commonwealth Council. Major General Hutton's Views

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 March 1902 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- A meeting of the Commonwealth Council of the Australian Rifle Associations to deal with the selection of a Bisley team, and consider the future constitution of the…

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The City Council. Meeting of the Health Committee. Removal of Garbage. a Night Service Favoured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1902 · page 5

The health committee of the City Council met yesterday morning, the Mayor presiding. THE DISPOSAL OF DEAD RATS. The town clerk read the following memo, from the…

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Municipal Assessments. Appeal by Mort's Dock and Engineering Company. a Settlement Arrived At

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1902 · page 8

Before Mr. E. H. Wilshire, S.M., yesterday at the Central Police Court, the Mort's Dock and Engineering Company of Balmain appealed against the assessment made by the borough of Balmain on the…

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Municipal Councils. Hill End

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1902 · page 6

Mr. A. Ross, sen., was to-day elected an alderman unopposed, vice Mr. J. K. Foster, resigned. TAMWORTH, Wednesday. At the municipal election to-day for Burke Ward…

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