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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1902

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Annandale Council

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 3

The usual meeting was held on Monday night. Present—Aldermen Wells (Mayor), Ferris, Smith, New, Bidge, Coyle, Starling, and…

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Hurstville Council

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 3

THE postponed meeting of this Council was held on Thursday last. Present:, The Mayor (Alderman E. F. Fripp) and Aldermen Poulton, Musgrove,…

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Drummoyne Council

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 3

The ordinary meeting of the above council was held last Tuesday night. Present;—Aldermen Ghest (Mayor), Rodd, Henley, Palmer, McLean,…

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Dundas Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 12

The Council met on Wednesday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman F. C. Cox), aud Aldermen Spurway, Franks, Hughes and Johnston…

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Kogarah Council

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 3

THE ordinary meeting of the above Council was held on Monday last. Present: The Mayor (Alderman H. McPherson), and Aldermen…

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Granville Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 3

The ordinary meeting of this Council was held on Wednesday. Present Mayor Kay and Alderman Townsend, Symonds, Howitt, Mahoney, Dawes, MeAdam, Gill and Lane…

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Ryde Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 8

The fortnightly meeting of the Ryde Council was held on Friday night. Present: The Mayor (Alderman E. M. Betts, J.P.), and Aldermen Benson, Tueker, Worthington, Cox…

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Bexley Council

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 3

THIS Council got to what it is pleased to term “work,” but what to the onlooker appeared to be a series of screaming farces, on Monday last…

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The Wyalong Inquiry the Ex-mayor's Evidence

Evening News · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 6

WYALONG, Friday.—The Royal Commission of Inquiry concerning municipal matters was resumed this morning, before the Commissioner (Judge Hamilton). Alderman Moriarty,…

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City Council Prosecutions

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 10

In the special health division of the Central Court yesterday, before Mr. Wilshire, S.M., the following persons were proceeded against, under the 43rd section of the Public Health Act, for…

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Liverpool Council. The Gas Trouble

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 3

This Council met on Tuesday. Present: Mayor Chapman, Aldermen Perry, Blinman, Pollard Smith, Christiansen, Brewer and Murray. Alderman Moreshead entered later…

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Mr. T. C. Harrington. Lord Mayor of Dublin. Who Declined an Invitation to Attend the Coronation

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 9

The refusal of the Lord Mayor of Dublin (Mr. T. C. Harrington, M.P.) to attend the Coronation or receive a motion in favor of sending a representative was probably not unexpected…

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Discussed by the Victorian Council. Major-general Hutton's Views

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The raising of funds for the Bisley team was discussed at the meeting of the council of the Victoria Rifle Association to-night…

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Special Meeting of N.r.a. Telegram From Major-general Hutton. the Council's Reply

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 9

A special meeting of the council of the National Rifle Association of New South Wales was held yesterday afternoon at the rooms, O'Connell-street, Lieutenant-Colonel Longfield (chairman) presiding…

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Municipal Smoke Consumers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 31

The City Council has a hard but to crack in the enforcement of the by-law with regard to the smoke nuisance. Everyone is familiar with the tall chinmey-stacks belching forth…

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Municipal Councils. [?]Urstville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 10

This council met on April 17, when there were present:— Aldermen Fri[?] (Mayor), John Thompson, Poulton, F. G. Thompson, Johnson, Hawke, S[?]ter, Musgrove, and Patrick. On the consideration of the finance committee's…

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Wyalong Municipal Affairs. the Rating of the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 9

WYALONG, Friday. -- The Royal Commission resumed to-day in connection with municipal matters, Acting-Judge Hamilton presiding. The commissioner intimated that the missing papers…

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Municipal. Liverpool

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 4

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

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Granville Municipal Appeals. Wednesday, April 23

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 2

At the Parramatta Police Court, before Mr. T. E. Mecnevin, P.M., and Messrs. Braine and Armitage, the Granville municipal appeals were dealt with…

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Dublin Aldermen and the Coronation

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 April 1902 · page 8

The Lord Mayor of Dublin (Mr. Timothy C. Harrington, M.P.). presiding at a meeting of the Corporation of the City of Dublin, declined to accept a motion to send…

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