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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1902

4,012 stories in Sydney's papers · page 74 of 201

The Country. Wyalong Council Again

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 May 1902 · page 7

WYALONG, Wednesday. -- At the council meeting last night a matter was brought up of some importance to municipal officers. An account was presented by the solicitor of the late council…

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Illawarra Train Service. Action of the Bexley Council

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 May 1902 · page 3

The inadequate train service to the Illawarra suburbs has long been a source of complaint by the residents concerned. Recently the different councils of St. George took the matter in hand,…

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The Outbreak at Newtown. References in the Local Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 May 1902 · page 5

At a meeting of the Newtown Council held on Tuesday evening the report of the sanitary committee stated that a letter had been received form the secretary of the Board of Health to the effect that…

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City Council Health Committee. Report by the Building Surveyor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 May 1902 · page 6

The health committee of the City Council met at the Town-hall yesterday afternoon. The following report front Mr. R. H. Brodrick. City Building Surveyor, was road and…

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London County Council. London, May 7, 2.41 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 8 May 1902 · page 4

The London County Council is at present negotiating for the purchase of the ground on which St. Bartholomew's and Christ's Hospitals stand, and which comprises 10…

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Trades Meetings. The Labour Council. The Unemployed Question. Painters' Union

The Australian Star · Thursday 8 May 1902 · page 3

Mr. R. Smallwood presided at last night's meeting in the Trades Hall of the Painters Union, when the question of employing labourers on the work at the new cemetery…

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Municipal Councils. Campbelltown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 May 1902 · page 10

The council at its last meeting received a communication from the Katoomba council seeking cooperation in urging the passing of a local government bill. It was decided to assist as requested…

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Drummoyne Municipality

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 May 1902 · page 3

The Mayor of Drummoyne has received a letter from the Principal Under-Secretary, stating that he had been directed by the Premier and Chief Secretary to state that the bylaws in force in…

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Sydney Labor Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 3

The weekly meeting of the Sydney Labor Council was held at the Trades-ball last night, Mr. A. Cameron presiding. NEWCASTLE WHARF TROUBLE…

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The Labor Council's Views

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 5

The following recommendation was submitted by the executive committee of the Sydney Labor Council at their meeting last night:--"Whereas under the altered conditions of government under…

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Special Health Court. City Council Prosecutions

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 7

At the special Health Court yesterday, Mr. E. H. Wilshire, S.M., presiding, Mr. J. S. Cargil, of the Crown Law Department, prosecuted fir the City Council, on informations laid under the…

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London County Council. Seeking New Headquarters

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The London County Council is trying to purchase St. Bartholomew's Hospital and Christ's Hospital, covering an area of 10 acres, as headquarters…

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London County Council. London, May 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 7

The London County Council is trying to purchase St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Smithfield, and Christ's Hospital, Newgate-street, for headquarters. The area of the sites is…

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Sydney Labour Council. the Technical Education Commission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 9

The weekly meeting of the Sydney Labour Council was held last night in the Trades' Hall. Mr. Allen Cameron (president) occupied the chair. There was a large attendance of members. The…

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Insanitary Redfern. Dr. Armstrong's Report the Council's Reply

Evening News · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 5

The Redfern Council, at its meeting on Thursday evening, received from the Board of Health a communication with regard to various matters about which certain information was requested…

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Discussion at the Sydney Labour Council. Reduction of Members Condemned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 8

Atlast night's meeting of the Sydney Labour Council, presided over by Mr. Allan Cameron, a discussion took place on the movement towards State reform and the proposal to reduce the number of…

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Property Owners' Protest Against Sanitary Expenditure, Council and Health Hoard Denounced

The Australian Star · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 3

About a dozen gentlemen met in the Hotel Australia yesterday afternoon in response to a circular issued by Mr. A. Rogaisky suggesting the formation of an association to…

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Protest by Property-owners. City Council Prosecutions. a Defence Association Formed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 7

The fiction of the City Council in its vigorous prosceution of persons under the Public Health Act has roused the ire of property-owners to such an extent that it has been decided to form a defence association…

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Sydney Labour Council. The Bogus Reform Cry. Womanhood Representation. State Wire-Netting Factory

The Australian Star · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 3

Under the presidency of Mr. Allan Cameron the Sydney Labour Council met at the Trades Hall last evening. The following recommendations from the executive committee of the…

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Greater Sydney. Petersham Municipality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 7

The annual report of the municipality of Petersham, submitted to the Petersham Council by the council clerk (Mr. D. Clifford) recently, and adopted at the last meeting of the council, showed the total…

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