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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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Sir,—The impossibility, of securing anything approaching adequate sanitary conditions under the existing system of supervision by local inspectors— as examplified in more than one suburban…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →At a special meeting of the Lismore Council the rates for the ensuing year were fixed as follow:-- General, [?]; lighting, [?]; water, [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No new case of plague was reported in Sydney yesterday. A suspicious case in Kent-street, city, was reported however but it proved to-day to be not one of plague…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →NOTICE is hereby given to the Owner or Owners of the undermentioned Properties that the same have been Assessed by the Council of this Municipality for the purposes…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE regular meeting of the above council was held on Thursday evening, 1st instant. Present—The Mayor (Alderman Cooke) and Aldermen Latham, McBurney, Hey, Linley, Telfer, Palmer and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE regular fortnightly meeting of the above council was held at the Council Chamber on Tuesday evening last. Present—The Mayor (Alderman Chapman) and Aldermen Perry,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man has always been led to believe that in the patient, loving horse he had found his truest and noblest friend. Out of all the animal species it certainly is the one beast…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There is a forceful article in the latest issue of the "Richmond River Times," entitled Turning the First Sod of a Municipality Grave." The first Sod of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Newtown Council has recently had two junior clerks, bolt, of whom after a short stay, left to better themselves elsewhere. This caused some trouble to the council clerk, and inconvenience in office working. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The last furnace nt the copper mine closed operations yesterday from want of water, and the employees were discharged, with only a few 'exceptions. Immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The appeals of the Australian Gaslight Company and the Sydney and Suburban Hydraulic Power Company against assessments made by the City Council respecting the lands occupied by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Recently the Redfern Council received a communication from Mr. W. Morris, intimating that an effort was being made to organise a local brass band, and asking the council to permit it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This council met on May 5. Present—Aldeman W. Wells (Mayor) in the chair, also Aldermen Cohen, Ferris, Smith, New Ridge, Coyle, Starling. O'Brien, and Robertson. A communication was received from Mr. W. H…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A special meeting of the municipal council was held last night to deal with the estimates and valuations for the current year. The estimated amount required for carrying out public works and necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,--I have no desire to charge tho Redfern aldermen with pandering to your journal, however much their conduct may warrant such a charge, but I would like to know why these gentlemen do not agitate for a reduction in these…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. C. W. Oakes, M.L.A., who is also an elderman of Paddington, proved to be saturated with information concerning the Greater Sydney movement. In the course of an interview with an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Greater Sydney just depends on what is meant," said the Mayor of Leichhardt (Alderman J. P. Treadgold) to an "Evening News" reporter, who asked him how he regarded the project. "It…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A letter was read at last night's meeting of the Woollahra Borough Council from the council at Camden, asking the co-operation of "Woollahra in holding a public meeting for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Paddington recently, after a long debate, decided by a large majority that Greater Sydney was a proposal worthy of the most severe condemnation. The Mayor of that borough (Alderman G…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At last night's meeting of the Woollahra Council a communication was received from the Camden Council asking the co-operation of the former in bringing about a reduction of members of the…
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