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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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A further delay is likely to occur in connection with the Privy Council appeal case Kingston v. Gadd. The Supreme Court, it will be remembered, upheld the claim of the Customs Department to tax…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The directors of the Bank of England, alarmed by the London County Council's expenditure, declined to make an advance of £5,000,000, but offered £2,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bank of England, being alarmed at the London County Council's expenditure, declined to make an advance of £5,000,000 to the council. The bank offered £2,000,000. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At last night's meeting of the Paddington council the inspector of nuisances reported that rata were on the increase in many parts or the borough. Alderman White expressed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In connection with the extraordinary vacancy in the Lane Cove Council created by the resignation of Alderman James Robb, one of the representatives of Central Ward, the following…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The City Council is once more carrying on a vigorous crusade against those of the ratepayers who have neglected to provide themselves vlth the proper type of garbage receptacles…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Lord Mayor (Alderman THos. Hughes) and the Lady Mayoress, accompanied by their two sons (Masters Roger and Geoffrey), Who left Sydney a fortnight ago by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Alderman Jno. Salmon, the newly-elected Mayor of Newtown, was born in Liverpool, N.S.W., in 1856. He has resided in Newtown for 29 years. He was first returned as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The new Municipal Council Employees' Union already embraces 200 members. Mr. M. Hannon has been appointed acting secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The subjects of illustration are Alderman and Mrs. R. A. Ayres, of Port Macquarie. Mr. Ayres has been untiring in his energies to advance this historic little town, taking a keen…
Continued on Trove, page 548 →The fortnightly meeting of the Parramatta Council was held on Monday evening. Present: The Mayor (Alderman W. Noller) and Aldermen Brown, Jago, Long, Price, Mobbs,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A deputation waited upon the Governor yesterday and urged that the Legislative Council should be elective instead of nominee. His Excellency promised to support the request…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A meeting of the recently-formed union of the workmen employed by the City Council was held last night, at which it was announced that the membership roll had increased to 200. The principal business was the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A deputation from the works committee of the City Council, acting under the instructions of the whole council, waited upon the Railway Commissioners yesterday morning, and asked the latter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Next Monday's meeting of the Liberal and Reform Association will be probably one of the most important events in the history of the party. It will be remembered that at the meeting on February 7…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. F. B. Kyngdon has been elected unopposed to the local council to fill an extraordinary vacancy. GUYRA, Tuesday. The progress committee has decided to ask the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Gold passes for the city tramways have been supplied to the city aldermen. Each alderman is to pay £2 10s per annum for his pass. The amount is based on an estimate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →For two or three months past, the district served by the North Shore line has been badly infested by mosquitoes. Every summer, the plague is disconcerting, but this year the trouble…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A case was before the Full Court which called into question the right to sue a municipality in connection with a street accident. The case was that in which a cabman named Alexander Norman…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →VISITED BY DEPUTATIONS ON SUNDAY. One of the penalties of municipal eminence was brought before the last meeting of the Willoughby Council by a letter from an…
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