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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1903

3,679 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 184

Cabramatta and Canley Vale. Council Meeting

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 3

This Council met on Thursday. Present : Mayor Ccoke, Aldermen Lathnm, Hoy, Hamilton mid McBurney. Correspondence:…

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The City Council. General Purposes Committee. Voting Salaries of Officers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 10

A meeting of the general purposes committee, which comprises the whole of the aldermen of the City Council, was held last night in the Town Hall, the Lord Mayor (Alderman Thomas Hughes),…

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Protestant Alliance Friendly Society of Australasia. Grand Council of N.S.W.

Watchman · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 6

United Service Lodge No. 92. Marrickville, attended a Protestant service at Holy Trinity Church, Dulwich Hill, on Sunday evening, March 1st. There was a splendid muster of…

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Government Subsidy to Municipalities

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 15

The impending payment of the long-promised Government subsidy of 2s 6d in the pound to municipalities will make an addition of over £3000 to the revenues of the four council of the…

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Municipal. Liverpool

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 5

THE regular fortnightly meeting of the above council was held at the Council Chamber on Wednesday, 4th instant. Present—The Mayor (Alderman P. Smith), and Aldermen…

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The Lord Mayor's Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 March 1903 · page 8

The fund is controlled by a committee of citizens. The honorary treasurers are Messrs. George Maiden, Frank Grimley, and J. Randal Carey, and the honorary secretaries are Messrs. Thomas.Nesbitt…

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"A Piping Shire"

Evening News · Monday 16 March 1903 · page 4

The above is, it appears, the ornithological name for the common Australian magpie. And the Governor-General has chosen it, and the British Admiralty approved it, as the most…

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An Indignant Council. Ulmarra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 March 1903 · page 5

The council, as the local authority, met on Thursday to consider the Board of Health's report on the Ulmarra dairies. A motion was carried that the Board of Health be informed that discourtesy ha…

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Municipal

Evening News · Monday 16 March 1903 · page 3

The report of the sanitary inspector, presented at the meeting of the Redfern Council, stated that the borough continued in a healthy condition. No typhoid cases had been reported, but…

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Municipal Valuation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 March 1903 · page 5

The assessment in connection with the rateable property within the municipality of Granville has been completed. The valuation shows an increase on the provious year of £61 l3s 2d, the…

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Municipal Councils and Peogress Associations. Liverpool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 March 1903 · page 5

The council has received a letter from the Works Department intimating that the balance of the subsidy for 1902.3 for the Liverpool-Mulgoa road, amounting to£7 17s 10d, had been authorised…

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Municipal Co-operation

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 March 1903 · page 8

At the last meeting of the Granville Borough Council the aldermen expressed approval of the movement by the Auburn Council to have a bridge erected over the Parramatta River, at the foot of Sutherland-street, and…

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The Lord Mayor's Fund

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 3

Up to yesterday the Lord Mayor's Fund totalled over £10,000…

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Appeal to the Lord Mayor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 6

The Mayor of Townsville (Alderman W. A. Ackers) yesterday forwarded the following telegram to the Lord Mayor, making an appeal on behalf of the sufferers by the recent cyclone:—"The…

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The Drought. the Lord Mayor's Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 7

The fund is controlled by a committee of citizens. The honorary treasurers are Messrs. George Maiden, Trank Grimley, and J. Randal Carey, and the honorary secretaries are Messrs. Thomas Nesbitt…

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Paddington Council

The Australian Star · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 7

The Paddington council met last night with the object of disposing of some important business that wits to be submitted. A considerable amount of discussion was raised…

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The Transvaal Council

Evening News · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 5

LONDON, March 10.—A Pretoria telegram to the "Morning Post" states that General Louis Botha, Commandant De la Hey, and Mr. Smuts ascertained in an underhand…

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The Lord Mayor's Drought Relief Fund. Method of Distribution. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 7

Sir,—As many citizens appear to have hesitated to subscribe to the Lord Mayor's Fund owing to uncertainty as to how the moneys are distributed it is only right that the public should know the…

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The City Council. General Purposes Committee. Appointment of Foreman Ironworker

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 5

A meeting of the general purposes committee of the City Council was held last night, the Lord Mayor (Alderman Thomas Hughes) presiding. The other members present were:—Alderman J. Lane…

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The Nominations to the Transvaal Council. Why They Were Declined. London, March 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 7

A Pretoria telegram to the "Morning Post" states, in referense to the Legislative Council of the Transvaal, that General Louis Botha, Commandant Delarcy, and Mr. Smuts…

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