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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1903

3,679 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 184

Municipal. Liverpool

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 6

A SPECIAL meeting of the above council was held at the Council Chamber on Wednesday evening lust. Present—The Mayor (Alderman P. Smith), and Aldermen…

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"Horrified" Aldermen. Want the Police to be Armed with Electric Lights

Truth · Sunday 12 April 1903 · page 2

The conscript fathers who constitute the Municipal Council of Randwick have arisen in their just indignation and righteous wrath to ask the Inspector…

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"Mad" Muddlers. Pawky Pleasantries of Porci[?] Puddlers. A Proposal to Persecute a Paper. The Editor Pens "A Pretty Apology." Bucalic Alderman Boycott the "Express."

Truth · Sunday 12 April 1903 · page 5

That sometime waterside suburb, Marrickville, when not trying to sink into the earth to avoid the local siroccos, is a collection of lone lagoons linked…

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Why Not a Municipal Orchestra?

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 April 1903 · page 2

A correspondent of the Melbourne "Arena-Sun" Contributes some interesting information with regard to municipal music in England. It is a movement of the last few…

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The Drought. Lord Mayor's Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 April 1903 · page 5

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

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Municipal

Evening News · Tuesday 14 April 1903 · page 3

At the Canterbury Council the valuers (Messrs. F. Davis and John Higgs) presented their report of the assessment of the rateable properties within the borough for the current…

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Ex-alderman's Death. Parramatta

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 April 1903 · page 4

Mr. Thomas Dixon, an ex-alderman, died this morning. He was an old business identity, and was universally respected. For many years he was in the borough council…

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Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 April 1903 · page 8

The council at its meeting last night received a letter from Messrs. Minter and Simpson, solicitors, re the Harris Park drainage. They stated that they bad been instructed to get a Suprsme Court injunction compelling the…

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The Drought. Lord Mayor's Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 April 1903 · page 7

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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Balmain Council

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 April 1903 · page 3

The inspector of nuisances of the Balmain Council reported last evening that for the quarter ending 31st March there were 168 cases of infectious diseases, viz.: 95 scarlet,…

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Granville Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 15 April 1903 · page 3

The regular meeting of the above was held on Wednesday. Present: Mayor G. H. Lane, and Aldermen Kirk, McAdam, Wilkins Townsend, Howatt, Pogler, Dawes, Kay, Gill and…

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Smithfield and Fairfield Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 15 April 1903 · page 1

This Council met on Wednesday. Present: Mayor Stimson, Alderman Bell, Davison, Critchley, Downey, Bellenger and Paine. Correspondence :…

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Municipal Government. the A.n.a. Session

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 April 1903 · page 4

Mr. Bruce Smith was invited to deliver an address on municipal government bofore the annunal session of the Australian Natives' Association of New South Wales, which was opened yesterday…

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Get a Few from the Municipalties

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 15 April 1903 · page 8

From the Newport "News Press" :- The newspaper, the telephone, the trol-ley road and the rural free delivery have placed the fanner in close touch with the…

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Municipal Government

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 April 1903 · page 4

The address delivered yesterday by Mr. Bruce Smith to the Australian Natives Association of New South Wales on municipal government touched on many interesting…

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Municipal Vacancy. Tenterfield

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 April 1903 · page 6

For the extraordinary municipal vacancy for the West Ward, John Holmes Reid, gentleman, and Patrick Finnerty, jun., carpenter, have been nominated. The election takes…

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City Council. the Health Committee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 April 1903 · page 5

A meeting of the Health Committee of the City Council was held yesterday afternoon, Alderman J. D. Fitzgerald presiding. The bylass respecting receptacles for garbage were under consideration,…

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Tasmania. Legislative Council Elections. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 April 1903 · page 7

Writs for the Legislative Council elections will be issued on the 20th instant, Nominations close on the 28th, and polling will take place on May 5. The districts of Hobart, Cambridge, Bucki[?]gham,…

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A Converted Council. Bondi Tip to Be Discarded

Evening News · Thursday 16 April 1903 · page 8

For a couple of years the residents of Bondi have been complaining to the Waverley Council, to the Health Department, and to various other authorities, that the local garbage tip was a…

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Municipal. Campbelltown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 April 1903 · page 8

At the last meeting of the Appin Progress Association the following officers were elected:—President, Mr. H. Winton, J.P.; vice-president, Mr. J. Simpson, J.P; treasurer and secretary, Mr. J. Hickoy;…

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