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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1903

3,679 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 184

Municipal Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 8

Borough of Paddington.—Mr. A. J. Kenny announces his candidature for the extraordinary vacancy in Glenmore Ward, borough of Paddington…

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Municipal Points. Electric Lighting

The Australian Star · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 7

Alderman Allen Taylor, at the City Council, last night, moved that the excavation work in connection with the electric lighting station at Prymont, be done by contract, instead…

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The Municipal Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 5

Matters are livening up in connection with the approaching municipal elections. Contests are likely to be general throughout the district, though the candidates who contemplate running…

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Municipal Election Notes

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 2

If these were the days of heroies, the Parramatta Council would resign in a body ; and so try and purge themselves of the stain which is upon their reputations in consequence of their…

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Hay Municipal Council. Hay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 8

The financial committee of the municipal council has submitted a report with respect to financial matters. A large amount of rates are outstanding, and they recommend the reduction of the clerk's…

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Randwick Racecourse. Free Admission to the Flat. ' Urged by the Rand Wick Aldermen

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 3

The Randwick aldermen at their last meeting discussed the question whether the public should be admitted free to the flat at Randwick, the practice which obtained on English racecourses,…

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Before the City Council

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 6

The City Council, at its meeting on Tuesday evening, received a letter from Alderman Thompson (representative of the City Council on the Fire Brigades Board), stating that the board had…

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Protest From the Erskineville Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 8

At a meeting of the Erskineville Council, on Monday evening, the letter from A[?]rman Taylor explaining the reasons why the large increase in the annual contribution to the Fire Brigades…

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Fire Brigades Levy. Action of the Waverley Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 8

The question of the increased demand of the Fire Brigades Board was discussed by the Waverley borough aldermen on Tuesday night. The Mayor (Alderman W. Carter. J.P.) was in the…

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Randwick Racecourse. Proposed Free Admission to the Public. Action of the Randwick Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 4

At Tuesday night's meeting of the Randwick Council the subject of allowing the general public free admission to a portion of the Randwick Racecourse was discussed…

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Municipal Councils. Drummoyne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 8

This council met on January 6. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Thomas Henley), in the chair, also Alderman Richards, Gates, Crowley, Cole, Byrne, Watts, Hill, Myler, Palmer, and M'Lean…

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Music in the Parks. Deputation to the Lord Mayor. Proposed City Council Band

Evening News · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 3

The much-discussed subject of the City Council providing band music for the pleasure and education of the citizens of Sydney was again brought under the notice of the Lord Mayor of…

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Music in the Parks. a Municipal Band Proposed. Deputation to the Lord Mayor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 7

A suggestion for the formation of a municipal band to perform in the parks during the summer evenings and to give indoor entertainments during the winter was placed before the Lord…

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Music in the Parks. Deputation to the Lord Mayor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 3

A deputation representing the Amalgamated Musicians Association of Australia, comprising the president (Mr. Thomas A. Ricketts), vice-president (Mr. Henry Weir), secretary (Mr. Archie Fraser), and…

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Action of the Randwick Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 8

At the meeting of the Randwick Council a discussion took place upon the subject of the proposed Fire Brigade's levy. In the letter from the secretary of the Fire Brigades Board it was…

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Orange River Colony. the Legislative Council

Evening News · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 5

LONDON, January 15, 2.43 p.m.—Unofficial members have been added to the Legislative Council of the Orange River Colony preliminary to establishing an elective Council…

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Music for the Masses. Military Band in the Parks Deputation to the Lord Mayor

The Australian Star · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 6

'A' deputation representing the Amalgamated Musicians' Union of Australasia waited on the Lord Mayor (Alderman Thomas Hughes) at the Town Hall yesterday, the object…

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Fire Brigades Levy. Action of the Mosman Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 8

The Mosman Council had before it on Tuesday night a letter from the Leichhardt Council, seeking co-operation in an effort to obtain some alteration to the Fire Brigades Act, with a view to…

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Orange River Colony. Council Appointments. Preliminary Proceedings. London

The Australian Star · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 4

Unofficial appointments have been made to the Legislative Council of Orange River Colony, preparatory to making that body elective…

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Rozelle Mechanics Institute. Question of a New Building. a General Council to Be Formed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 8

The second annual meeting of the members of the Rozelle Mechanics' Institute was held at the institute on Wednesday night. Mr. S. J. Law, M.L.A. (president), occupied…

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