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Council & local affairs, 1904

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Municipal. Retrenchment at Broken Hill. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 7

In consequence of a financial shortage, the Municipal Council has been compelled to discharge nearly all the men who for some time have been employed on the municipal works…

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Alderman Rose

The Mosman Mail · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 2

In view of the can[?]e of Alderman Hugh Rose, J.P., for re election to the Mosman Council to represent the North Ward a few words with reference to his…

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Alderman Glover

The Mosman Mail · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 2

The biographical sketches that have appeared in the Mosman Mail from time to time of Mosman’s prominent residents have proven so interesting to our readers…

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Mayor of Ashfield

The Australian Star · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 7

The Mayor of Ashfield (Alderman A. W. Miller, J.P.) was suddenly seized with a severe attack of pleurisy the other afternoon, and has since been confined to his bed. He is…

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Serious Illness of Ex-mayor Jay

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 12

Ex-Mayor J. T. Jay, is, we regret very much to hour, one of the latest down with the dreaded typhoid, and was this week so bid as to necessitate a consultation. Dr. Furnival has…

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Council Meeting

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 3

This Council met on Wednesday. Present: Mayor Stimson, A Mormon Boll, Davison, Critchley, Downey, Anthony, Bellenger, and Panie…

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Ryde Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 6

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Ryde Council, postponed from Friday on account of the political meeting, was hold on Monday night, when there were present: The…

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Annandale Council

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 6

The ordinary meeting was held on Monday last. Present: Aldermen Wells (Mayor), Abrams, Cohen, Smith, Robertson, Broad, Ridge…

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Men We Know The Mayor of BEXLEY

The St George Call · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 1

WILLIAM EDWARD PAINE, whose portrait accompanies this sketch, is a native of the village of Iden, County Sussex, England, and entered on this mundane…

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Dundas. Council Meeting

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 12

The ordinary meeting was held on Wednesday Present: The Mayor (Alderman F, C. Cox), Aldermen Q. Spurway, J. Franks, J. Noil, F. B. Spurway, A. J. Mutealfe, H…

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Ermington and Rydalmere Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 12

A special meeting was held on Wednesday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman J. Bogus), and Aldermen Unicomb, Swane and Ryan. The Finance Committee recommended the…

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The Unemployed. Deputation to the Lord Mayor. the Term "Lazy Hounds."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 9

About 100 unemployed citizens mustered outside the Town Hall yesterday forenoon for the purpose of making an appeal to the Lord Mayor (Alderman S. E. Lees) for work. A…

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She Shot the Mayor's Hat Off. a Woman with a Will

The World's News · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 17

The Sheriff of a little town in Texas would like to have the local postmistress "toned down." He complains that the woman in question has undertaken to improve the manners of…

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UNEMPLOYED. Deputation to the Lord Mayor of Sydney. Mr. Nesbitt's Disclaimer

The Australian Star · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 8

Mr. A. Kelly, M.L.A., introduced a deputation of the unemployed to the Lord Mayor of Sydney, (Alderman S. E. Lees) at the Town Hall at 12.45 yesterday…

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Sydney Unemployed. Deputation to the Lord Mayor "We're Not Lazyhounds."

Evening News · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 6

At a quarter to 1 o'clock yesterday, about , 100 men assembled at the Town Hall for the purpose of appealing to the Lord Mayor to find them…

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Chinese Foreign Council. Gives Peremptory Orders to Russia

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 9

LONDON, Friday.--Beng-chi, a Tartar General at Mukden, recently in formed the Wai-won-pon. Chinese Foreign Council) that the Russians had requisitioned 500 carts for…

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Russian Military Council a Special Meeting. Peace Still Broken Of

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 9

LONDON, Friday.--A special meeting of the Russian Military Council was held in St. Petersbury yesterday, with a view to discovering a pacific issue to the embroglio…

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The Far East. Russia Desires Peace. Special Council Meeting. Orders to Admiral Alexeieff. Japan's War Loan. London, Jan. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 11

A special Council meeting has been held at St. Petersburg to discover a pacific issue of the trouble in the Far East. Count Lamsdorffi (Minister for Foreign…

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MUNICIPAL John Burns on Housing

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 36

In a speech delivered recently at the opening of the Latchmere Housing Estate (London) Mr. John Burns, M.P., said that he shared with his audience the satisfaction of seeing…

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Municipal Matters

Evening News · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 4

At Greenwich yesterdAy evening a largely attended meeting of ratepayers of the Bast Ward, Lane Cove, was addressed by Mr.M. J. O'Brien, the chosen candidate of the progress association,…

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