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Council & local affairs, 1904

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Municipal Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 8

The following are the retiring addermen for the municipalities mentioned:--DRUMMOYNE. Alderman: East Ward--G. A. Richards,…

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Municipal Notes

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 2

There la nothing much to report is any of the Parramatta Borough Wards. The chief interest seems to be centred in Alderson Ward where the boat friends of the town are reported…

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Waverley. Mayor's Annual Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 4

Alderman W. J. Blunt (Mayor) submitted his report at the meeting of the council on Tuesday night. [?] said that before the municipal year closed he hoped they would have the satisfaction of knowing that nearly…

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Welcome From the Lord Mayor of Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 7
Also in The Australian Star

The following telegram was forwarded to Lord Northcote yesterday by the Right Hon. Alderman S. E. Lees, Lord Mayor of Sydney:— "On behalf of aldermen and citizens of…

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City Council Affairs. the Garbage Destructor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 8

The Lord Mayor (Alderman S. E. Lees), Alderman R. D. Meagher (vice-chairman), and several members of the health committee of the City Council, accompanied by the town…

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Electric Light for Newtown. Proposed by the City Council

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 7

A few weeks ago the town clerk of Sydney (Mr. Nesbitt) forwarded a letter to the Newtown Council, advising that application had been made to the City Council by Newtown business people…

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Municipal Matters. Marrickville Elections

Evening News · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 8

The aldermen who will retire from Marrickville Council by effluxion of time are Aldermen Ferguson, Thornley, Ellis, and England. Alderman Ferguson, it is rumoured, will meet with…

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Municipal Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 9

Matters municipal in Parramatta and the surrounding municipalities are quiet, there being a dearth of candidates. In Granville, Auburn, and Rookwood there are as yet no fresh candidates announced. In…

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Municipal Banquet. Borough of Randwick

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 3

At the Randwick Town Hall on Tuesday night a banquet was given by the Mayor (Alderman George Gale) to celebrate the placing in the council-chambers of a picture of the…

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Municipal. Molong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 4

At the last council meeting correspondence was read from the Railway Commissioners relative to the blocking of the water in Molong Creek. The council complained of the…

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Municipal Gathering at Randwick. Speech by Sir John See

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 3

On Tuesday evening last, by special invitation of the Mayor of Randwick (Alderman Gale) a number of gentlemen attended a banquet in the local Town-hall. The Gathering was arranged…

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The Lord Mayor

The Australian Star · Friday 15 January 1904 · page 6

The President of the N.S.W. Legislative Council, Sir Francis Suttor, accompanied by Mr. J. J. Calvert, Clerk of Parliaments, paid an official visit to the Lord Mayor at the…

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Pastures Boards' Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1904 · page 8

The quarterly meeting of the council advice of the Pastures boards was held on Tuesday at the Land Board-room, Lands Department. It was resolved--"That the Minister for Mines…

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Sydney Labour Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1904 · page 7

A well-attended meeting of the Sydney Labour Council, presided over by Mr. Riley, was held at the Trades Hall last night. CHINESE COMPETITION…

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Pastures Boards Council of Advice

Evening News · Friday 15 January 1904 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The twenty-seventh quarterly meeting of the Council of Advice was held on the 12th instant at the Land Board room, Lands Department. There were present: Messrs. W. Alison, Sydney;…

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A Non-committal Labor Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1904 · page 6

At the Trades-hall last night lenders of the unions meeting in the various rooms displayed an unsual degree of reticence on the subject of the coal trouble. At the meeting of the…

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Pastures Boards' Council of Advice

The Australian Star · Friday 15 January 1904 · page 3

The twenty-seventh quarterly meeting of the Council of Advice was held on Tuesday, the 12th inst., at the Land Board room, Lands Department…

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Sydney Labor Council. the Encroaching Celestial

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1904 · page 7

At last night's meeting of the Trades and Labor Council, the old question of Chinese competition in the trades cropped up. Mr. Aarons (representative of the cigarmakers)…

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