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Council & local affairs, 1905

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The Lord Mayor. Alderman Norton's Case Continued

The Australian Star · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 7

The hearing of the case wherein Alderman John Norton, M.L.A., challenged the right of Alderman Allen Arthur Taylor to continue to held the Lord Mayoral chair was…

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The Lord Mayor. Alderman Taylor's Position. Challenged by Alderman Norton. Address by the Plaintiff

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 8

The case in which Alderman John Norton challenged the right of Alderman Allen Taylor to continue in his position as Lord Mayor was resumed at the Central Police Court yesterday,…

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The Strikes at Moscow. Reform Mayor Elected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 7

Father Gapon, the leader of the strikers in St. Petersburg, has arrived at Moscow. Twenty factories in the city, including four of the largest, have struck…

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The Lord Mayor. His Position Challenged. Proceedings in the Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 4

At the Central Police Court yesterday afternoon, before Mr. Wilshire, S.M., the hearing of the case in which Alderman John Norton, M. L. A., challenged the right of Alderman…

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Lane Cove Parks. Residents v. COUNCIL

Evening News · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 2

The request urged upon the Minister for Lands several weeks ago by a deputation from the Hunter's Hill council, that the dedication of a foreshore reserve in that municipality…

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City Council Investments. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 7

Sir, -- My object in asking certain questions at Tuesday's meeting of the City Council, and published by you in this morning's issue of "The Daily Telegraph," is to show what, in my…

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Bush Fires Relief. the Lord Mayor's Fund. Suggestions From Sir William Lyne

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 5

The central executive of the Lord Mayor's Bush Fires Relief Fund has received a letter from Sir William Lyne, through the Lord Mayor, giving details of the distress which has arisen…

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Why Not a Municipal Gold Mine?

Evening News · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 4

The Town Council need not be surprised if they wake up some morning and find the whole of the park pegged out and applications for gold mining leases hanging on the trees (says…

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Municipal. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 4

The final meeting of the present session of the municipal council was held last night, when Aldermen Weaver, Nelson, Hutchinson, and Rowley retired by reason of effluxlon o[?]…

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Municipal Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 7

BOWRAL.—Retiring aldermen: H. M. Oxley, Glebe Ward; F.B. Kyngdon, Merilbah Ward; M. Jones, Oxley Ward. TAREE.—Retiring alderman: Horace Beeton and…

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Municipal Elections. Waverley Ward

The Australian Star · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 6

Mr. C. W. St. Julian announces that, in response to a numerously-signed requisition. [?]he has decided to be nominated for the vacancy in the Waverley Ward…

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Revising Municipal Lists

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 7

The revision of the municipal lists to be used at the forthcoming elections was made the subject of a keen and enthusiastic argument at Waverley Council on Tuesday night. Usually…

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Sydney Labour Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 7
Also in The Australian Star

At last night's meeting of the Sydney Labour Council a communication from the New South Wales Amalgamated Railway and Tram-way service Association was read, intimating…

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Labor Council's Troubles

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 4

The Labor Council has again failed to induce the Railway Commissioners to receive a deputation from its delegates. On this occasion the refusal has reference to the contract for railway…

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Press and Labour Council

The Australian Star · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 2

The efforts of a majority of Sydney Labour Council delegates to have the press representatives excluded from their meetings when the Newcastle difficulty was to be…

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The Lord Mayor's Fund. Meeting of the Central Executive

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 6

A meeting of the central executive of the Lord Mayor's Bush Fires Relief Fund was held at the Town-hall yesterday, Mr. George Maiden presiding. Those present were Messrs. A. W…

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Newcastle Trouble. Discussed by Labour Council. Employers Criticised

The Australian Star · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 2

At last night's meeting of the Sydney Labour Council Mr..E. Riley, speaking with reference to the Newcastle industrial trouble, said the [?]rike was caused by the…

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Discussion by the Labour Council. the Employers Held Responsible

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 6

At the weekly meeting of the Sydney Labour Council last night the reply of the Premier to the council's request that a special Sitting of the Arbitration Court should take…

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Sidney Labour Council. Tries the Patience of a Deputation. Blames Employers for the Strike

Evening News · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 2

The Sydney Labour Council held its weekly meeting last night in the Trades' Hall. The question of allowing the Press to be present first engaged attention…

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