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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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Alderman Fitzgerald moved in the City Council last night that the Government be asked to desist from demolishing any more buildings in the "Rocks" area and Harbour Trust's area…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The usual monthly meeting of the Council of the N.S.W. A.A.A. was held at the Sports Club List Wednesday evening. Mr. R. Coombes (president) occupied the chair, and there were also…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Owing to nearly half the business on the notice paper not having been reached when the council adjourned at midnight last Tuesday week a special meeting was held last night…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The City Council held a meeting last night to dispose of a number of matters which the aldermen had not time to deal with at the fortnightly meeting the previous Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three aldermen of the Borough of Barlington, who retired on effluxon of their term of office, and were eligible for re-election, have met with an opposition on this occasion. Alderman…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The nominations given herennder have been received for the position of alderman and auditor in connection with the municipal elections which within the next week or so will be conducted in every…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ANNANDALE.--As aldermen: Owen Ridge (Mayor), William Wells, George Henry Smith, Thomas Coyle (sitting members), Robert Shannon, Jeffrey Lilburn Dodd. As auditors: Alfred Ramsay and William George Winton,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →I lift a voice. Australia, in a umble prayer for you. Debt-ridden, God-forsaken, in the grip of fire and Jew;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the Water Police Court James Thomas Jay, 45, an engineer, was charged with having behaved in an indecent manner in Moore Park on January 11. The accused who for the past 15 years has occupied the position of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At last night's meeting of the Leichhardt Council-- the last of the financial year-- the Mayor (Alderman Lonsdale) submitted a short minute, dealing with the work done,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →If the casual spectator, attracted to the conference in session at the Trades Hall jumped at first to the conclusion that he had struck a huge debating society, that impression was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Wednesday.-- The German Federal Council, or Bundesrat, which represents the individual States of Germany, has adopted the new commercial treaties entered into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following nominations have been received:- SUBURBS. Ashfield.—For aldermen: North Ward, J. S. Whitney and F. G. Mills; South Ward, G. S. Brown; East…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The general account of the council shows a debit of £1493 11s 7d, giving a large decrease on the usual yearly working of the borough. The question of taking a referendum of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In a case in the District Court this morning, when a municipality sought to recover rates, Judge Heydon remarked that some of the items went back as far as 15 years. "It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The bill to control the electric lighting of municipalities was finally dealt with in the closing hours of last session of the State Parliament, after being amended and re-amended in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,--Your terse and incisive leading article of Friday last entitled "Unfit for Human Habitation" furnishes the opportunity to inform your readers that their municipal representatives…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Sydney Labour Council met last night, the president, Mr. R. Boxall, presiding, THE EIGHT HOURS PRINCIPLE. The secretary of the Melbourne Trades…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A meeting of the above council was held on Tuesday evening, the Mayor (Alderman W. Noller) presiding. A letter was received from the Public Works Department stating that in regard to the proposed drainage…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A meeting of the Sydney Labor Council was held last night, Mr. R. Boxall presiding. A letter was received from the Carlton Trades-hall Council, asking that the council would pass…
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