Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Council & local affairs, all years

Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1905

2,965 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 149

Those Locomotives. Deputation to Labour Council. Emphatic Protests

The Australian Star · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 7

Messrs. D. J. Sullivan, J. Connell and H. Painter, of the Iron Trades Council, formed a deputation that waited upon the delegates of the Sydney Labour Council last…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Labour in Council. Some Notes of the League Conference No. Ii

Evening News · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 4

At the Trades Hall last night the criticism off Labour members, begun the previous evening, was continued in rather a heated vein. One speaker, supporting a resolution of his branch…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Manufacture of Locomotives. Discussed by the Sidney Labor Council. Views of the Iron-workers. Private Enterprise or State Control

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 7

Delegates from the Iron Trades Council attended at last night's meeting of the Sydney Labor Council to put before that body their views on the question of the building of the…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Municipal Nominations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 8

Bowral.—As aldermen: Globe Ward, H. M. Oxley; Merilbah Ward, F. D. Kyngdon; Oxley VWard, Mose[?] Jones. Auditors: E. Davis, J. Cope. Cowra.—As aldermen: W. Ormiston, W. Golsby, J…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

The Cataract Dam. Friction Between Water Board and Minister. a Special Meeting Convened. Appeal to Municipal Councils

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 3

Relations between the Water and Sewerage Hoard and the Minister for Works have become strained, and there is every indication that an agitation will be commenced against the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

New York's Elective Mayor

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 31

W. R. Hearst (the millionaire newspaper owner and candidate for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency) is being talked of for Mayor of the City of New York. The…

Continued on Trove, page 31 →

Rookwood Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 2

Regular meeting held on Tuesday. Present: Mayor H. J. Larcombe, and Aldermen Thomas, Baty, Woodland, Robertson, Garthwaite, Grimour…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Parramatta Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 5

The regular fortnightly meeting of the Parramatta Council was held on Monday. present: Mayor Noller, and Aldermen Graham, Jago, Hill, Long, Moxham,…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Auburn Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 2

The ordinary meeting was held on Tuesday. Present were: Mayor Farrar, and Aldermen Gibbons, Lightfoot, Langley, Ritchie, Lambeth, Dyer, and…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 10

The ordinary meeting of the Council was held on Wednesday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Bogus), and Aldermen Unicomb, Vignes, and Ryan…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Prospect and Sherwood Council. Heated Proceedings. "It's a Lio," "You Ought to Die With It."-An Alderman Leaves the Table

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 3

The regular meeting of Prospect and Sherwood Council wan held on Tuesday. The proceedings were at times stormy, personalities ruling…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Leichhardt Council's Year's Work

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 4

The Mayor of Leichhardt (Alderman Lonsdale) submitted a minute at last meeting of the council, in which a resume of the year's work was given. The most satisfactory portion was that…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Methodist General Council of Christian Endeavour

The Methodist · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 10

The Quarterly Meeting of the above was held at the Centenary Hall on Friday last. Mr. Henry Pain pre­sided. After devotional exercises and…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Labor in Council Some Notes of the League Conference. Iii

Evening News · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 4

That the cultivation of an Australian sentiment, based upon the maintenance of racial purity, and the development in Australia of an enlightened and self-reliant community…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Cabramatta and Canley Vale Council. A Lively Scene. The Rejected Names

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 4

This Council met on Thursday. Present; Mayor Cooke, Aldermen Murray, Boy, Bennett, Baglee, Hamilton, McBaracy, and Latham…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

A Great Municipal Problem

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 8

A correspondent provides an informative article elsewhere on the position created by a recent decision that a municipality in New South Wales cannot bring an action for rates in Equity…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

A Great Municipal Problem. How to Recover the Rates. the American Tax Title System

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 12

The decision given by the Equity Court in November last in the suit Borough of Randwick v. Duncan and others, affords startling proof of the impotency of the Municipalities Act with…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

North Sydney Municipal Baths

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 12

The work of building the new municipal baths for North Sydney at the head of Lavender Bay is proceeding steadily, and is expected to be finished next month; they will not, however, be ready…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Voting at Municipal Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 8

A legal opinion, having an important bearing on the question of the voting powers of ratepayers in municipalities, has been obtained by the Canterbury Council. This was to the…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Progress Associations Within Municipalities

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 10

The advisability of the existence of progress associations in incorporated areas, useful as they frequently are elsewhere, has been questioned by the North Sydney Council. Such an…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →