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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1905

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A Model Municipality

Evening News · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 5

A record of the year's municipal operations at Manly furnishes gratifying reading. Special mention is made of the gradual advance of the municipality as a sanatorium, as exemplified…

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Glebe Municipal Election

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 15

THERE will be warm work at the Glebe on Saturday, when the Ratepayers' Association will put up a fight against several retiring aldermen-and if the…

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Municipal Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 12
Also in The Daily Telegraph

An election for aldermen to the City Council took place to-day in the Honeysuckle and Macquarie Wards. In the firstnamed ward the candidates were Mr. William Cann,…

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Municipal Lists and the Municipalities Act. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 13

Sir, -- Saturday's "Daily Telegraph" reports a municipal disturbance at Campbelltown through the omission front the municipal lists of a large number of names hitherto appearing thereon, a…

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Municipal Battle

Auburn News and Granville Electorate Gazetteer · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 4

To-day alderman John Ritchie, and Mr. W. H. Ranger seek to be the representative of the ratepayers of East Ward in the Borough of…

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Liverpool Municipal Elections

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 7

THE official nomination of candidates for the offices of aldermen and auditors of the Liverpool Municipality took place at the Town Hall on Tuesday last at noon, in…

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Municipal Notes

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 4

Polling to-day. Mr. Moxham might have been heard saying to-night:—Perhaps you were right to dissemble your…

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The Sunday School [This page is under the auspices of the Council of the Sunday School Department.] Our Boys and Girls. "Odds and Ends."

The Methodist · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 4

Girls and Boys,—One of our friends has written to express regret that the prize letters have not been published in THE METHODIST. I regret the omission very much, and perhaps should have…

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The Premiers' Conference. Threatened Deadlock Averted. the "Family Council." Reaction Against Labour Legislation. Resolutions of the Conference. the Official Report. States' Debt Question. an Agreement Possible. (From Our Special Reporter.) Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 11

It has leaked out that the conference nearly fizzled out on the first day. Mr. Reid did not want the debates reported. He had not made any provision for the presence of…

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Lawn Tennis. Australasian Council

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 February 1905 · page 2

The first annual general meeting of this body, adjourned from December last, was held on Wednesday. The principal business was the sending of an Australasian team to compete in England for…

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Lawn Tennis. The Australasian Council Notes From the First Annual Meeting

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 12 February 1905 · page 2

The business done at the [?] meeting of the Australasian Council, while being very Important, has caused a lot of adverse comment amongst a section of…

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Highwaymen Near Perth. an Alderman Tied to a Tree

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 5

PERTH, Sunday.--Early on Saturday morning Mr. H. H. Stinton, a member of the Perth Municipal Council, was proceeding from Claremont railway station to the new home which is being…

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The Late Bush Fires. Lord Mayor's Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 8

This fund is controlled by a committee under the presidency of the Lord Mayor of Sydney (Alderman Allen Taylor). The honorary treasurers are the Lord Mayor and Messrs. T. A. Dibbs, J. Russell French,…

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Mind Your Own Business. How New Zealand Was Snubbed. Hint to the Sydney Labour Council

Evening News · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 4

Mr. Robert M'Nab, a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives, who is on a visit to Sydney, writer—Your article headed "Foolish," in Friday's…

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Municipal Elections. Saturday's Polling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 5

In the larger number of the suburban, boroughs, and in many of the country centres, polling took place on Saturday for the election of aldertaon and auditors. This year, as…

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The Municipal Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 6

Except in a few instances there was not very absorbing interest taken in such of the municipal elections as took place on Saturday throughout the State. In Many…

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Municipal Elections

The Australian Star · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 4

The interest excited by the suburban and country municipal elections of Saturday last was of the mildest sort. In most directions where contests did take place there was…

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Municipal Referendums. the Electric Lighting Question

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 9

Appeals to the ratepayers under the provisions of the new Electric Lighting of Municipalities Act were made on Saturday in the boroughs of Glebe and Balmain…

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Six Times Mayor. Alderman Latimer Reelected at Woollahra

Evening News · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 8

Alderman W. F. Latimer, M.L.A., was unanimously reelected Mayor of Woollahra last evening. In nominating him for the position, Alderman…

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