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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1905

2,965 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 149

New Mayors. Alderman Mason at Willoughby

Evening News · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 3

Willoughby Council held a special meeting last night for the purpose of electing a Mayor for the ensuing twelve months. It was decided to settle the question by open voting…

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Robbing the Lord Mayor

Evening News · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 5

At Glebe Police Court to-day, before Mr. King, D.S.M., Thomas Johnston, 20, was charged with stealing two sets of harness and three buggy lamps, valued at £12, the property of…

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Bush Fires Relief. Lord Mayor's Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 6

This fund is controlled by a committee, tinder the presidency of the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor of Sydney (Alderman Allen Taylor). The honorary treasurers are the Lord Mayor and…

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Balmain Council

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 2

At Tuesday night's meeting of the Balmain council the newly-elected Mayor (Alderman Matt J. Cohen) presided over the following aldermen: Campbell, Crump. Jessen,…

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Evangelical Council

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The executive committee of the Evangelical Council met at the Centenary-hall on Tuesday afternoon. Attention was directed to the frequency of arrangements for Sunday concerts,…

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The Late Bush Fires. Lord Mayor's Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 5

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

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The New Mayor of Newcastle. Election of a Catholic

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 15

The City Council of Newcastle has, for the first time in 25 years, and tho second since the incorporation of a borough, elected a Catholic as Mayor. The only Catholic to…

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Manly, the State Sanatorium. Mayor's Report for Year 1904-5

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 3

The following report was submitted to the Manly Council on Friday last, when Alderman Quirk was elected Mayor for the fifth year in succession:…

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Combating Consumption. Compulsory Notification. Action by the City Council

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 7

During October of last year the City Council passed a code of by-laws dealing with the compulsory notification of pulmonary consumption. These did not come into force until they had…

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Collection of Municipal Rates. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 9

Sir,—The Equity Court's limit of £10 gives the municipalities a great incentive to pile on the assessments, to the tune of 20 times the value of the land, to enable them to get up to the £10 limit…

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Municipal. Corowa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 3

The Corowa Progress Committee is in receipt of a communication from the Acting Under-Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department, referring to the request for creating…

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Municipal Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 8
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The monthly meeting of the Municipal Association of New South Wales was held at the offices, Queen Victoria Markets, yesterday. Alderman J. Wheeler presided, and there were…

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Municipal Progress. Manly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 7
Also in The Australian Star

The Major of Manly (Alderman E. W. Quirk) was able to make a very satisfactory report to the council on completing his year of office. Dealing first with the health of the municipality, a marvellous record had…

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Theft From the Lord Mayor's Stable

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 4

At the Glebe Police Court yesterday, before Mr. King D.S.M., Thomas Johnston, aged 20, was charged with having, at Annandale, on February 8, stolen two sets of buggy harness and three buggy lamps,…

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Bush Fires Relief. the Lord Mayor's Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 8

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

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Charge of Theft. The Lord Mayor's Harness

The Australian Star · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 6

A young man named Thomas Johnston appeared before the Glebe Police Court yesterday on a charge of stealing two sets of buggy harness and three buggy lamps,…

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Local Parliaments. Waterloo Council

The Australian Star · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 2

The Mayor, Alderman Pittman, presided at last night's meeting of the Waterloo council at which there were present also Aldermen Ross Williams, Lamond, Dunning,…

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