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Council & local affairs, 1905

2,965 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 149

Mayoral Allowances. Mayor of Parramatta Declines One

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 3

At the meeting of the Parramatta Council a motion was tabled to allow the Mayor an allowance of £25 for the current year. Mayor Noller said that he should decline to receive…

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Hunter's Hill Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 2

The fortnightly meeting was held on Friday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman E. M. Betts), Aldermen MeNeil, Aspinall, Metealle, Joubert, Thomson…

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The Chamber of Commerce Council

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 1

IV.--Mr. A. F. ROBINSON (Messrs. Hogg, Robinson and Co.)…

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Sunday Dancing. Deputation to Mosman Council

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 2

The evils said to be caused at Mosman by Sunday dancing were strongly condemned at last night's meeting of the local council, when a deputation was received as the…

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Local Parliaments. Waverley Council. The Garbage Rate

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 5

The Mayor, Alderman Kershaw, presided at last night's meeting of the Waverley Council, at which there were present also Aldermen Alld[?]s, Blunt, E. R. Abigail, Parkhill,…

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The Czar in Council. Storms at His Ministers. Reliance on Trepoff

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 7

The St. Petersburg correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" telegraphs that a high official of the Imperial Court states that at a council meeting of the Committee of…

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Sunday Dancing at Mosman. Deputation to the Local Council. Pernicious Placards and Advertisements

Evening News · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 7

The question of Sunday dancing in public balls in Mosman was brought under the notice of the local council last evening by a deputation, which, presented the resolutions carried…

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Russia's War Council. Mobilising Another Army. With Gripenberg in Command. LONDON, Tuesday, 2.50 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 1

The Council of War at St. Petersburg is forthwith mobilising three divisions of the Grenadier Corps, stationed at Moscow, and two army corps, to be commanded by…

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The Crisis in Russia. Scene at a Council Meeting. Czar Quarrels with His Ministers. "You May Go When You Please."

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday.--The St. Petersburg correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" reports that a high Court official states that a scene occurred at Saturday's meeting of the…

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Municipal Deadlock Removed. Good Friends with the Chair Again

Evening News · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 3

After many futile attempts to remove a dead-lock, Canterbury Council has been enabled to gel to work again. On February 20, the Mayor adjourned the…

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Municipal. Picton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 8

At the council meeting last night a circular was received setting forth objections to the Trans-Australian railway from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta, and asking co-operation in…

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Municipal Sinking Funds

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 5

The advisability of establishing a municipal sinking fund to reduce and finally extinguish the existing debt of £10,000 was discussed at length at the meeting of the St. Peters Council…

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Executive Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1905 · page 6

A meeting of the Federal Executive Council was held to-day, and a large number of orders connected with the electoral branch of the Department of Home Affairs was made,…

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Sunday Dancing at Mosman. Harmful Advertisement of the Borough. Protest by the Mayor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 March 1905 · page 3

There were some brisk exchanges at a meeting of the Mosman Council on Tuesday evening, when a deputation of residents presented the resolutions passed at the recent public meeting…

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The Circus, the Council, and the Government

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 March 1905 · page 4

Although the City Council contend that the Government has assisted in no way to put Belmore Park in a proper state of repair, after having laid it waste, the department under…

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Municipal Association

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

The monthly meeting of the Municipal Association was held yesterday, at the office Queen Victoria Markets. Alderman J. Wheeler presided. The Nowra council clerk wrote asking whether it…

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Municipal Association. Meeting Yesterday Afternoon

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 March 1905 · page 7

The Municipal Association of N.S.W. met yesterday in their rooms, Queen Victoria Markets, the following members being present: Aldermen John Wheeler (in the chair),…

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Municipal Affairs at Singleton

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 March 1905 · page 7

SINGLETON, Wednesday.--At South Singleton Council meeting last night. Alderman Hinde moved a resolution to the effect that the time had now arrived for the council to amalgamate…

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Encouraging the Birth-rate. a Philanthropic Mayor

Evening News · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 4

The importance of the birth-rate question is not being overlooked by thinking women of this country, and the debate which has excited the greatest interest and, at the same time, the…

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