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 49 of 149

Granville Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1905 · page 4

Regular meeting held on Wednesday. Present: Mayor C. Townsond and the full Council (Alderman Colquhoun being on leave of absence)…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Bathurst Diocesan Council

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 April 1905 · page 9

BATHURST, Friday.--The annual meeting of the Bathurst Diocesan Council was held yesterday, Bishop Camidge presiding. The report of the treasurer showed a credit balance from…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

The Council and the Citizens League, (To the Editor.)

Mosman, Neutral and Middle Harbour Resident · Saturday 22 April 1905 · page 8

Sir,—I see that you had a letter in your paper last week from my son Samivel. Sammy’s all right, and I agrees with him, that we don’t want…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

The Sunday School [This page is under the auspices of the Council of the Sunday School Department.] S.S. Council

The Methodist · Saturday 22 April 1905 · page 4

The Council of the S.S. Department met on Friday evening last. The attendance was good. Arrangements were made for the constitution, of the various sub-committees for the year. A…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Smithfield and Fairfield Council. Proposal Experimental Nursery for Resistant Stocks

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1905 · page 3

This Council met on Wednesday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Downey), Aldermen Anthony, Laughton, Davison, Critchley, Stimson and Paine. The…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Correspondence. Balmain Municipal Management. (To the Editor.)

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1905 · page 5

Sir,—In a spirit of magnanimity and considering as I imagine,I that they, as faithful stewards and custodians of the municipal purse, had…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Proposed Municipal Gasworks

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 April 1905 · page 8

Some time ago the Willoughby Council affirmed the desirability of establishing municipal gasworks, and an expert was engaged to report upon the subject. The report, which is of a…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Municipal. Liverpool

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 22 April 1905 · page 5

A SPECIAL meeting of the above council was held at the Council Chamber on Monday evening last. Present—The Mayor (Alderman Smith), and Aldermen Sindel…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Lord Mayor's Dinner. for the Poor To-day

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 April 1905 · page 6

Great preparations are being made for the dinner to be given at the Town Hall to-day to the poor of Sydney by the Lord Mayor, Alderman Allan Taylor. Mr. Hugh…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Municipal Employees

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 April 1905 · page 6

The report of the special committee which has inquired at such length into the affairs of the City Surveyor's department, discloses nothing new, though…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Lord Mayor's Dinner

The Australian Star · Monday 24 April 1905 · page 4

The Lord Mayor took a very substantial way of expressing his sympathy with the poor of Sydney when he provided at dinner for them yesterday at the Town Hall. Not…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Lord Mayor's Dinner to the Poor. a Splendid Gathering

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 April 1905 · page 4

Those who received invitations to the dinner given by the Lord Mayor (Alderman Allen Taylor) and the Lady Mayoress at the Town Hall yesterday were very pleased with their…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Federal-houlder-shire Lines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 April 1905 · page 8

Messrs. Birt and Co., Ltd., Sydney agents for the undermentioned steamers, report movements as follows:—The Cornwall, Devon, Durham, and Sussex are trading between River Plate and United Kingdom…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Municipal. Walgett

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 April 1905 · page 9

The Progres Association on Thursday resolved to urge upon the respective departments expedition in the continuation of the railway from Cryon to Walgett, the…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

British Municipal Debt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 April 1905 · page 9

The local taxation returns for England and Wales show that the outstanding municipal debt it the close of 1902-03, the latest date for which official figures are available,…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Aldermen As Strategists

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 April 1905 · page 6

The aldermen of Mosman have many virtues, and last night, they showed that, in addition, they are resourceful strategists. There is a suspicion in the borough that the council is not as…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Another Rumpus. Camperdgwn Aldermen at Variance

Evening News · Wednesday 26 April 1905 · page 6

There was trouble again in Camperdown Council last evening. Alderman W. H. Sparks had a dozen questions on the business paper. He asked the Mayor…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Local Parliaments. Balmain Council

The Australian Star · Wednesday 26 April 1905 · page 2

At last night's meeting of the Balmain 'Council the Mayor (Alderman M. J. Cohen) presided over tho following aldermen: Campbell, Swan, Murdoch, Laws, and Milne…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Widening Oxford-st. Council Wants Government Assistance. Premier Unsympathetic

The Australian Star · Wednesday 26 April 1905 · page 7

"We want you to take off that ugly elbow," said Mayor Brown, of the Paddington council, to. Mr. Carruthers yesterday afternoon. He was the principal speaker of a…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

The City Council and the City Bowling Club. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 April 1905 · page 11

Sir,--Had the City Council informed themselves of the conditions on which the park trustees granted the use of a portion of Cook Park for a bowling green, I feel certain they…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →