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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1905

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Municipal Competition with Banks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 April 1905 · page 13

The municipalities of Great Britain, not content with having enormously added to their indebtedness in the ordinary way, are continuing to vigorously bid for doposits, in…

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The Six Masons. High Feeling in the City Council. Alderman Kelly Uses Strong Language

Evening News · Thursday 27 April 1905 · page 6

At a special meeting of the City Council, last night, Alderman Meagher formally moved the adoption of the report of the special committee of inquiry into the City Surveyor's…

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City Council. a Special Committee's Report. Shorn of Its Chief Conclusions. Alderman Kelly Defies the Chair. and Refuses to Apologise

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 April 1905 · page 9

A special meeting of the City Council was held last night in the Town Hall to consider the report of the special committee of inquiry on the city surveyor's…

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Harbor Trust or Council

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 April 1905 · page 7

Big as the area of North Sydney is already, the local council ambitiously wants to have it bigger. At the foot, of Willoughby-street, and abutting on Neutral Bay, there is some recently…

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Commercial Travellers. Conclusion of the Conference. Reception by the Lord Mayor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 April 1905 · page 5

The tenth annual conference of the United Commercial Travellers' Association of Australasia, which has been held at the club rooms of the New South Wales body in…

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City Council Inquiry. a Lively Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 April 1905 · page 6

A special meeting of the City Council was held last night to deal with the report of the special committee which recently inquired into the administration of the City Surveyor's…

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City Council. a Special Meeting. City Surveyor's Department

The Australian Star · Thursday 27 April 1905 · page 3

A special meeting of the City Council was held last evening, the Lord Mayor (Alderman Allen Taylor) presiding. The Lord Mayor announced that in an…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 April 1905 · page 10

Sir,—Had the City Council informated 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…

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A Municipality Under a Receiver

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 April 1905 · page 7

There was a deal of discussion at the meeting of the Camperdown Council on Tuesday respecting the condition of the thoroughfares, some of which were described as positively dangerous…

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Sydney Labour Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 April 1905 · page 6

Among the correspondence read at last night's meeting of the Sydney Labour Council were letters from the secretary of the Inter national Federation of Trades Union of…

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The Arbitration Court. Matter Before Labour Council

The Australian Star · Friday 28 April 1905 · page 7

A majority of the delegates of the Sydney Labour Council has for some time past, benefiting by experience, been opposed to the presence in the Arbitration Court of the…

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Sydney Labour Council. Unions and an Appeal Fund

The Australian Star · Friday 28 April 1905 · page 2

At last night's meeting of the Sydney Labour Council (the president, Mr. R. Boxall, in the chair) five unions intimated that they had decided on granting subscriptions…

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City Council and the Theatres. Mr. J. C.williamson Speaks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 April 1905 · page 6

Theatrical dovecotes were considerably fluttered last night, when the police, put in motion by the City Council broke up the queues outside the various play-houses, and…

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Municipal. Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 April 1905 · page 9

The Mayor (Alderman G. B. D. Kitch) gave. a social at the Masonic Hall last night to commemorate' his election to the Mayoralty, Over 250 guests were present…

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Angry Alderman. More Strife at Sherwood

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 11

There was more trouble at the Prospect and Sherwood Council on Tuesday. The Mayor ruled a motion out of order, and as that motion was Alderman Meakin's…

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Parramatta Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 8

The Council met on Tuesday evening, the Mayor (Alderman W. Noller) presiding. There wore also present: Aldermen Price, Waugh, Champion, Collett, Brown…

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Auburn Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 2

The fortnightly meeting was held on Tuesday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman T. E. Farrar), and Aldermen Gibbons, Furnival, Lightfoot, Langley…

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Marsfield Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 10

The monthly meeting of the Marsfield Council was held on Wednesday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman J. A. Johnston) and Aldermen Small, Ezzy, and…

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Pastures Boards Council

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 14

At the quarterly meeting of the Pastures Boards Council of Advice a circular was road from the Under-Secretary for Lands, stating that the Minister had approved of the Tambun…

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Ermington and Rydalmarn Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 12

The regular nicotine was held on Wednesday. Present: Mayor Unicomb and Aldermen Bogus. Vignes, Spurway, and Ryan…

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