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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1905

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Prospect and Sherwood Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 7

Ordinary meeting on Tuesday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Shepherd), Aldermen Crowe, Meakin, Miller, Newman, Pavesi, Seames…

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Third Plenary Council of Sydney

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 24

By resolution of the Australian Hierarchy, a Plenary Council of all the Bishops is held every ten years. The First Plenary Synod was held in Sydney in the year 1885, and…

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Pastures Boards Council of Advice

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 7

The quarterly meeting of the council of advice was held on the 25th inst at the office of the chief inspector of stock. The following members were present:—Messrs. W…

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Drummoyne Council. the Five Dock Town Hall

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 4

At the ordinary meeting of the Drummoyne Council on Tuesday night there were present the Mayor and Alds. Rodd, Hill, Sutton…

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The Mosman Council. No Meeting on Tuesday Evening. Quorum Not Present

The Mosman Mail · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 6

On Tuesday evening there was quite a largo body of ratepayers waiting outside the Council Chambers, for it was understood that the…

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Bowlers in Trouble. Ordered to Quit Cook Park. Position of Club Council

Evening News · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 6

Here's a pretty how-d ye-do is about all the members of the City Bowling Club have been able to ejaculate since the Town Clerk, by order, served them, a fortnight ago, with…

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Law Report. Friday. April 28. High Court of Australia. (Before the Chief Justice Sir Samuel Griffith, Mr. Justice Barton, and Mr. Justice O'Connor.) Tick Regulations. a Shire Council's Bylaws. Are They Ultra Vires? Beetham v Tremearne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 9

Mr. Shand, instructed by Mr. Claude Manning, as agent for Messrs. Tully and M'Cowan, of Brisbane, applied, on behalf of the Southport Shire Council, for special leave to appeal…

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War of the Ways. Motor-cars for Tramway Lines. Action by the London County Council

The Mosman Mail · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 5

The string of the municipal conscience on the subject of extravagant, tramway systems in view of the advent of the more approved and less costly…

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The Sunday School [This page is under the auspices of the Council Of the Sunday School Department.] An Appeal

The Methodist · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 4

Every effort is being made by the S.S. Department to make the Annual Competitive Examinations of the teachers and scholars as helpful and inspiring as possible. Few know how much these…

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

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 4

Sir,—Whether Ald. Swan, at the Council meeting of the 11th April, was desirous of emulating the good deeds of Ald. Laws at the…

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Railway Commissioners and Municipal Rates

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 8

According to the Railway Act, the Commissioners for Railways are exempt from the payment of municipal rates, and this privilege is not appreciated at North Sydney, where, in…

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Local Government. Shire or Municipality. Mr. Wade at Hornsby

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 May 1905 · page 6

A public meeting was held on Friday night in the Hornsby School of arts to protest against Hornsby being embodied in the proposed shire as delimitated by the…

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Cycling and Motoring. the Federal Council Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 May 1905 · page 7

According to Melbourne, sources, the next annual meeting of the federated councils of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, etc., promises to be a lively one, owing to the fact that the local league…

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Law Report. Saturday, April 29. High Court of Australia. (Before the Chief Justice Sir Samuel Griffith, Mr. Justice Barton, and Mr. Justice O'Connor.) Tick Regulations. a Shire Council's Bylaw. Is It Ultra Vires? Beetham v Tremearne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 May 1905 · page 7

Mr. Shand, instructed by Mr. Claude Manning, as agent for Messrs. Tully and M'Cowan, of Brisbane, applied, on behalf of the Southport Shire Council, for special leave to appeal…

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Municipal Finances. Follies of the Past. Collecting Overdue Rates

Evening News · Monday 1 May 1905 · page 8

The financial condition of the majority of the forty odd metropolitan municipalities is the source of much discussion at the present time among the people who take sufficient interest…

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Paddington Council. Abruptly Adjourned by the Mayor

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 May 1905 · page 2

Alderman George moved a resolution at last night's meeting of the Paddington Council to tile effect that a motion recently passed by the council with regard to the…

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Mayor on His Dignity. Paddington Council Abruptly Adjourned

Evening News · Tuesday 2 May 1905 · page 4

The Government recently announced its intention of resuming what is known in Paddington as "the Cascade-street quarry," a course that did not meet with the approval of the council…

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Federal-houlder-shire Lines

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 May 1905 · page 2

Messrs, Houlder Brothers and Co., Limited, report movements of their steamers in the Australian, trade as follows:--The Langton Grange is loading at Sydney for the Cape…

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The City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1905 · page 9

At the fortnightly meeting of the City Council to-night the Mayor drew attention in a minute to the fact that a great deal of the work rightly belonging to the port was…

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The Glebe Council

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 May 1905 · page 2

The regular meeting of the Glebe Council was held last night under the presidency of the Mayor (Alderman Nosworthy). A GRIEVANCE…

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