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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1906

3,015 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 151

A Bet and Its Sequel. Waterloo Council Vindicated

Evening News · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 6

The foreman of works (Mr. Gray) brought under the notice of the Waterloo Council a matter which, he said, concerned not only himself, but the aldermen as well. At the…

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The Extermination of Bunny. Introduction of New Disease Feared. Protest by Sydney Labour Council

Evening News · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 6

Sydney Labour Council views with, alarn the proposal to allow Dr. Danysz to make experiments in Australia with a view of ridding the Commonwealth of the ubiquitous…

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Municipal Elections Penrith Polling Day

Nepean Times · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 3

There was not very, much stir over the municipal elections this year the only time for some years that there has been any opposition. This may be accounted…

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St. Marys MUNICIPAL

Nepean Times · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 6

The aldermanic election for East Ward came off last Saturday, and created a very fair amount of interest. It was a good contest, an equal,…

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Municipal Deadlock in Narrabri

Evening News · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 3

NARRABRI, Friday.—There is trouble here respecting municipal matters. There were three vacancies in the council by effluxion of time. No nominations being received, the Mayor…

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The Municipal Year at Manly

Evening News · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 5

Alderman Quirk, on completing his fifth year as Mayor of Manly, has forwarded a report of the year's work in the borough. The aldermen are to be congratulated, he states, on the…

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The Municipal Elections

Mosman, Neutral and Middle Harbour Resident · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 5

A goodly number of ratepayers assembled in the vicinity of the Town Hall on Saturday evening, to await…

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The Municipal Contests

Mosman, Neutral and Middle Harbour Resident · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 6

The yearly elections in connection with our local politics are now over. The outstanding feature of this year’s campaign was the entrance of the…

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Municipal. Liverpool

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 7

THE regular meeting of the above council was hold at the Council Chamber on Tuesday evening last. Present—The Mayor (Alderman Smith), and Aldermen Thomas,…

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Municipal Elections

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 7

LIVERPOOL.—Very little interest was evinced in the municipal elections this year. For the offices of aldermen, Messrs. Marsden (North Ward) and Sindel (West Ward)…

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Ryde Municipality. A Satisfactory Year's Record

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 10

At the special meeting of the Ryde Council oil Tuesday the Mayor submitted a report, showing a summary of the year's proceedings. From this it appeared that…

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The Sunday School [This page is under the auspices of the Council of the Sunday School Department.] Sunday School Lesson. Sunday, February 25, 1906. Jesus' Power to Forgive.—Mark 2: 1-12

The Methodist · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 4

GOLDEN TEXT.—"The Son of Man hath power on earth to forgive sins."—Mark 2:10. This lesson affords great scope for pictorial power…

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Mayor of Jamberoo. Kiama

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 18 February 1906 · page 3

A special meeting of the Jamberoo Council was held to-day for the purpose of electing a Mayor. Alderman C. W. Craig was elected, without opposition for the fifteenth year in…

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Sydney Labor Council and Affiliated Unions. (To the Editor.)

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 February 1906 · page 3

Sir,—As your paper has always displayed an impartial interest in all that concerns the workers of the State, I venture to address you on a matter that, although in the nature of a…

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Death of an Aldermen

Evening News · Monday 19 February 1906 · page 5

PARKES, Monday.—Alderman Edwia T. Bradley, 40, has succumbed to a severe attack of typhoid fever. He had been in business in the town for a number of years. He was elected a…

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Waterloo Aldermen. and the Fire Brigade Rate

Evening News · Monday 19 February 1906 · page 8

An interesting discussion took place at the last meeting of Waterloo Council, regarding the expediency of striking a special rate, for the purpose of the current year's municipal…

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The Mayor Of the Glebe

Evening News · Monday 19 February 1906 · page 7

Alderman P. C. Lucas, the Mayor of the Glebe, has been an alderman or the borough for 26 years, and Mayor for eight terms. He was an alderman of Camperdown for a number of…

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Mayor of Jamberoo. Kiama

The Australian Star · Monday 19 February 1906 · page 6

'A' special meeting of the Jamberoo Council was held to-day for the purpose of electing a Mayor. Alderman C. W. Craig was elected without opposition for the fifteenth year in…

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Tasmania. National Council of Women. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1906 · page 7

The congress of the National Council of Women was concluded yesterday. Among the papers read were one by Mrs. Nolan, president of the W.C.T.U. of New South Wales, on…

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Waverley Council. an the Health Department. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Monday 19 February 1906 · page 2

Sir,--Early in November last Dr. T. W. Sinclair, Assistant Medical Officer of Health, reported to the Waverley Council that the present…

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