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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1906

3,015 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 151

Roped in. Additions to Municipalities

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 4

Under tho Local Government Act, additions have been made this week to several municipalities in this district, us follows…

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Disqualified Alderman

Evening News · Monday 5 March 1906 · page 6

Alderman Blinma'n, one of the South Ward representative's in Liverpool Municipal Council, whose name .was omitted from the municipal roll for 1906-7 for not having paid his rates,…

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The Fiji Council

Evening News · Monday 5 March 1906 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday, 2 p.m.—Mr. Thomas Rawdon Ward has been appointed a member of the Executive Council of Fiji…

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At the Council Board. Darlington

The Australian Star · Monday 5 March 1906 · page 3

Just before the Darlington Council met for business at its last meeting, Mr. Chapman, a candidate for the Water and Sewerage Board, made his appeal for the suffrages of…

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Legislative Council Labour Candidate. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1906 · page 8

Mr. W. D. Johnson, ex-Ministor for Mines and Railways, and a prominent member of the late Labour Government, has been selected to contest the South Province at the…

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Fiji Executive Council. London, Sunday, 2.10 p. m

The Australian Star · Monday 5 March 1906 · page 1

Mr. Thomas Rawdon Ward has been gazetted a member of the Executive Council of Fiji. Between 9 and 10 o'clock this morning…

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Municipal Employees

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1906 · page 10

At a special meeting of the Municipal Employees' Union, held on Friday night to consider the position of the society with respect to the Arbitration Act, it was decided to…

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Melbourne's Lord Mayor. Visiting Sydney

The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 7

The Lord Mayor of Melbourne (Councillor Weedon), on his arrival in Sydney was met at the station by the Lord Mayor of Sydney (Alderman Allen Taylor) and the…

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Federal-houlder-shire-bucknall Lines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 6

Messrs. Birt and Co., Ltd., Sydney agents or the undermentioned steamers, report movements s follows:— The Cornwall left Melbourne 22nd ult [?] South…

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Golf. N.s.w. Golf Council

The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

At a meeting of the N.S.W. Golf Council a letter was received from the Victorian Association congratulating the N.S.W. council on its formation…

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A Welsh Council of Education. Government Proposal

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--The Government proposes to establish a Welsh National Council of Education…

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At the Council Board. Paddington Pleasantries. Protracted Meeting

The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 2

The questions of dry versus damp timber, white leaded Joints, double brads, and transverse sections were mixed up with waltzing in a most amazing manner at the…

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City Council. a Municipal Quarry. Suggestion by Alderman Meagher

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 11

The fortnightly meeting of the City Council was held last evening, under the presidency of the Lord Mayor (Alderman Allen Taylor)…

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Ryde Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 4

The ordinary fortnightly meeting was held on Friday evening, there doing present the Mayor (Alderman R. T. Sutton, J.P.) and Aldermen Benson. Tucker…

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City Council

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 12

The fortnightly meeting of the City Council was held last evening, the Lord Mayor (Alderman Allan Taylor) presiding. The financial committee recommended the adoption of…

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Aldermen Not "Mealy-Mouthed." Paddington Officers to Get Their Increases

Evening News · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 3

At the last meeting of Paddington Council, Alderman Meacle moved—"That the resolutions of this council at a meeting on the 19th instant, granting increases of salaries of the…

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The Golf Council

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 14

Now that the N.S.W. Golf Council has actively commenced' its work of taking part in the control of the sport, the action of the Royal Sydney Club in declining to have representation on the council is the subject of…

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The Western District Council

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 3

We inadvertently omitted to mention that we were indebted to the "Dubbo Liberal" for the excellent report of the Western District Council proceedings at…

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Meeting of the Council

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 14

A meeting of the council was subsequently held. With the object of creating greater interest in the proposed Easter week in the country, it was decided to apportion four trophies, one for each district to be visited by…

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