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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1906

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The Shire Boundaries

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 8

Complaints were recently made that sufficient publicity had not been given to the boundaries and other matters under the Shires Act. On this subject Mr. Garlick, officer in charge…

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Rookwood Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 2

The Council met on Tuesday. Present were the Mayor (Alderman H. J. Larcombe) and Aldermen Baty. Dundon, Woodland, Shiells, Javes, Green…

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Marsfield Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 10

The monthly meeting was hold on Wednesday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Frank Ellis), and Aldermen [?] Duffy, and Small…

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Balmain Council

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 3

The ordinary meeting of the above Council was held on Tuesday. Present—Alds. Cohen (Mayor), Laws, Mills, Jesson, Cox, Minty, Crump…

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Liverpool Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 3

This Council met on Tuesday. Present: Mayor Smith, Aldermen Webster, Whitfield, Thomas, Tindall, Christiansen, Chapman, and Marsden…

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Mosman Council

Mosman, Neutral and Middle Harbour Resident · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 8

The regular meeting of the Mosman Borough Council took place on Tuesday evening, the Mayor (Alderman P. Lea[?]y) presiding. The…

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Leichhardt Council

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 4

The ordinary meeting took place on last Monday, when there were present Mayor Neal, and a full Council…

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Auburn Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 7

The Council met on Monday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman C. Dyer). and Alderman Gibbons, Furnival, Lightfoot, Langley: Ritchie, Lambeth, Farrar, and…

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The Delegates in Council

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 11

As stated in our last issue, the Conference was opened under very happy auspices by his Eminence the Cardinal at St. Mary's Cathedral Hall…

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Prospect and Sherwood Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 8

The fortnightly meeting of the Prospect and Sherwood Council wan hold on Tuesday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Soames), and Aldermen Meakin, Paves…

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Municipal. Liverpool

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 7

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

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The Sunday School [This page is under the auspices of the Council of the Sunday School Department.] Discipline and the Sabbath School. A Paper read by Miss Nellie Pain at a Teachers Conference at Goldsmith-street School

The Methodist · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 4

That the Sunday-schools of to-day are a great power and blessing, no one can dispute. Regarded only as a means of instruction in Biblical knowledge, they stand for incalculable good, but we claim for…

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Lawn Tennis. Australasian Council. English Team to Visit Australia

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 1 April 1906 · page 8

The annual meeting of the Australasian Council was held on Friday night, when the following States were represented: -- New South Wales, by H. S. Fox and T. H. Hicks;…

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The Lord Mayor. Alderman Allen Taylor Banqueted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 April 1906 · page 8

The residents of Annandale on Saturaday afternoon expressed the esteem in which they held Alderman Allen Taylor (the Lord Mayor) and the Lady Mayoress by entertaining them…

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A Council's Contribution

Evening News · Monday 2 April 1906 · page 3

The Public Works Department recently completed the kerbing, paving, etc, of the street In front of the new fire station at Botany. The local council was asked to contribute the sum…

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Camperdown's Troubles. Discussion by the Council

Evening News · Monday 2 April 1906 · page 8

At the last meeting of Camperdown Council the balance - sheet was considered, and the newly - imposed garbage rate discussed Alderman Probert stated his intention of…

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City Council's Resumptions. Architects Offer Assistance

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 April 1906 · page 3

The president of the Institute of Architects (Mr. H. C. Kent), accompanied by several other members of the same body, paid a visit on Friday to the Lord Mayor at the Town-hall…

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Fraternal Festivities. R.a.o.b. Grand Independent Council Oh New South Wades

The Australian Star · Monday 2 April 1906 · page 3

The conference between the Grand independent Banner and the Grand Surrey Banner took. place at the Queen's Hall, Pitt-street. "Knight Grantham (S.B.) was voted…

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Glebe Aldermen at Variance. Gentlemen Who Prize Their Veracity. Explanations at the Council

Evening News · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 6

Alderman Dunn, of the Glebe, is an extremely caustic critic of the local rateayers' association, which he regards as an "undesirable element," and at the last meeting of the…

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Paddington Council

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 3

The Local Government Bill again came up for discussion at the meeting of the Paddington Council last night, when a communication was received from the Redfern…

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