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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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The question of the rival claims of day labor against the contract system again occupied the attention of aldermen at last night's meeting of the City Council The. subject was scattered…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At the ordinary meeting of the City Council last night Alderman Allen Taylor submitted the following motion:— 1. That in the opinion of this council…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The ordinary meeting of the City Council was held last night. The Lord Mayor (Alderman Thomas Hughes) presided, and there was a large attendance of aldermen…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Mayor of Kingston appealed to Rear- Admiral Davis not to withdraw because one overwrought man had acted in a manner which he would regret on reflection…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Local Government Act, it appears, has deprived municipal councils of certain powers, which, in the interests of good municipal management. it is necessary to recover…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alderman F. Whitehouse, who has left the district, has forwarded his resignation to the municipal council. Owing to the Local Government Extension Act being inoperative…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Open-air concerts, promoted by the Ashfield Municipal Council, are being successfully continued during the present summer season. The second takes place to-night in the Ashfield Park, and the proceds will…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BELLINGEN, Wednesday.--The president of the Bellingen Shire Council adjourned the last meeting till to-day, and has issued a call to compel the attendance of all the councillors,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Mayor of Kingston appealed to Rear-Admiral Davis not to withdraw his ships because one overwrought man had acted in a manner which he would regret…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At the last meeting of the Burwood Council, the Mayor moved thai pursuant to the provisions of section 4, sub-section 5 (g) of the Local Government Act, this council request his Excellency the Governor to conter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—I notice that Mr. Simpson has called attention to the difficulty under the Local Government Act of filling an extraordinary vacancy in the council. Has he, or other…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The members of the Evangelical Council met at the Centenary Hall, on Monday afternoon, January 14. The Rev. W. Allen, President, occupied the chair. Attention…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir John Sherburn, Major of Hull, was a passenger from England to Eastern States by the R.M.S. Britannia, which called at Fremantle to day. In the course of an interview…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The leading residents of Brookvale are moving themselves with a view to securing some of the holiday visitors who daily find their way to the Manly district. The first move will be in the direction of securing a The Mayor of Willoughby (Alderman Cleland) submitted a minute in regard to changes in the office staff at the last meeting of the council. The resignation of Mr. Astley as assistant clerk, consequent on his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The proclamations under the Local Government Act, as to what are to be "national works," give long lists of wharls and jetties on the various rivers, such as the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The arrangements for turning the first sod of the Abercrombie-street-Erskineville tramway, at Erskineville, on Wednesday, February 6, have been almost completed, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In connection with the serious conditions of the waters of Blackwattle, and the great danger to public health, Alderman S. F. Scott presented to the Mayor of the Glebe, during…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.--The following have been appointed members of the Legislative Council:--Mr. W. W. M'Cardle, farmer, at Kawhia; Captain W. H, Tucker, farmer,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At Newtown Police Court this morning a case arising oat of a breach of the Local Government Act created considerable interest in aldermanic circles, inasmuch as it was,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →As a preliminary to a campaign in advocacy of improved conditions for workers engaged in unhealthy occupations or callings which tend to shorten the life of the operative, the Labor…
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