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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1907

3,386 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 170

Municipal. Gerringong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 6

At to-day's meeting of the munleipal council, Mr. Robert Wilson was re-clected Mayor for the fourteenth time…

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Turon Shire Council

Evening News · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 3

BATHURST, Wednesday.—At the last meeting of the Turon Shire Council, Mr. A. A. Patterson, overseer of works to the Bathurst Council, was appointed resident engineer, out…

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Sunday Concerts Protest of Evangelical Council Alderman Meagher's Retort

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 5

There was a breezy ten minutes at the meeting of the City Council-last-night when the subject of Sunday concerts was under notice…

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Shire Councils

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 12
Also in The Daily Telegraph

JEMALONG.—The council on Saturday decided to call for applications for engineer and clerk at a recommended remuneration of £225 nnd £150 respectively. A rate of Id in the £0[?] the unimproved…

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Granville Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 3

A special meeting of the Granville Municipal Council was held on Friday evening. Present The Mayor (Alderman Townsend), and Aldermen Lane,…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 7

A meeting of the City Council was held last night, the Lord Mayor (Alderman Thomas Hughes) presiding. The finance eommlttee reported that the…

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At the Council Board Annandale

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 2

At the meeting of the Annandale Municipal Council last evening the Mayor (Alderman O. Ridge) presented his annual report on the finances and works of the borough. In it he…

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Cabramatta and Canley Vale Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 4

The Council met on Thursday. Present: Mayor Asimus, aldermen Latham, Hamilton, Ryan, Bennett, Stimson, Hirst, and Palmer…

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Fighting the Plague Speech by the Lord Mayor a Rat-proof Sea Wall

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 2

When the City Council met last night Alderman Meagher, in some references to the fresh outbreak of plague, remarked that proper provision was not made for the…

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Citizens and Council. Combined Action to Be Taken

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 10

At a meeting of the City Council last night Alderman Meagher directed attention in connection with tho outbreak of plague to the precautious taken formerly with regard to the…

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A Municipal Conference

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 6

A conference of municipal representatives will be held in March for the purpose of assisting in regard to the local government scheme. The Premier, Mr. Carruthers, says…

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Shire Councils

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 February 1907 · page 8

HAY, Wednesday.--Mr. H. J. Smith has been appointed shire clerk at a salary of £156 per annum, and Mr. S. Nixon has been elected president. LITHGOW, Wednesday.--At the meeting of the…

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Local Government. Our State System. Municipalism at Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 February 1907 · page 4

The Political Labour Conference has dealt With the subject of local government from that point of view, and the result has been Embodied in a report which, was presented to…

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Shire Councils

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 11

BLAND.—At the regular meeting on Tuesday, the Minister a consent to the council borrowing £700 us a temporary loan was read. The number of voters enrolled for 1000 was 671, but this is probably 200…

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Belmore Markets to Go or Not to Go? Frightful State of Congestion Inspection by Lord Mayor and Aldermen

The Australian Star · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 5

The question of the removal of the Belmore Markets has been agitating the alder manic mind for some time past, and the proposal has as prominent a place in the…

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Belmore Markets. More Room Wanted. Visit by City Aldermen

Evening News · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 4

There have been some complaints lately concerning the very congested state of the Belmore Markets in consequence of the glut of fruit, and a deputation is to wait upon the Lord…

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Imperial Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 6

The leader of the Federal Labour party, Mr. J. C. Watson, is opposed to the Imperial Council idea. In expressing his opinion of it he said:—"If this council is to be given any…

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Town Hall Picnic at Clontarf the Lord Mayor's Intentions

The Australian Star · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 7

The seventh annual picnic of the City Municipal Council Employees was held at Clontarf yesterday the company of employees, their families, and friends numbering…

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The Powers of a Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 6

At last night's meeting of the Redfern Council the aldermen found themselves in a peculiar position through the advent of the Local Government Act. The new measure provides that…

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