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Council & local affairs, 1907

3,386 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 170

Ashfield Council Clerk

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 April 1907 · page 7

Mr. George Edmund Spark, who was on Tuesday night elected council clerk to tho Borough of Ashfield out of 130 applicants, has been council clerk at Forbes for the past…

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Rival Municipal Candidates. the Verdict

Evening News · Thursday 4 April 1907 · page 5

(Continued from page 6.) The jury this afternoon, after two hours' retirement, returned a verdict for the plaintiff (O'Brien) for £50 damages…

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Rival Municipal Candidates. the O'brien M'intosh Action. Claim for £1000 Damages

Evening News · Thursday 4 April 1907 · page 6

The hearing of the case In which Alfred O'Brien claimed £1000 damages from Hugh Donald M'Intosh. for alleged slander, was continued before Mr. Justice Pring and a jury of…

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Local Government. Our State System. Municipalism at Work

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

From recent London cables it appears that the old controversy between the partisans of municipal ownership and of private enterprise is being maintained with vigour. The…

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Shire Councils

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 10

BLAXLAND.—The council has decided to allow the engineer to form the maintenance men into gangs, the rate of pay to be 7s per day for each man and 10s per day for man and horse and dray. The system will…

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Kurin-gai Shire Taxation. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 3

Sir,--As chairman of a public meeting held at Gordon on Friday evening, 22nd ult. will you be good enough to allow me the privilege of placing two or three facts before the residents which, in my opinion, have been…

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Trades and Labour. Sydney Labour Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 4

At last night's meeting of the Sydney Labour Council Mr. P. Marshall (Coachmakers', Raliway Car and Waggon Builders' Union) was elected vice-president of the…

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Council Clerks' Certificates. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 11

Sir,—I notice in the "Herald" of Wednesday last a letter from "A Council Clerk" protesting against the injustice of extorting from our council clerks the sum of £1 1s to…

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Municipal Loans

Evening News · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 6

At the Mayors' Conference in Sydney this morning the following resolution was carried on the motion of the Mayor of Newcastle:—"That provision be made in an Amending Act, to be…

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Municipal. Campbelltown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 8

Mr. Fred, Centy has been elected to the municipal council, vice Alderman Ottery, resigned…

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Mayors in Conference This Morning's Deliberations Municipal Loans

The Australian Star · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 1

The metropolitan and country mayors that have assembled in Sydney to discuss the Local Government Act, with a view to its improvement, continual their deliberations…

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Municipal Conference Address by the Premier. Powers Under the New Act

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 5

The conference of the mayors of the municipalities of the State with the Minister for Works was opened at St. James'-hall yesterday. Mr. Lee presided. The delegates present were:--…

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Hornsby Shire Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 8

The fortnightly meeting was held on Thursday. Present: Councillors J.C. Hunt (President), Tucker, Best, Casell, Morris, and Nixon…

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Shire Councils

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 14

ADJUNGBILY.—The council has appointed Mr. J. Moroney, of Waratah, engineer at a salary of £[?] per year. BLAXLAND.—The council is taking steps towards…

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Shire Councils BLACKTOWN

Nepean Times · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 6

A meeting of the above Council was held in the chambers at Blacktown on Wednesday afternoon last. There were present—Councillors Wilmott…

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Granville Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 2

This council met on Tuesday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Dr. A.L. Kerr) and Alderman Lane, Wilkins, Gill, Bowden, Pegler, Neilson, Townsend…

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The Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 3

This Council met on Wednesday. Present: Mayor Anthony, Aldermen Downey, Laughton, Spring, Bell, Stimson and Paine. Accounts amounting to £11 6s 8d were…

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The Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 6

A special meeting of this council was held on Thursday last week Present: The Mayor (Alderman J. Neil), Aldermen G. Spurway, J. Franks, A.J.Metcalfe…

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The Federal-houlder-shire Liners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 14

The steamer Somerset is under order to leave Newcastle to-day for Brisbane, where she will commence loading for home ports. The steamer Ayrshire left Bluff, N.Z., yesterday for…

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Unionism and Shires. An Attempt on Hornsby Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 4

At the Hornsby Shire Council on Thursday evening, Councillor Morris moved, "That in all contracts by this Council a clause be inserted stating that the standard…

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