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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1907

3,386 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 170

Municipal. Kiama

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 April 1907 · page 8

To fill the extraordinary vacancy in the Jamberoo Council caused by the resignation of Aldermen M. R. Richardson and Hugh Fredericks, Messrs. T. Fredericks and J. A…

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Current News. Mayor Dyer Resigns

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 2

Owing to his removal from the district. Alderman C. Dyer has now handed in his resignation of the position of Mayor of Auburn. A special meeting of the…

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The Mint Site. Discussion in the City Council. Minute by the Lord Mayor. Dawes Point Favoured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 9

The City Council last night was afforded an opportunity of recording its opinion as to where the Mint should be situated. The question was brought forward as the result of a…

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Heroism Honoured Diver Hughes Welcomed by the Lord-mayor

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 6

Quite a large assemblage, including aldermen of Sydney, mid visitors from Melbourne, welcomed Diver Hughes at the Town Hall, yesterday. His health was proposed by the…

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City Council Observatory-hill Area

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 7

The City Council met last night, the Lord Mayor (Alderman Thomas Hughes) presiding. The finance committee recommended that no further action should be taken in regard to a…

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N.s.w. Rugby Union Council

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 6

At a meeting of the Council of the New south Wales Rugby Union it was decided in consequence of the receipt of a letter from the New Zealanders to abandon the…

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Fire Protection Question for the City Council

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 7

At last night's meeting of the City Council Alderman Lindsay-Thormpson, the council's representative on the Fire Brigades Board, sought an expression of from his…

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A Letter from the Council's Solicitor. to the Editor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 2

Sir,—As the feeling in Liverpool at the present time is running at a high rate of speed in reference to the recent prosecution, of Mr. F. E. Barker, of…

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Protection From Fire. Question of Responsibility. City Council's Opinion Sought

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 10

At a meeting of the City Council last night, Alderman E. Lindsay-Thompson the council's representative on the Fire Brigades' Board. drew attention in a report to the instructions…

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The Mint the Dawes Point Site Advocated by the City Council

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 5

The City Council has declared in favour of Dawes Point as the most suitable site for the Mint. This is the decision to which the aldermen came at last night's meeting of the…

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The Barker Case. Public Meeting at Liverpool. The Council Condemned.—Practical Sympathy with Mr. Barker

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 2

A large and enthusiastic public meeting was held in the Town Hall, Liverpool, on Saturday night to protest against the action of the local municipal council in…

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Trouble Over a Municipal Loan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 10

The Camberwell Council recently undertook the flotation of a loan for drainage and other works in the municipality. Objection was taken to the proposal by some local…

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Newtown Municipal Staff

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 12

At the last meeting of the Newtown Council the Mayo (Alderman Morgan) presented a minute staring that the council cleark had informed him that in view of the extra work…

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"Troubled with Aldermen."

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 May 1907 · page 4

Probably the comparison drawn by the Ex-Lord Mayor at the last meeting of the City Council between the cost of civic government in Sydney and Melbourne to the…

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Ex-alderman's Sudden Death PARRAMATTA,Thursday

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 May 1907 · page 1

Ex-alderman John Finnigan, of Granville, one of the oldest residents of the district, dropped dead this morning while going to a butcher's shop from his house. The deceased…

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An Official Quarrel. How Aldermen Regard It

Evening News · Thursday 2 May 1907 · page 2

A communication from the Lord Mayor in reference to the friction between the Public Works Department and the Water and Sewerage Board, and inviting the local aldermen to attend…

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Wexford-street Area. Lord Mayor in Reply

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 May 1907 · page 4

The paragraph which appealed in the "Herald" yesterday under the heading "The Wexford-street Area," excited unusual interest in various directions in the city yesterday,…

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City Council Loan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 May 1907 · page 7

At the Newcastle City Council meeting tonight, presided over by the Mayor (Alderman A. H. James). consideration was given to the raising of a loan of £4000, A communication…

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Kuring-gai Shire Taxation. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 May 1907 · page 6

Sir,--Mr. Cowan, the president of the above shire, ban deemed it necessary through your columns to try to belittle me in the eyes of my fellow-residents by his letter of Saturday last, and also to insult the gentlemen who…

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Greeting to Sir Henry Knight. Ex-lord Mayor of London in Sydney

Evening News · Thursday 2 May 1907 · page 8

Sir Henry Knight, Lord Mayor of London in 1882-3, was received by the Lord Mayor of Sydney at the Town Hall yesterday. All the aldermen and many prominent city men were…

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