Trades and Labour. Sydney Labour Council
At the last meeting of the Sydney Labour Council the following office-bearers were elected for the ensuing year:—President, Mr. F. Bryant; vice-president, Mr. A. E…
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Council & local affairs, 1907
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Deadlock in a Council. Appointing a President
BALlINA, Friday.— Owing to a deadlock over the seat of government in the Tintenbar Shire Council as to whether the shire capital should be Ballina or Alstonville, the council was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →High Court V. Privy Council. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—As a member of the legal profession, I have been looking forward to reading the full text of the report of the Privy Council judgment in the case of Webb v Outtrim,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Sunday School [This page is under the auspices of the Council of the Sunday School Department.] Voltaire's Empty Boast
It was the boast of the infidel French writer Voltaire that Christianity would soon be exploded. It was at Peterborough House in Chelsea that he wrote his famous tract, in which he said that in a…
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THE regular meeting of the above council was lield at the Council Chamber on Wednesday evening, 2nd instant. Present—The Mayor (Alderman Smith), and Aldermen Whitfield,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Newsboy" Mayor. Severe Shock for a City of Millionaires. New York, December 5
The fashionable residents of Newport, the "city of millionaires," are staggered at the election of a newsboy as mayor. The new mayor is William Clark, aged…
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The Austrian Reichsrath was the scene of two fierce encounters between deputies this afternoon. A vote on the Czech amendment to the…
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GUYRA.—The shire council on Monday fixed the salary of the engineer at £300 a year, and offered the position to Mr. J. R. Solomons, Armidale, who accepted it. The council voted the president an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Municipal Dependence. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The important consideration of a Greater Sydney is one that must be recognised by all who desire to see it progress and occupy the position it should. The pr[?]ude to…
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The election in connection with the extraordinary vacancy in the Bull Shire Council resulted:—C. Brown, 156 votes; J. S. Kirton, 132…
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The inopportuneness and the extent of the independents to [?]se municipal socialism annoy the Progressives in the London. County Council. Mr. E. Cornwall describes…
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The French Mayor is apparently a very arbitrary person. The town of Toulon has a Mayor— which his same is "Escartefigue"— Who has lately been looking into the question of…
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CAMDEN.—Councillor G. M. Onslow resigned the presidency of the Wollon[?]lly shire owing to the distance of the shire office from his residence. Councillor John E. Moore was elected to the position. Mr. Miller,…
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Sir.--The British Empire League in Australia (a branch of the parent league under the patronage of his Majesty the King-Emperor has been working for some years to promote in this part of the Empire a more intense…
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The Lake Macquarie and the Kurri Kurri shire councils are at the present time in disagreement in regard to the employment of a joint engineer. It appears that some few weeks…
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Messrs. Birt and Company, Limited Sydney agents for the undermentioned steamers, report movements as follows:— The Cornwall left Wellington Nov. 22 for London…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At the Council Board. Leichhardt
A resolution to the effect that the report of the finance committee be adopted, and that the sanction of the Governor be asked to borrow the sum of £2000, was put…
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