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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1907

3,386 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 170

Slaughtering Licences. Applications to St. Peters Council

Evening News · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 3

Much interest is being taken ,in a slaughtering matter at present before the St. Peters Council. Two applications haVe been received for slaughtering licences for certain premises…

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Vacancies in Municipal Councils

Evening News · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 5

At the meeting of the Burwaod Council, Alderman J. H. Cardew resigned his position as an alderman of the East Ward, owing to the pressure of other duties. The resignation was…

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Some Triumphs of Municipal Government. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 3

Sir,—Putting aside for the present the great achievements of Birmingham, Glasgow, and London, in the way of municipalisation, let us glance at what has been done on the…

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Municipal Socialism. Progressives Annoyed. London, Jan. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 7

The import[?]nacy and extent of the Independent Labour party's demands in regard to municipal socialism as displayed in their programme in connection with the London…

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Municipal. Corowa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 8

At the monthly mooting of the municipality the likelihood of the Government handing over the maintenance of the bridge across the Murray River, between Corowa and Wahgunyah,…

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Municipal Socialism. "Nothing Short of Madness."

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The inopportuneness and the extent' of the programme of the Independent Labor Party in regard to municipal socialism, annoys the…

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Shire Councils

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 7
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

GLEN INNES, Tuesday.--The Severn Shire Council were unable to agree to-day as to an engineer, and have asked the Minister for an extension of three weeks to call for applications. Mr. A. A. Veness was offered the clerkship…

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Melbourne's Lord Mayor Melbourne

The Australian Star · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 7

Councillor Weedon, the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, left by the Sydney express today, en route for the Christchurch Exhibition…

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Suburban Council Expenses

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 12

Among the matters dealt with at a recent meeting of the Canterbury Council was a report front the committee appointed to investigate the proposed [?]-arrangement of the municipal employees. It appears that owing…

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At the Council Board Municipal Matters in General Balmain Tramway Grievances

The Australian Star · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 2

On the 18th ultimo the aldermen of the Balmain Municipal Council waited upon the Railway Commissioners regarding the Darling-street tram section and other matters…

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London County Council Elections

Evening News · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday Evening.— The Social Democratic Federation has quarrelled with the Progressives respecting the London County Council elections…

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See-saw. High Court and Privy Council. What May Happen

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--As a result of the conflicting decision of the High Court and Privy Council in regard to the liability or otherwise of Federal politicians and civil servants to pay…

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County Council Election Social Democrats and Progressives Quarrel London. Tuesday. 3.5 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 1

The Social Democratic Federation has quarrelled with the Progressives respecting the London County Council election…

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Increased Powers for a Municipality

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 12

The North Sydney Council, in order to be qualified to carry on certain services and works which they controlled before the Local Government Extension Act came into force, have decided to apply to the Governor to…

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Country News. Municipal. Picton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 10

The council has decided not to send a delegate to the conference of Liverpool and other councils and shires to consider the advisability of appointing an engineer to act…

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Mayor of Melbourne

The Australian Star · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 6

The Lord Mayor of Melbourne (Councillor Henry Weedon), with the Lady Mayoress, left Sydney yesterday afternoon by the Manuka for N.Z. In the morning Councillor…

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Shire Councils

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

GOULBURN, Wednesday.--At the meeting: of the 21 Mulwaree Shire Council to-day it was resolved to invite the co-operation of the Nat[?]ai Shire in having the road from Bowral via Wombeyan Caves to Richlands proclaimed a…

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The Lord Mayor's Policy

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 21

As revealed in his official minute, if not already known by his past attitude in the City Council, the policy of Lord Mayor Hughes during the current year will be one…

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