Penalties of Office. Mayor As Defendant. Interesting Case at Nowra
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 7
NOWRA. Wednesday.--At the Police Court yesterday Mr. Hugh M'Kenzie, Mayor of the South Shoalthaven Municipality, was proceeded against by David Hyam for that he did not, with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Mayor Charged. with Breach of Local Government Act. Nowra
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 8
At the police court yesterday David Hyam proceeded against Hugh M'Kenzi[?], the Mayor of South Shoalhaven, charging him with a breach of section 126 of the Local…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Edward the Seventh Hospital and the Australian Ambulance Deputation to the Lord Mayor
The Australian Star · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 6
Yesterday a deputation waited on the Lord Mayor (Alderman Thomas Hughes) in connection with Edward the Seventh Hospital and the Australian Ambulance…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shortage at Camden. Resolutions of the Council
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 8
CAMDEN, Wednesday.--The shortage of water in the Camden district is a serious matter, and a very momentous question to be considered. The Nepean River, adjacent to the town, is in a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A.h.c. Guild. Sydney District Council
Freeman's Journal · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 27
Also in The Catholic Press
A meeting of the Sydney District Council of the A.H.C. Guild was held in the Guild hall on Friday, 17th instant. The District Warden (Bro. W. E. O'Driscoll) presided…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Shire President Resigns. Will Not Serve Again for £100. WAGGA
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 8
The president of the Mitchell shire, Cr. J. J. M'Nickle, resigned at a special meeting on Saturday owing to a difference with Mr. C. L. Daley (shire clerk). A new president for the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →King Edward Hospital. Excluded From Street Collections. Deputation to Lord Mayor. Some Sturdy Advice
Evening News · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 2
Mr. R. Nicholson, representing the Austra Han Ambulance Association; Mr. F. Johnson, chairman of the King Edward VTI. Seamen's Hospital committee; Mr. H. J. Page…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Assessments. Should the Water Board Share Cost?
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 10
Recently the Alexandria Council communicated with the Works Department, with a request that as the making of assessments entailed considerable expenditure, and that as the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Trades and Labour. Airly Miners' Strike. Labour Council's Support
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 10
The executive of the Sydney Labour Council at its meeting on Tuesday evening had before it the report of the council's secretary, Mr. Cochran, with reference to the minors' strike…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Negligent Councils. Why the Law Is Ignored. Curious Defence by Council Clerks
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 7
Last Thursday we showed that practlcally 100,000 people resided in suburbs of Sydney where, owing to the neglect of the local councils to carry out the Health Act, no…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Municipal Assessments. W. and S. Board's Position
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 10
Recently the Alexandra Council made an application for an amendment of the Local Government Act so as to provide that the Water and Sewerage Board shall contribute…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Municipal. Dubbo
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 4
At a meeting of the municipal council comment was made upon a letter from the Public Works Department declining to continue the payment of the sum agreed upon for lighting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Municipal Memories the Town Hall Foundations a Public Scandal
The Australian Star · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 5
It's about a quarter of a century ago,when the aldermen referred to in the last article as "The Old Brigade" were perhaps at their best, that the question of the Town Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"A Quid Pro Quo" Municipal Demands on Water Board
The Australian Star · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 6
At the meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Water Supply and Sewerage yesterday a letter was read from the Public Works Department, pointing out that the board's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Leichhardt Municipal Election. Nearly All Old Aldermen Retire
Evening News · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 4
The forthcoming municipal election at Leichhardt is exciting considerable interest, and something like 28 candidates, the majority of whom are said to hold Socialistic views, are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Land Tax and City Council. Discussion of Lord Mayor's Minute
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 5
A special meeting of the City Council was held last night for the purpose of considering the proposals of the Government in regard to handing over the land tax, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gosford Municipality Dissolved. Amalgamation with Erina Shire
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 8
The Local Government Act makes provision whereby a municipality may be dissolved and incorporated with a shire. There are many small municipalities throughout the State whose…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Amalgamation the Municipality of Gosford and the Shire of Erina
The Australian Star · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 8
The Local Government Act makes provision whereby a municipality may be dissolved and incorporated with a shire. There are many small municipalities throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At the Civic Board City Council the Lord Mayor's Minute on the City Land Tax Question
The Australian Star · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 5
'A' special meeting of the City Council was held last night, the Lord Mayor (Alderman T. Hughes) presiding, to consider the minute by the Lord Mayor on the proposed transfer…
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