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Council & local affairs, 1908

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Nepean Shire. Adams, John

Nepean Times · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 6

Mr John Adams is a candidate for Biding A. Men of Mr Adams' class should occupy a seat in every council. He has a thorough knowledge of road…

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Ryde Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 8

The fortnightly meeting was held on Friday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman S. A. Benson), ami Aldermen Park, Darvall, Summerhayes, Anderson, Sutton…

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Granville Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 5

The ordinary meeting of the council was held on Tuesday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Dr. A. L. Ken), and Aldermen Townsend, Wilkins, Duncum…

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Dundas Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 10

This council met at the Town Hall, Dundas, on Wednesday evening. Present: The Mayor (Alderman J. Noil), Aldermen Franks, Catt, F. Spurway…

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THE Newsletter. a Paper for the People. Enter, Alderman Crick

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 1

W. P. Crick is re-entering public life per means of the municipal door at Randwick. Many would have thought…

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Missing Shire Clerk. Extensive Defalcations

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 10

BEGA, Friday. -- An audit of the Mumbulla Shire Council's books is now proceeding. It transpires that the accounts have been tampered with and falsified since the appointment…

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St. Marys Council

Nepean Times · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 8

The final meeting of the old council was held on Monday night. PresentMayor Turner, Aldermen Sainsbury, Giles, Campbell, Hollier, Moore, Veness,…

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Blue Mountain Shire. Hail, William Hessel

Nepean Times · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 6

This gentlemean, who was a member of the Temporary Council, and did good work throughout, is again a candidate, and has great promises of support. Mr…

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Facetious Shire Clerk. Rebuked by Minister. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 13

A remarkable idea of what constitutes a joke appears, from official reports, to have led a shire secretary at Broadford, in making up a list of ratepaying electors in the…

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Smithfield and Fairfield. The Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 3

This council met on Wednesday. Present: Mayor Anthony, Aldermen Downey, Critchley, Stimson, King and Paine. Correspondence:…

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City Land Tax. Council Rejects Pyrmont Bridge

Evening News · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 8

The City Council resumed discussion on Friday night upon the minute of the Land Mayor, dealing with the proposal that the Government should, hand over the land tax within the city…

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Municipal Elections

Nepean Times · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 6

There are some 'who live without any design at all, and only pass in the world like straws on a river: they do not go; they are carried.' Such,…

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Municipal Rating. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 11

Sir,—I hope that you will afford me an opportunity to refer to your article on municipal rating, and to some criticism in a letter in a recent issue. In your leading columns on…

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ARNCLTFFE No. IV--(Contributed) Municipal Neglect

The St George Call · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 5

In my previous contribution, I introduced the geographical position of our suburb, but in this I must deal with a nother feature, viz., its municipal…

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Municipal Rating To the Editor of "The Call."

The St George Call · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 6

Sir, I hope that you will allow me a little space to refer to the Minute on the question of rating by the Mayor of…

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Municipal Rating. To the Editor of "The Call."

The St George Call · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 6

Sir, The system of rating under the new Local Government Bill, which comes into existence at the expiration of the…

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Camperdown Municipal Election and a Greater Sydney Scheme. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 19

Sir, -- The influence, of the coming municipal elections on the Greater Sydney question is well exemplified in the case of the election now proceeding' at Camperdown. The contest in that borough at the present time is…

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Municipal Election Notes

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 4

As the election approaches, and party feeling runs high, it is only to be expected that partisans on both sides will got "saying tilings," of a more or less…

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The Municipal issue. to the Editor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 5

Sir,—Mr. R. H. Palmer deserves to be complimented in having boldly raises that which is at the present time the greatest issue before the ratepayers—the…

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The Sunday School This Page is under the auspices oC the Council of the Sunday School Department. Conference S.S. Gatherings

The Methodist · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 4

Arrangements for the holding of the sectional Sunday-school Demonstration on 27th February are well in hand. The sub-Committee have decided on eight centres as follows:—Centenary Hall, Newtown, Ashfield,…

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