Mayor of Jamberoo Kiama
The election of Mayor for the municipality of Jamberoo was held to-day, when Alderman Hugh Colley was elected. The retiring Mayor, Alderman Crag, who had occupied the…
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Council & local affairs, 1908
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Executive Council
A meeting of the Executive Council was held yesterday morning, but only departmental business of a formal nature was considered…
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The council meet next wee[?] to decide the make of ball to be used in all matches controlled by the council during 1908. The footfault rule, which is agitating the minds of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Municipal Innovation. Mayor Invites Aldermen to Church
The newly-elected Mayor of Annandale, Alderman W. Wells., has introduced an innovation in municipal life. Usually, when a Mayor is elected, he invites his fellow councillors into the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Municipal Election Trouble. Application to Oust an Alderman
On Friday last Mr. Justice Street, on the application of Mr. Boyce, who was instructed by Mr. A. E. Whatmore, granted a rule nisi calling upon Arthur Kingston Moore, who was…
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Alderman David More Anderson was unanimously selected Mayor of Ryde, at a meeting of council on Friday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shire Meetings
LAKE MACQUARIE. — The first meeting of the [?] council was held on Saturday. The Railway Commissioners notified that the cost of constructing a siding into a quarry on the Government railway near Awaba…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Election of Mayor, Redfern
Mr. T. E. Creswell writes: -- "Having road your report of the meeting of the Redfern aldermen for the election of Mayor, I am inclined to think (although I may be wrong) that such election…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Auburn's New Mayor. a Peculiar Position
A democratic upheaval In the municipal world of Auburn meant a large Infusion of now blood In the council. Mayor Lambeth, who presided during 1907, retired from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Employees' Picnic. Glebe Council
The second annual picnic of the Glebe Municipal Council was held on Saturday at Clifton Gardens, and was attended by upwards of 1000 persons. The general arrangements of the outing were carried out by a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Manning Shire Council Taree
(Mr. Hugh MacKinnon, J.P., was unanimously elected president of the Manning Shire Council to- day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At Loggerheads. Mayor and Council Clerk. Lively Meeting at Erskineville
The Mayor of Erskineville (Ald. Robinson) played a lone hand at the council meeting last night, when he sought to dispense with the services of the council clerk (Mr. A. F…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle's New Municipal Council
The aldermen comprising the newly-elected municipal council of Newcastle met at the council-chambers to-night for the first time. The retiring Mayor (Ald. James) presided, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mayor V. Council Clerk. Friction at Erskineville. "Chicanery and Trickery" Ratepayers' Keen Interest
The friction which has existed for some months between the Mayor of Erskineville (Alderman Robinson) and the local council clerk (Mr. A. F. Desborough) came in a head…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney's Lord Mayor Eulogises Melbourne
Ald. T. Hughes (Lord Mayor of Sydney), replying to the toast of "The Visitors," said that all the talk about civic jealousy as regards Sydney and Melbourne was largely the product…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Federal-houlder-shire Lines
Messrs. Houlder Brothers and Co., Limited, managing agents for the undermentioned steamers, report movements as follows:- The Oswestry Grange, which sailed from Liverpool…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Macdonaldtown Council
Last night at the Macdonaldtown council meeting, after routine business had been dealt with, the Mayor (Alderman William Robinson) made certain charges against the council…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mayor and Clerk. a Charge of Carelessness
At the meeting of the Erskineville Council on Monday night, the Mayor (Alderman Robinson) moved—"That the serrices of A. F. Desborough be dispensed with, in accordance with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Taking Tips From Melbourne. Lord Mayor's Education. Melbourne
The Lord Mayor of Sydney, Alderman Thos. Hughes, speaking at the quarterly dinner given by the Lord Mayor of Melbourne to-night, denied that there was as much jealousy…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At the Council Board Leichhardt
There was a full attendance of aldermen at last night's meeting of the Leichhardt Council, and a fair amount of business was put through…
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