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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1908

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Penrith Council

Nepean Times · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 3

The mainly meeting of the above was held on Monday night, Present —The Mayor (Ald Vine), Ald Perritt, Randall, Best, Hand, Hoxley, Coffey,…

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The Council's Point of View

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 9

The Marrickville Council take exception to the Board of Health's stigma that they have been lax in taking precautions against plague infection within their municipality. Mr. H. T…

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Electricity for Botany. Waterloo Council's Views

Evening News · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 10

The desirability of granting permission to the City Council to extend their electric lighting mains through the municipality of Waterloo was considered at last meeting of the local…

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Prospect and Sherwood Council. Hoffman's Duck Farm. Water Supply Wanted For Wentworthville. An Acting Council Clerk

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 11

The regular meeting of the Prospect and Sherwood Council was held on Tuesday evening. Present: Mayor Pavesi and Aldermen Crowe, Vidler, Stieme…

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The Barker Case. The Offer of a Settlement. Letter From The Mayor. to the Editor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 3

Sir,—Will you kindly publish thy following letter:—113 Pitt Street, Sydney, January 2nd, 1908…

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The Sunday School This Page is under the auspices of the Council of the Sunday School Department. New Year Gifts

The Methodist · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 4

Gifts for the good New Year!— Unto your enemy Give pardon full and free; Whate'er his faults may be…

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Lax Municipal Councils

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 13

While the appearance of plague in Marrickville is attributed by the Board of Health to the neglect of the local authority under the Health Act to enforce what are known…

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

The St George Call · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 6

Sir, In your issue of the 28th inst. you publish a letter from Mr. A. G. Huie under the heading of "A word to…

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More Facts and Figures About Municipal Rating

The St George Call · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 6

To the Editor of "The Call." Sir, Opponents of Unimproved Value Rating are chiefly confined to two classes of…

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Local Government. the Municipal Elections. Probable Candidates

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 14

Although the date of the municipal elections under the Local Government Act is nearly a month distant, keen interest is already manifested in the event, and already names of…

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Municipal Election Notes

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 11

A requisition to Mr. Henry Dreis, asking him to stand for election as an alderman for Fairfield Ward, is being energetically canvassed, and already a large…

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The Municipal Issue

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

THE Local Government Act, in its reform aspect, practically comes into operation with the New Year. Although the municipal councils were working last…

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Municipal Election Notes. (Continued from page 11.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 12

As far as the Hornsby Shire is concerned, there is almost certain to be a contest in each of the three ridings. Of the present members of the council…

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Shire Councils

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1908 · page 4

ABERCROMBIE.—A revision court sat for the purpose of revising the lists of electors for the triennial period, 1908-1911, for A, B, mid C ridings. The number of electors on the rolls is as follows:—…

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The Moore Park Tip. Lord Mayor Takes Action. Destructor to Be Enlarged

Evening News · Monday 6 January 1908 · page 5

An "Evening. News" representative this afternoon had an interview with the lord Mayor on the subject of the Moore Park Tip, and the revelations disclosed in the "Evening News"…

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Country News. Municipal. Richmond

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1908 · page 5

The Richmond Municipal Council have decided to allow sanitary exemptions. The Mayor intimated that he had been informed by an officer of the Board of Health that…

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The Municipal Year Book

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1908 · page 7

In view of the inauguration of the principle of local self government, under Act No. 56, 1906, and the Local Government (Loans Act), No. 1, 1907, and the fact that all the provisions of these Acts apply to…

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Municipal Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1908 · page 6

At the last meeting of the Petersham Progress Association Messrs. G. Baines, John Kays, and G. H. Smith were selected as the three candidates to contest the forthcoming…

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Railway Advertisements. Burwood Aldermen Object. an Artistic Council

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 4

On the retaining wall supporting the overhead railway bridge at the western end. of Burwood Station, and directly, opposite the main and only exit from same, several local…

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Shire Councils

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 10

BOREE.—At a recent meeting of the council it was decided to co-operate with the Lyndhurst shire in its endeavour to have a number of the regulations repealed or amended regarding statistical returns. It…

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