A Modest Mayor. Courtesy Causes Complication. Molong
A serious difficulty has arisen in connection with the election of Mayor for the Molong Council. The retiring Mayor (Alderman P. F. A. Kinna) and Alderman Goo…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1908
4,610 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 231
Swimming. Amateur Association. Council Meeting
The council of the New South Wales Amateur Swimming Association held its usual monthly meeting at the Sports Club, Hunter-street, last evening. Mr. Jas. Taylor presided. The fact of Victoria's champion…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parramatta and District. Granville Council
The council met on Tuesday evening, the Mayor, Alderman Kerr, presiding. The Departmant of Public Health wrote, informing the council that approval had been given for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the Council Board Redfern
The regular meeting of the Redfern Council was held last night, with the Mayor, Alderman Leitch, in the chair. THE MAYOR'S POSITION…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To Remodel Sydney. Commission Asked For. Deputation From City Council. Premier Favourable
In the early part of last month the City Council resolved that a Royal Commission should be appointed to recommend a scheme for the remodelling of Sydney. Yesterday a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Jam Factory Conduct. Report of the Labour Council Committee. "A Disgrace to Civilisation."
Some time ago the Sydney Labour Council appointed a committee to investigate the allegations made against the conduct of a foreman in a certain jam factory…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The City Beautiful. Remodelling Proposals. Council Asks Foe Royal Commission. Deputation to the Freshen
A deputation from the City Council, introduced by the Lord Mayor (Ald. Hughes), waited upon the Premier yesterday asking that a Royal Commission might be appointed to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Greater Sydney Deputation to the Premier Commission Asked for Request by the City Council a Favourable Reply
A deputation from the City Council waited on the State Premier (Mr. C. G. Wade) yesterday to urge that a commission be appointed to inquire into the question of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Municipal. Coonamble
At a meeting of the municipal, council last evening it was decided to appoint a certificated sanitary inspector, in conjunction with the Wingadee Shire Council. At the same…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Enfield Municipal Troubles Committee of Inquiry Appointed
A few weeks back the Mayor of Enfield (Alderman Mackay), in view of certain statements made regarding the manner in which a grant of £300 had been utilised by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Powers of Municipal Councils. an Erroneous Conception
According to Mr. Barnett, S.M., municipal councils have not the power to summarily compel owners of uninhabitable tenements to demolish them. A case was decided at the Paddington Court yesterday which…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Municipal Matters. Bathurst
BATHURST, Thursday.--The Municipal Council last right expressed the opinion that it was necessary a view to better sanitation of the municipality and proper supervision of food supplies that a certificated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Baulkham Hills Shire Council
This council met at Castle Hill on Wednesday evening. Present: Councillors B. Purser (President), Hopkins, Cranston, Lowe, Fripp and Whitling. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Dignity of an Alderman
On the constitution of the United States of America, Thomas Jefferson, writing to his confederates, stated the case of placing the right men in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shire Councils
HORNSBY.—The first ordinary meeting was held on Thursday at the council-chambers. A notice was received from Oberon Shire Council that the following resolution was passed by their council, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hornsby Shire Council. Election of President. Councillor Roberts' Strong Objections
The first meeting of the new council was held on Thursday evening Present: Councillors Nixon (President), Morris, Roberts, Ramsay, Jones, Nicolosn…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Redfren's Mayor Election in Order
In regard to the election of Alderman John Leitch as Mayor of Redfern the legality of which was questioned at the last meeting of the Redfern Council, the council clerk…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Electric Power House That Suppressed Report Views of Aldermen
Members of the City Council, and those particularly who compose the electric lighting committee, read with astonishment the account in last night's "Star" dealing with…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Granville Council
This council met on Tuesday evening. Present The Mayor (Alderman Kerr), Aldermen Townsend, Lane, Pegler, Neilson, Duncum, Colquhoun, Mobbs…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dundas Council
The regular meeting was held on Wednesday, Present: The Mayor (Alderman J. Neil), Aldermen E. S. Walkey, F. Petit, F.E. Spurway, J. Catt, and J.J…
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