Ryde Council
The fortnightly meeting as held on Friday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman S. A. Benson), and Aldermen Kelly, Darvall, Bernard, Anderson, Sutton…
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Council & local affairs, 1908
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Engineer Fordyce's Services. Secured by Hornsby Shire. To Act as Council Clerk and Engineer
At a special meeting of the Hornsby Shire Council, held on Monday evening, a full council being present, part of the business was tho consideration of a…
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Mr. Percival Somerville, council clerk of Rockdale, is one of the three council clerks appointed to assist the Local Government Department to formulate a system of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →St. Marys Council
The first general meeting of the new council was hold on Monday night. The Mayor (Ald J Sainebury) presided, and there were also present…
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"Catch the Monday morning mail for Waterfall; meet the coach, and commence a tour of inspection." Such was the Shire Clerk's direction to his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Outrage in Spain. Masked Men Shoot a Mayor
LONDON, Thursday. Afternoon. -- A party of masked men entered the town council meeting at Daimiel, in Spain, and shot the Mayor dead. They succeeded in escaping…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Redfern Mayor's Allowance. Dignity and L.s.d
At the Redfern Council meeting. Alderman Howe moved—"That an allowance of £150 be granted the Mayor." He said the ratepayers had no right to ask an alderman to fill the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Corruption in San Francisco. Release of Ex-mayor Schmitz
Writing from San Francisco, under date, January 10, the special correspondent of a London dally stated: -- "There is immense interest here in the decision rendered yesterday by the…
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Masked men entered the hall while the town council meeting was in progress at Daimiel, Spain, and shot the Mayor dead. The assassins escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Smithfield and Fairfield. The Council
This council met on Wednesday. Present: Mayor Anthony, Aldermen Downey, Laughton, Stein, Stimson, Critchley, and Fergorson…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Engineer Meets Baulkham Hills Council. His Explanation
After a long absence from the meetings of Baulkham Hills Council, the engineer put in appearance at Wednesday night's meeting, and presented the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Privy Council Appeal. Campbell V. the A.m.p
LONDON, Friday. -- In the case of Campbell v. the Australian Mutual Provident Society, an appeal from the judgment of the High Court of Australia to the Judicial…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Sign of the Times. the City Council's Bylaws. Appeal to the Full Court
An appeal was made to the Full Court yesterday on behalf of Richard Charles Hagon, a merchant tailor, of 129 King-street. Sydney, against an order made by Mr. Smithers. S.M…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dangers of Municipalisation
Municipalisation has its dangerous side. The state of things in England amply proves this. Local officials are bad administrators, and when municipal councils take in hand commercial…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Municipal. Berry
Alderman W. H. Noakes was last night reelected Mayor. BATHURST, Friday. Recently the Bathurst Couucil entered a…
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A meeting of the above association was held at 10 Hunter-street on Friday. The members for a couple of hours grappled with the problems of the Local Government Act. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →City Street Signs. Test Case Before Full Court. Municipal Bylaw Attacked. Is It Ultra Vires?
Yesterday the Full Court, consisting of Mr. Justice Cohen, Mr. Justice Pring, and Mr. Justice Sly, heard argument in a test case which was submitted for decision in regard to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Municipal Notes
It was apparent at Monday night's meeting of the Hornsby Shire Council, that not a single councillor had mastered the hundreds of ordinances that have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sunday School This Page is under the auspices of the Council of the Sunday School Department. S.S. Anniversary at Uralla
The anniversary services of the Uralla Methodist Sunday-school were held on Sunday, January 26th. The morning and afternoon services took the form of special addresses to the children, and the evening…
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BYRON.—£1124 was paid for road and other work during this week.- LAKE MACQUARIE.—At a meeting of this council on Saturday a letter from the Works Department,…
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