Unemployed Relief. a Council's Rate Quashed
LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Mr. Wallace, magistrate, sitting at the Clerkenwell police Court, quashed the Battersea Borough Council's rate of threepence for…
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Council & local affairs, 1908
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The City Council's Balance Sheet. to the Editor
Sir,--Now that everybody can see what a large balance- sheet the City Council has produced, tor the electric light department, I think it is about time that they Started to pay respectable wages to the employees in…
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The rate of 3d in the £ imposed by the Battersea Borough Council for relief works for the unemployed, has been quashed by Mr. Wallace at the Clerkenwell Sessions…
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In consequence of the high price of fodder the Waverley Council have decided to increase the wages of the carter in their employ to 1s 6d per hour, or 12s less per day. This…
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There have been so many attempts on the part of individual aldermen to secure municipal control of various public services that one need not be surprised to find' Ald, Fitzgerald moving…
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In the Full Court this afternoon, Mr. Brown asked that the case of William George Good-in Lucas, for whom he appeared, and who had obtained a rule by which William Kenny…
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Ex-alderman Dunn, after 38 years of uninterrupted service as alderman of the Glebe, retired from the council at the expiration of the municipal term last month. After…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Federal-houlder-shire Lines
Messrs. Houlder Brothers and Co., Limited managing agents for the undermentioned steamers reprot movements as follows:—The Oswestry Grange is at Lyttelton, New Zealand. The Langton Grange was at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Menage to Health. Complaint by a Glebe Alderman
During the question stage of the business at the meeting of the Glebe Council, Alderman Tate asked the Mayor if he was aware that there was a serious menace to the inhabitants…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mayor Goes to Church. Aldermanic Ceremony at Balmain
The following invitations were sent to the aldermen of Balmain last week by the Mayor:-"In recognition of the high position to which he has been celled, the Mayor of Balmain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Council Chambers Burnt. Bourke
The council-chambers and a wooden building of two rooms beside the council-chamber were gutted by fire this evening. All the books were in the safe, which was not…
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LONDON, Sunday. Afternoon. -- Mr. R. Wallace, K.C., sitting as Chairman of the Glerkenwell Sessions, quashed the Battersea Borough Council's rate of threepence for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Exchange Chat. The Lord Mayor, the President of the Water and Sewerage Board, and the Master Builders
During the week, the President (Mr. Jas. Wall), vice president (Mr. H. J. Thompson), and the secretary (Mr. H. P. Richards), of the Association, accompanied by the vice president of the Exchange (Mr…
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An extraordinary election, through the retirement of Alderman E. Scharer, resulted in Mr. Frederick Stitz being elected. A referendum also was taken concerning the lighting…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →South Australia. Municipal Tramways Trust. Adelaide
The Municipal Tramways Trust during the second six months of its working shows a credit to profit and loss of £2830…
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Council clerks will find these notes of great interest and value, hence in kindly supplying us with information regarding the ratings and doings of their municipalities, they will find they are receiving equally…
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A special meet in of the Erskineville Council was held on Monday night, to strike the rate for the ensuing year. The now Mayor (Alderman W. Jackson)…
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The Lord Mayor (Aid. Hughes) presided over the meeting of the City Council last evening. In answer to Aid. Andy Kelly, the' Lord Mayor undertook to ask the Railway Commissioners to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Counted Out" City Aldermen Leave in a Body an Exciting Interlude
Once again the City Council was unable [?] get through its business last night after sitting for four hours. The business is always considerably delayed through disorder during…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →What Marrickville Should Do. the Mayor's Minute
At the last meeting of the Marrickville Council the Mayor (Alderman Benson) submitted a minute in reference to what he considered the most essential works to be…
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