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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1908

4,610 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 231

At the Council Board. Woollahra

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 2

The ordinary meeting of the Woollahra Council was held in the Council Chambers last night, the Mayor (Alderman Latimer) occupying the chair…

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Fire Brigades Board. City Council's Representative. a Question of Politics

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 6

The City Council held its quarterly meeting yesterday, part of the business being the election of a member to serve on the Fire Brigades Board for the ensuing two years…

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Fire Brigades Board. Election of City Council Member. "Ugly Features of Public Life."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 9

At the quarterly meeting of the City Council yesterday the Lord Mayor presided. The only business set down for consideration was the election of a member to serve on the…

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Canterbury Municipal Taxation

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 2

Canterbury Council has decided to strike a rate of 3d in the £ on the unimproved value of land within the municipality for general purposes, and 1d in the £ on the…

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Enfield Municipal Taxation

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 2

Enfield Council has decided to levy a tax of 4d in the £ on the unimproved value of land for all purposes during the current municipal year. Such a rate is estimated…

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Municipal Notes

Weekly Supplement to Building · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 4

Property owners should carefully watch this column as a check upon the doings of their various municipalities. Under the new Local Government Act these municipalities have the power to levy…

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Keele's Kick-Out. Brought up in Parramatta Council. Alderman Moxham Saves the Government

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 2

At the Parramatta Council on Monday evening, Alderman Brown referred to the motion carried some weeks ago at the council n favour of the despatch of a…

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Shire Councils

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 7

A[?]CROMBIE.—The council met on Friday. The clerk presented the account books together with the reconciliation statement to February 20, showing credit balance in the bank of £10[?]5. Estimates for the year…

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North Sydney Mayor's Allowance

Evening News · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 2

At the meeting of the North Sydney Council on Tuesday night, on the motion of Alderman Wilson, it was agreed to allow £100 to the Mayor as a remuneration for executing the duties of…

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Bondi Beach. Retaining Walls Wanted. a Medical Alderman's Suggestion

Evening News · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 2

Bondi Beach and other beaches which skirt the Borough of Waverley are constant subjects of discussion in the local council. At the meeting on Tuesday night. Alderman Abigail came…

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The Mayor Pleased "A Splendid Advertisement."

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 1

The Mayor of Balmain (Mr. Laws) presented a statement to his council last night. in the course of which he made the following reference to the electric lighting and…

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Parramatta Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 4

The regular fortnightly meeting of the Parramatta council was held on Monday evening. Present Mayor W. P. Noller, and Alderman Graham, Brown, Jago,…

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At the Council Board Lane Cove

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 2

At inst night's meeting of the lane Cove Council (the Mayor, Alderman Holdsworth, presiding) a letter was received from the Department of Agriculture on the subject of…

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The Afternoon Sitting. in the Council

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 9

In the Legislative Council, Mr. MEEKS moved the adoption of the formal Address-in-Reply. He said that the Arbitration Act was looked upon by the Council as an…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 10

The President, Sir Trancis Suttor, took the Chair at noon yesterday. PROCLAMATION. The Clerk read the proclamation calling…

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Address in Reply Carried by Legislative Council

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 7

The Address-in-Reply was moved in the Legislative Council yesterday afternoon by Mr. A. W. Meeks, who said that the Governor's Speech dealt with…

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N.s. Wales Amateur Athletic Association. Meeting of the Council

Referee · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 10

The council of the N.S.W.A.A.A. met last Thursday evening at the Sports Club, Mr. W. [?] presided over a large attendance of delegates…

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Mr. Keele and the Water and Sewerage Board. Parramatta Council's Action

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 13

At the meeting of the Parramatta Municipal Council on Monday evening a letter was read from the Manly Council as follows:--As a number of the councils have passed resolutions…

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Municipal Trading. Socialistic Panacea of Collective Ownership. Plausible, But a Fiction. Lessons From London

Evening News · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 3

In a speech the other day at the half-yearly meeting of the Mort's Dock Proprietary, the managing director stigmatised the practice of the Government engineer at Fitzroy. Dock…

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Diseases in Fruit. Responsibilities of Municipal Councils

Evening News · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 10

At the last meeting of the Randwick Council A communication was received from the Department of Agriculture, drawing attention to the fact that under the Vine and Vegetation…

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