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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1908

4,610 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 231

Baulkham Hills Shire Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 7

This council met at Castle Hill on Wednesday evening. Present: Councillors Hopkins (President), Cranston, Fripp, Lowe, and Whitling. Messrs. W…

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Posters and Morals. Sensitive Aldermen

Evening News · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 13

The American lady who tied garments around the legs of her piano from motives of delicacy, has a successor to a certain extent in the Common Council of Newark, U.S. The committee…

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Complimentary Social to Alderman Arthur Judges

Nepean Times · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 8

A complimentary social was [?] dered by members of the Methodist Church to Alderman Arthur Judges, J.P. (coroner for the district), on the…

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Ryde Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 8

The fortnightly meeting was held on Friday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman D. M. Anderson), and Alderman Kelly, Benson Bernard, Darvall, Sutton…

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Dundas Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 10

The council met on Wednesday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Neil), and Alderman F. Spurway, Wakeley, Midson, Pettit, Henson, Sonter Catt…

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Granville Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 5

The ordinary meeting of the council was hold on Tuesday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Dr. Kerr), and Aldermen Townsend, Duncum, Bidgood…

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The Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 3

This council met on Wednesday. Present: Mayor Anthony, Aldermen Downey, Stein, Laughton, Fergerson, Critchley, and Stimson…

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Good Advice to the ex-Lord Mayor

The Methodist · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 10

"Some time ago," said Sir William Treloar, ex-Lord Mayor of the City of London, at "the recent Methodist Conference, "I was in Cornwall, and met a…

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St. Marys Council

Nepean Times · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 7

The regular monthly meeting of the above Was held on Monday night, Present—The Mayor (Ald Andrew Thompson), Aldermen Saiusbury, Giles, Williams, Morris, Veness,…

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Liability of Aldermen. Personally Responsible for Illegal Borrowing. Some Dangers to Be Avoided

Evening News · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 5

A large number of cases have come to the knowledge of the Public' Works Department in which councils and shires and municipalities have obtained overdrafts or loans in an…

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Liverpool Council. Fixing the Rate

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 3

This council met on Monday. Present: Mayor Wm. Alexr. Smith, Aldermen Webster, Rouse, Suttor, Davis, Chapman, Thorn, Deadman, Shepherd and…

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Municipal. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 11

At the last meeting of the municipal council the valuer's report was read, giving the valuation of rateabla property within the municipality, namely, unimproved capital…

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Municipal Matters a Weekly Review

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 1

The City Council has carried a resolution instructing the finance committee to report on the advisableness of having each Ward represented on the committees. The…

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Insurance of Employees a Redfern Municipal Proposal

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 3

An employee engaged in labouring work announced in a letter read at last meeting of the Redfern Council that he had been in for some two or three weeks, and forwarded…

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Municipal Eating

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 11

A well-attended public meeting was held in the Methodist Schoolroom, Bondi Junction, on Tuesday evening, to consider the advisability of having a referendum of rate-payers to decide the basis of rating. Ald. Magney,…

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Municipal Notes

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 11

We understand that representatives of the Baulkham Hills and Hornsby Shire Councils met at the Dural quarry on Saturday to try and come to an…

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Municipal Work

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 4

The Parramatta Council's men are busily finishing off all outstanding worlds prior to the commencement of the new regimen under the new assessment. The war…

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The Sunday School This Page is under the auspices of the Council of the Sunday School Department. Sunday School Lesson. Sunday, March 22nd, 1908. Review.—John I—IX

The Methodist · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 4

Golden Text.—In Him was life and the life was the light of men. I.—The Incarnation. The eleven lessons before us for review begin and…

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Murdered by a Girl. Mayor's Daughter Shoots Her Lover on Her Birthday. Astounding Crime. Berlin. February 11

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 March 1908 · page 12

The police have just unravelled the circumstances of one of the moat remarkable murders of modern times, which took place nine months ago at Chemnitz…

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Shire, Councils

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 March 1908 · page 8

At the Mundown Council meeting on Saturday a communication was received from the department favourable to transferring portion of Upper Manilia, known as the circulary bend, from the Barraba shire to…

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