Municipal Taxation. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In a few days the ratepayers of Waverley and Woollahra will be called upon to decide whether the rates shall be raised either upon the unimproved or the…
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Council & local affairs, 1908
4,610 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 231
Municipal Matters. Mudgee
MUDGER, Friday. -- The Mudgee Council has resolved to subsidise the Town Band with £20 yearly. This council has also raised the wages of its laborers from 7 to 76 a day…
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The Hornsby Shire Council at its meeting last week gave the engineer, who prepared tho estimates for the current year, a nasty ship in the face, by throwing…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Sunday School This Page is under the auspices of the Council of the Sunday School Department. Our Boys and Girls
Girls and Boys,—Some one said to me on Sunday, "You have not introduced Joyce to the boys and girls yet"; and then I remembered that I had meant to several times—but didn't. I must beg the dear little…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Waverley Municipal Taxation. a Poll Yesterday. Aldermen Resign
Recently the Waverley Council by a majority of 10 to 2 struck a rate of 2d in the £ on the unimproved capital value and 7—8d on the improved capital value…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Waverley Rate Yesterday's Referendum Council's Proposal Rejected
In response to a petition from a number of ratepayers in the municipality of Waverley a referendum was yesterday taken on the question of whether the revenue necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ratepayers' Referendum. Interesting Position at Waverley. Rumoured Resignations of Aldermen
The ratepayers of Waverley, or at least that section of them who exercised their votes in the referendum on Saturday, rejected the council's proposed rating. They were asked…
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For a long time the Stonemasons' Society dcclined to associate itself with the Sydney Labour Council, esteeming the latter body a kid-gloved fraternity, which did not grapple…
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At a meeting of the Sydney Labour Council an exhaustive ballot was taken to elect six delegates to the forthcoming trades union congress. Ten candidates went to the ballot,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the Land. Farm and Station. Shire Stallions
A section for-Shire stallions having been included in the programme of the Royal Show for the first time, the great cart-horse breed, of which there are some good specimens…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the Council Board. Enfield
Alderman A. Well (Mayor) president at the last meeting of the Enfield council, there being a full attendance of aldermen. It was decided to co-operate with…
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Only one of two constructions can be placed upon the statements made at the Sydney Trades Council last week concerning the attitude of that body towards the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Estate Agent and Builder. a Stanmore Slander Action. Municipal Candidate Claims £200
Before Judge Docker, in the Sydney District Court this monring, Thomas Patrick Quinn, of Percival-road, Stanmore, estate agent, brought an action against Charles…
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Mr. Thomas Magney writes:—In a few days the ratepayers of Waverley and "Woollahra will be called upon to decide whether the rates shall be raised either upon the unimproved or the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flutter in a Council. Aldermen to Show Cause. . Why the Should Not Be Ousted
TEMORA, Monday.--On Saturday Mr. W. G. G. Lucas ex-Mayor, made an ex parte application, under section 72, part 10, of Act, No. 56,1906, affording a novelty probably the first case…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Federal-houlder-shire Lines
Messrs. Houlder Brothers, and Co., Limited, managing agents for the undermentioned steamers, report movements as follows:- The Oswestry Grange sailed from Lytte[?] N.Z.,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The P.p. Boards and the Shire Councils
THERE is always a simmering desire to abolish the P.P. Boards and place their duties in the hands of the Shire Councils…
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The President took the chair at 7.30 p.m. yesterday. DEATH AND INJURY FROM BURNS. Mr. CREED (by Mr. Humphery) moved,—…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Trades and Labour. City Council Employees' Union
Mr J. Tyrrell (president) occupied the chair at the meeting of the City Council Employees' Union, at the Trades Hall last night. Alderman J. D. Fitzgerald was present by…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In the Council Second Reading Moved. Debate Adjourned
The bill having been received in the Legislative Council, was read a first time without debate. Mr. HUGHES, in moving the second reading…
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