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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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In response, to a petition from a number of ratepayers in the municipality of Waverley a referendum was on Saturday taken on the question of whether the revenue necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At last the Legislative Assembly has finished with the Industrial Disputes Bill for the time being. As reported in the later editions of the "Evening News" last evening, the Bill…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"In its present form, it might be the moans of raising false and undesirable issues," the Premier told the Legislative Assembly yesterday, and he again amended the definition clause…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the last meeting of the municipal council the health officer's report was adopted, disallowing the emptying of household water into the public drains of the town, reserved…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,—The confused state into which the municipalities have got, due to the ambiguous (to use a mild term) drafting of the Local Government Act, calls for the serious…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,--Until the legal opinion given to the North Sydney Council is upheld, assuming the rate proposed by Several of the councils of municipalities, such as Alexandra, Waverley, Woollahra, Randwick, etc., is valid, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the last meeting of the Hornsby Shire Council, the following reports were submitted by the engineer:— Re fence across Orchard-road: I find…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The fortnightly meeting of the Parramatta Council was held on Monday evening. Present: Mayor Noller, and Aldermen Graham, Brown, Jugo, Granger, De…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alderman Parkhill, who, with Alderman Rogers, constituted the section in Waverley Council who favor the revenue of the municipality being raised from the taxation on unimproved values, is pleased that the electors, by a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Supreme Court writ was on Monday served upon Alderman Montagu M'Murdo, calling upon him to show cause why he should not be ousted from his position as one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The council met on Monday evening the Deputy Mayor (Alderman Lonsdale) presiding. The Mayor wrote asking the leave of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The annual meeting of the council was held on Tuesday, at Aaron's Exchange Hotel, when the following delegates were present:—Messrs, J. Kidd (in the chair), A. R. Minter, J. Gurland, C. A. [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The meeting of the Randwick Council last night was decorously dull until the reading of a couple of letters turned the attention of aldermen to the matter of street lighting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The debate on the motion for the second reading of the Industrial Disputes Bill was resumed when the Legislative Council met yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →With practically empty galleries, and a sparse attendance of members, the Legislative Council took up the, second reading debate on the Industrial Disputes Bill yesterday afternoon,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The debate on the second reading of the Industrial Disputes Bill, as passed by the Legislative Assembly, was continued in the Legislative Council yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →William Nicholls, of Catherine-street, Leichhardt, builder, was proceeded against at Glebe Police Court by Inspector Kench, of the Municipality of Leichhardt, for rescuing, on March…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—During the past few weeks a great dea[?] has been written on the above subject, disclosing in many eases only an elementary knowledge of the subject and in others the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sir,--From Aid. M'Laughlin's letter it appears that those who believe that men have an equal right to live in this country should stifle their convictions to suit wealthy land-owners who fail to make adequate use of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,--During the past few weeks a great deal has been written on the above subject, disclosing in many cases only an elementary knowledge of the subject, and in others a desire to boost the nostrum of single tax…
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