Municipal Rating. Poll Taken at Mosman
The Mosman Council, like many others, decided to impose a rate on the improved value of the land in the municipality, in addition to the rate on the unimproved value. This led to…
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Council & local affairs, 1908
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Municipal Matters. Liverpool
LIVERPOOL, Saturday.--At the last meeting the finance committee submitted a report, recommending that the services of the doymen be dispensed with until further notice, owing to the shortness of funds,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Suppressing an Alderman
Paddington Council meetings have not of late been notorious for grave and stern decorum, and it was not to be expected that last night's gathering would be devoid of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Federal-houlder-shire Lines
Messrs. Houlder Brothers and Company, Limited, managing agents for undermentioned steamers, report movements as follow:— Oswestry Grange sailed Lyttelton, N.Z., March 23…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Workmen's Dwellings. Deputation to the Lord Mayor
A deputation consisting of Messrs. Dooley, Carmichael, and Stuart Robertson, Ms.L.A., Mrs. Dwyer, Messrs. Marshall (president of the Sydney Labour Council) and J. Grant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Housing the Poor. Deputation to the Lord Mayor
A deputation, introduced by Ald. Fitzgerald, waited upon the Lord Mayor (Ald. Hughes) at the Town-hall yesterday morning to urge some claims for the better housing of the poor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the Council Board Kograrah
The usual fortnightly meeting of this council was held last night. In the temporary absence of the Mayor (Alderman Halstead), Alderman Dyer was voted to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Wyly Interviewed Federation Would Act with Labour Council
"As far as I can see," remarked Mr. A. P. Wyly, secretary of the Employers' Federation, when the suggestion that the Federation and Labour Council should combine to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Housing the Workers Deputation to Lord Mayor the Rocks Area. Waiting for Government Action Evils of Overcrowding
Yesterday a large deputation from the N.S.W. Workmen's Dwelling Association waited on the Lord Mayor to urge that action should be taken by the City…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shopkeepers' Signs. City Council's Action. a New Bylaw. But a Slight Modification. Business Men Still Dissatisfied
When the City Council, some months ago, took action against several shopkeepers in Sydney for the alleged infringement of the city bylaws relating to signs, there was a general outcry…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Municipal Rating. North Sydney's Doubts. Counsel's Opinion
The adjourned special meeting of the North Sydney Council was held last night, when the question of levying a rate for the current municipal year was again under discussion…
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Consequent on the referendum of ratepayers held on Saturday last, the new Mosman rating will be 3 5-8d in the £ on the unimproved values only. Broken Hill ratepayers are beginning to chafe…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The City Arms. Adopted by the Council. Aldermen on Colonial History
The aldermen of the City Council last night found themselves treading a thorny path in discussing the adoption or rejection of a new coat of arms for the city…
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The Lord Mayor (Ald. Hughes) presided at the meeting of the City Council last night. DESTRUCTION OF RATS. The Board of Health, in acknowledging a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →City Coat of Arms. Discussion in the Council
In the City Council last night a discussion ensued upon a recommendation from the finance committee that the report of Mr. W. A. Gullick, recommending that the City Arms,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Electric Light the Strand Company City Council's Negotiations Extraordinary Methods Verbal Agreement Only
Procrastination, it has been well said, is the thief of time. It is equally true that very often it is the thief of successful negotiations. The City Council has experienced…
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A poll of city ratepayers was taken on Saturday on the following questions:—(1) Are you in favour of a street lighting rate? (2) If the rate be struck, should it be on the improved…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →What Will the Municipality Pay?
Mr. Varney Parkes, M.L.A., introduced a deputation representing the Hurstville and Kogarah Municipal Councils, to the Railway Commissioners yesterday, when the desire was…
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