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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1908

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The Natives in Natal. to Be Represented in Council

Evening News · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 6

LONDON, Thursday Evening.—The Government of Natal is providing for special representation of the natives in the legislative Council, and will create a Council for Native Affairs…

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Negleeted Bedfern Park. the League Leases the Oval the Council and Moneymaking

Evening News · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 3

The untidy and generally unsatisfactory condition of Redfern Park has for a long time past been a considerable source of worry, not only in the aldermen, but to the residents as well…

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The White Man's Burden a Natal Council for Native Affairs London, Thursday, 3.15 p.m

The Australian Star · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 1

The Natal Government is providing for the special representation of natives in the Legislative Council. It is proposed to create a council for native…

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Municipal Employees Union

The Australian Star · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 6

The Municipal Employees' Union has decided to call for quotations for an eight hours banner. Messrs Supple and Murphy were at the last meeting of the union elected…

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Theatres and Halls. Should There Be Municipal Control? Ald. Meagher's Contentions

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 9

A statement, having been published recently that as a result of the accident at the Buck-Jumping Show in Prince Alfred Park the Government Architect had made a declaration that…

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Rating on Unimproved Values. Our Municipalities Under the New System. Ii

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 7

We have been asked to explain more fully for the benefit of the uninitiated what are "unimproved values," "Improved values," and "rental values." If a man owns a property to the value…

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Blacktown Shire Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 3

The regular fortnightly meeting of the Blacktown Shire Council was held on Wednesday afternoon. Present Councillor Willmot (President), and Councillors…

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Hornsby Shire Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 7

This council met at Hornsby on Thursday evening. Present: Councillors Nixon (president), Best, Roberts, Merris, Ramsay, Nicolson, Jones, Sachwebel and…

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Blacktown Shire

Nepean Times · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 3

The ordinary meeting of the above was held in the Council Chambers, Blocktown, on Wednesday last, there being present—Councillors Wilmott…

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Conference of Shire Delegates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 9

TAMWORTH.—Councillor J. J. Lord, president of Cockburn Council, who was arranging a conference of shire delegates at Sydney next month,…

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Liverpool Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 3

This council met on Tuesday. Present: Mayor W. A. Smith, Aldermen Webster, Rouse, Whitfield, Shepherd, Davis, Thorn, and Deadman. The Mayor…

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Rookwood Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 11

This council met on Tuesday evening Present: The Mayor (Alderman H. J. Larcombe), Aldermen Woodland, R.S. Larcombe, Shiells, Baty, Schofield,…

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The Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 3

This council met on Wednesday. Present: Mayor Stimson, Aldermen Hamilton, Asimus, Baifey, Zani, Dobbie, McBurney and Johnston…

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Auburn Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 5

The ordinary meeting of this council was hold on Tuesday. Presort were the Mayor (Alderman Dr. Furnival). and Aldermen Gibbons, Lightfoot, Grey, Locke…

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Parramatta Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 8

The council met on Tuesday evening. Present: Aldermen Brown, Jago, Granger, Graham, Bartlett, Champion, Price and DeLow. The Mayor was unavoidably…

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Sydney Labor Council

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4

Most of the time spent at Thursday night's meeting of the Labor Council was taken up by a discussion in committee on a difference between the Sydney Painters' Union and the…

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Prospect and Sherwood Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 8

The fortnightly meeting was hold on Tuesday evening. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Crowe), and Aldermen Miller, Meakin, Paves[?], Newman, Abell, Freame…

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Natives in Natal. Council Representation

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- The Government of Natal is providing for the special representation of the natives in the Legislative Council, and will create a council…

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Municipal Rating

Evening News · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 10

J. J. D. writes:—In my letter, which Mr. Latimer, M.L.A., has just paid me the compliment of replying to, I simply took exception to two statements he had made, one…

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Rating on Unimproved Values. Our Municipalities Under the New System. Iii. the Whole Basis of Rating Upset

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 9

If in New South Wales we had grown, up under a system of taxation of ground values, and the increment in such values had thereby been chocked from the outset, or appropriated,…

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