Municipal Notes
Councillor Sherlock—whose work in the Blacktown Shire Council has already commenced to prove of great value—did a real service on Wednesday, in boldly…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sydney · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1908
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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, May 3rd, 1908. Our Heavenly HOME.—John 14:1-31
Golden Text.—"In My Father's house are many mansions."—John 14:2. The most precious legacy of our Lord was given the world in the course of that final meal in the upper…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Ratepayers' Association. Wants Improved Municipal Management
The City of Sydney Ratepayers' Association, having successfully fought out the issue for which it was formed, that is to say. its objection to the stringent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Redfern Club and the Council
At a recent committee meeting of the Redfern Council, Ald. G. T. Savage sought information from the Mayor as to whether the local bowling club had the right to keep its pavilion open until a very late hour each evening…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Strand Electric Lighting Company. City Council to Take Over for £45,000. Difficulties Smoothed Over
The negotiations which have been proceeding between the City Council and the Strand Electric Lighting Company for acquiring the business undertaking of the company by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Municipal. Goulburn
At the last meeting of the municipal council a general rate of 3½d in the £ on unimproved values was agreed to. This will raise £6556. The council decided to apply for a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Municipal Matters. Broken-hill
BROKEN-HILL, Friday.--The City Council has adopted the fresh estimates, and struck an increased general rate of 714d on the unimproved value of land. The mines are to be rated at 2d in the £. The unimproved…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shire Delegates
Councillor .J. J. Lord, president of the Cockburn Council (near Tamworth), has been arranging for a Conference of Shire Councils, and has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Rooke's Parting Volley Opinions of Aldermen
"The parting volley of Mr. T. Rooke, late city electrical engineer, wan rather a disappointment to city alderman. Something new fit the way of comment was expected…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Paddington's Aldermen. "Grinned in My Face." Another Noisy Scene
There was a scene in the Paddington Council on Monday night, when an application made for the use of the Town Hall for Sunday evening concerts was granted. Alderman…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Markets Scheme the Official Picnic Disapproved by Aldermen
Since the search for a Federal capital site, has made official picnics so fashionable, any matter is now considered sufficient excuse for an official jaunt. In bodies like the City…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Federal-houlder-shire Line
Messrs. Birt, and Co., Ltd., Sdyeny agents for the undermentioned steamers, report movements as follows:- The Cornwall left Liverpool 11th inst, for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lord Mayor's Rejoinder. a Scathing Answer
Asked if he desired to make any statement in reply to Mr. Rooke's report, the Lord Mayor expressed surprise that the document had only reached the hands of the town clerk…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Annandale Council
This council met on Monday evening, the Mayor (Alderman Wells) presiding. A QUESTION OF APPEAL. Ballina Council asked Annandale to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Mayor Speaks Out No Aldermanic Interference
The Mayor of Annandale had something to say to aldermen last night when a motion was being dealt with to lay out a certain sum of money on road work. Time and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the Council Board
Burwood Alderman Jas. Gregg (Mayor) presided at the last meeting of the Burwood Council, the other aldermen present being Messrs. Reud…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Coming of the Fleet: a Round of Festivities. Lord Mayor Makes Suggestions
"What do the citizens of this great city intend to do to mark the visit of the American fleet to our shores ?"The Lord Mayor casually asked himself this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The American Fleet. Proposed Reception. Interview with the Lord Mayor. No Time to Lose
The Lord Mayor (Alderman Thomas Hughes) was asked yesterday what was intended to be done in regard to the reception of the American fleet, and in reply he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Parting Shot. Mr. Rooke and the City Council
Mr. T. Rooke, late electrical engineer to the City Council, who, leaves for England to- day, yesterday afternoon, forwarded to the Lord Mayor a report traversing the ground of recent…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Removal of a Post Office a Council's Protest
A very emphatic protest is to be made by the Annandale Council against any attempt to remove the South Leichhardt Post- office from its present location to a place more…
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