At the Council Board Mosman
At the usual weekly meeting of the Mosman Council on Tuesday, evening, the Mayor (Alderman P. Leahy), presided. A letter from the Public Works…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1908
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Pound-a-week Council Clerks. Union Takes Action
Mr. W. Duncan presided at a meeting of the United Clerks' Union held in the Trades Hall last night. The principal business was a discussion with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Dust Nuisance. Careless Shopkeepers. City Council on the Warpath
Complaints have reached the Town Hall regarding the practice of certain shopkeepers and householders in different parts of the city who persist in sweeping the footpaths in front…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Local Government. Our State System. Municipalism at Work. the Improvement Commission
The names of the members of the Royal Commission on Sydney improvement have been published. It is mainly a gathering of officials, which is the weak point about its…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Municipal Garbage Cart
The City Council is going in for a new styl of garbage cant. One has just been completed, and was submitted for inspection to the Town Hall authorities this morning. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late Mr. W. A. Smith Municipal Sympathy
At Tuesday night's meeting of the North Sydney Council the Mayor paid a tribute to the memory of the late Mr. W. A. Smith. Alderman Carter said he thought it was his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Municipal Matters. Peak–hill
PEA–HILL Wednesday.—There were two candidates for the municipal elections caused by the resignation of Ald. Davey, held on Saturday, resulting in Martin O'Brien being elected. There was a light poll, little…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Municipal Electric Light. Taking Over the Strand Business
A conference was held yesterday between the Lord Mayor, the, vice-chairman of the electric lighting committee (Ald. Meagher),the vice–chairman of the finance…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shire Councils
BLACKTOWN (Rooty Hill).—At the ordinary meeting last week a general rate of one penny was confirmed. In view of discontinuance of endowment, the president proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Shire Councils' Conference
An important conference of presidents of shire councils is arranged to meet at the Grand Central Hotel, Sydney, on 18th May. The conference…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Action by Trades Council
At last night's meeting of the Trades and Labour Council, Mr. Harold Nelson, a delegate from the United Clerk's Association, referred to the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At the Council Board Alexandria
The regular meeting of the Alexandria Council was held on Wednesday night, the Mayor, Alderman S. A. M'Cauley, presiding. WATER AND SEWERAGE BOARD…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labor Council the Federation of Labor
Last night's meeting of the Sydney Labor Council was attended by a number of delegates who sat at the Trades Congress, which concluded its session this week. Mr. H. Myer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Protest By, Labour Council. Mr. Wood Threatened
At last night's meeting of the Trades and Labour Council. Mr. Dooley, M.L.A., addressed the meeting upon the subject of the granting of a lease…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Executive Council Meeting. the Growth of the Association
At the executive council meeting, held during Easter week, the following councillors attended:—Messrs, Perry (president), Patten…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Teades and Labour. Sydney Labour Council. Affiliation and Amalgamation
The Sydney Labour Council held its usual weekly meeting in the Trades Hall last night, with Mr. H. Thyer in the chair. An application from the Brass and Other Metal Workers'…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mr. Wood Castigated That T0whship Lease Labor Council's Protest
Last night, at the weekly meeting of the Sydney Labor Council, indignation was expressed at the action of the Minister for Mines in refusing to receive a deputation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Roasting" a Minister. the Trades Council and Mr. Wood
The matter of the granting of the Wolgan township lease fo the Commonwealth Oil Company, and the refusal of the Minister for Minister to hear a deputation on the subject, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Under Fire the City Council a Heavy Fusilade Ratepayers' Association's Attack
Had the city aldermen been present at the quarterly meeting of the City Ratepayers' Association, at the Hotel Australia, last night, they would have felt inclined to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Law. Thursday, April 30. the State Courts. Chambers. (Before Mr. Justice Prig.) Seats of Shire Councillors
Mr. Watt (Instructed b Mr. J. J. Carroll) appeared for Henry M'Mahon, of Carrathool, and moved exparte for a Rulo nisi, calling upon Alnetle Mills and James Campbell, to show…
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