Municipal Election Notes
Interest is being aroused among property owners and ratepayers of the Wentworth Ward of the municipal district of Prospect and Sherwood over the…
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Council & local affairs, 1908
4,610 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 231
'Frisco's Municipal Grafters Released From Gaol Court of Appeal's Remarkable Decision Blackmailing a Saloon Proprietor no Crime. LONDON, Friday, 3.5 p.m
Eugene Schmitz, the ex-Mayor of San Francisco, who was convicted last year of corruption and sentenced to five years' penal servitude, has been released on bail. He…
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HAY, Monday.—The President's annual rep[?]rt to the Waradgery Shire Council showed thai during the year just concluded the rates collected amounted to £2315 19s 4d; the arrears…
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ABERCROMBIE.—The election of councillors for the Abercrombie Shire will be held on February 1. Nominations close on January 16. COBBORA.—At the fast meeting of the Cobbora…
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BALLINA, Saturday.--Tintenbar Shire rolls this year number 972, an increase of 128 on the previous year. Mr. Patrick Daley has been appointed returning-officer for the election on February 1…
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It is not thought that much fault will be found with tie attitude of the City Council as regards the oppointment of their new electrical engineer. It is one of virtuous isolation…
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There may be unpublished figures to modify the conclusions which can be drawn from the published statement as to the position of the Bathurst Municipal Gasworks, but Judging from…
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The valuer for property in Bathurst municipality. in a report to the council, showed the depreciation in the value of large improvements had been much more marked than in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Municipal Elections. 2635 Positions to Fill. Conduct of the Ballot
The residents of New South Wales outside the city of Sydney will on February 1 be called upon to select 2635 aldermen and shire councillors. This will be the first election…
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The article published last week in these columns respecting the procedure at elections referred throughout to municipalities. The procedure therein prescribed applies equally to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Alderman Trickett, M.l.c. Retirement After 33 Years in the Council
In the absence of the Mayor (Alderman W. F. Latimer. M.L.A.),Alderman W.J. Trickett, M.L.C. presided at the meeting of the Woollahra Council last evening. At the close…
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FORBES, Monday.--A meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association on Saturday evening decided to support the following candidates for the Jemalong Shire election:--A Riding, Walked Hunter; B Riding, Chas…
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BULLI.— At the last meeting of the council a letter was reid from the Lands Department, stating that matters connected with the resumption of the Bulli Pass would be left over till the end of January; but that…
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As the time for the general municipal elections is rapidly approaching a few remarks on the subject may not be uninteresting, especially as the method of such elections is…
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Messrs. Birt and Co., Ltd, Sydney agents for the undermentioned steamers, report movements as follows:- The Cornwall left Wellington Dec. 28 for West Coast,…
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At last night's meeting of the Paddington Council Alderman Meacle moved--"(1) That in the opinion of the council an emphatic protest should be entered against the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Councillors' Expenses. a Question of Interpretation. Lithgow
Councillor Bulkeley, of the Blaxland Shire Council, in regard to the objecting by the Minister for Works to his being paid subsistence allowance while attending meetings of…
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A claim by Messrs. Dick, Kerr, and Co. for progress payments amounting to £6000, on contracts for goods supplied and work done in connection with the electric lighting…
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The municipal and shire elections are creating very little interest. Regret is expressed at the retirement from municipal life of Alderman Humphreys, especially as the…
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Some months ago the Local Government Office advised municipal councils to appoint valuers and have the work of valuation taken in hand, so that the new councils to be…
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