State Debts. New Federal Scheme. a Council of Control. Annual Contributions by States. a Thirty Years' Sliding Scale. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 9
The Federal scheme for dealing with the States debts question sets out:- (1). All the debts of the States to be taken over…
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Evening News · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 6
LONDON, Tuesday Evening.—The Collectivists and Socialists experienced numerous defeats in the French municipal elections. Though some Socialists were re-elected in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Collectivists and Socialists Municipal Election Defeats London, Tuesday, 3.5 p.m
The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 1
The Collectivists and the Socialists have experienced numerous defeats in connection with the municipal elections in France. The Socialists, however, secured re-election…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Municipal Employees Union
The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 6
Some weeks ago the Municipal employees Union obtained from the City Council an a increase of wages for the men engaged in trenching gullies. It was alleged at a…
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The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 2
At the meeting of the Parramatta Council on Monday evening, a letter was read, which the Mayor had caused to he written to the Engineer-in-Chief, Sewer-…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the Council Board Sutherland Shire
The Australian Star · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 2
The president (Mr. Judd) reported having interviewed Mr. W. Kenwood with regard to the proposals he made on behalf of his syndicate in buying up the Cronulla sandhills…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 6
The Shire Conference, which is to open in Sydney on May 18, will be attended by about 100 delegates, representative of upwards of 80 councils. A number of resolutions will be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →What Aldermen Think Open- Air Sports Favored
The Australian Star · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 1
The feeling amongst a number of the city aldermen is that the entertaining in a large degree should be in the open, in the form of sports. "We have to remember,"…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 10
The council met on Monday evening, the Mayor (Alderman Noller) presiding. The Public Works Department wrote, referring to previous correspondence relative to the state…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Building Lease System City Council Resumptions Preparation of Conditions
The Australian Star · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 7
An important stage has now been reached by the City Council in connection with its resumption schemes. The council has decided in favor of the leasing system in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Punting Refuse to Sea Trial Proposed by City Council
The Australian Star · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 4
The disposal of street sweepings and garbage from the city is becoming a pressing problem, and the chief Inspector of the City Council's cleansing department (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death Traps in Sydney. Necessity for Reform. Twenty Years of Tinkering What the Lord Mayor Is Doing
Evening News · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 3
In the course of an interview with a reporter of the "Evening News" this morning, the Lord Mayor of Sydney said that he was determined that something definite in the shape of a new and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Ferry Boats North Shore Traffic Action by the North Sydney Council
The Australian Star · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 5
The North Shore ferry traffic came under the notice of the North Sydney Council last night. Alderman Clark moved-- "That, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Premiers' Conference. Prime Minister Cross-examined. Competition on the Money Market. Mr. Deakin and the Council of Finance
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 8
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Mr. Deakin and Sir William Lyne attended the Conference of Premiere, this morning, and the former was questioned for a couple of hours, by the State…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →State Debts. the Federal Scheme. Opposed by Premiers. Fixed Payments Objected To. Council of Finance Condemned. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 7
That there is no possibility of the Premiers accepting the new scheme of the Federal Government for the taking-over of State debts and the adjusting of the financial problems…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →French Municipal Elections. Diminished Socialist Majorities. London, May 5
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 7
The Collectivist Socialists have experienced numerous defeats in the municipal elections in France. Though socialists were re-elected in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Local Government. Our State System. Municipalism at Work. Reconstituting Areas
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 3
One of the many admirable features of the Local Government Act is the provision for the reconstitution of areas—Section 15. The principle of this section accords with that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Municipal Enterprise Advantages Over Private Trading Town Clerk's Trenchant Criticisn
The Australian Star · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 1
Decided opinions are held by the Town Clerk on the advantages of municipal enterprise. These he has embodied in his annual report. Mr. Nesbitt's outspokenness might…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Municipal Matters. Liverpool
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 4
LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.--Consequent upon the sate payers' poll determining, the method of rating to be on the unimproved capital value, as against the dual system resolved by the council, the finance committee Dreoared…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 10
BULLI (Helensburgh).—The council have decided to take steps towards preserving sound trees on the roads. Councillor Cotterell, in moving a resolution, argued that the trees were ornamental, and added to…
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