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The ninth annual picnic of the Sydney Municipal council employees was held today at the Clontarf Picnic Grounds. There was a large crowd present including a good…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The correspondent read at the last meeting of the Randwick Council contained a [?]tion from the Chief Secretary's office to the [?]et that Monday February 22 (Randwick's municipal jubilee day) had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.--At a special meeting of the Wollongong Council last night, a letter was received from the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board, recommending…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Alderman Jones, representative of the City Council on the Water and Sewerage Board, moved the following at yesterday's meeting of the board:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The employees of the City Council held their ninth annual picnic yesterday at Clontarf, where between 3000 and 4000 people, including women and children, spent a pleasant day's outing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Representatives of the municipalities of Annandale, Petersham, Glebe, Leichhardt, and Camperdown Ward of the City Council were introduced by Mr. Mahony, M.L.A., to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The question of the wisdom and Justice, of the present classification of shires for endowment purposes is one which is greatly exercising the minds of many shire presidents…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A petition, signed by close upon 100 ratepayers residing in portion of what was heretofore known as the South Ward of the municipality, praying that the area in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Rockdale Municipal Band will render the following programme in Hyde Park this evening at 8 o'clock:--March, 'Waldmere," (Losey); grand selection, "Rossini's Works";…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Now that the City Council have agreed to pay laborers in the electric light department 8s a day. dissatisfaction has been raised in other branches of the service where a lower…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At Bondi, Manly, and other surf-bathing resorts n New South Wales there are annually, several fatalities recorded as a result of the undertow carrying bathers out of their depth or from prowling sharks. At Durban, as this picture, shows, they have solved the problem of bathing with a minimum of danger. The safety bathing enclosure at Durban is semi-circular in shape, and consists of piles driven into the ocean bed and interlaced been boarded and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →BLACKTOWN.—At the last meeting of the council the president Councillor Thomas Wilmot submitted his annual report, which was adopted. The finance committee reported a credit balance of £460 17s 11d from…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →At the last meeting of the Hurstville Municipal Council, Alderman Ley drew attention to the state of, the finances, and asked why the' council clerk had not sued ratepayers who were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It has finally been decided by the Vaucluse Council to build council-chambers for the municipality. At the present time the old Gap Hotel is used for the conduct of municipal business. The new building will cost…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The funeral of Alderman Patrick Leahy, late "Mayor of Mosman, took-place this afternoon. Mr. Leahy, whose long and useful career drew to a close yesterday, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The president (Cr. J. W. Anderson) was appointed delegate to the conference. Mclntyre council wrote, asking that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THIS PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS THE COUNCIL LAST NIGHT ENGAGED IN DISCUSSING A MOTION TO INCREASE ITS OWN POWERS IN REGARD TO THE INITIATION OF STRIKES…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The socialists have a grievance in regard to using the streets for their propaganda work, and are anxious to personally lay it before the Lord Mayor, but so far they have…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At the meeting of the Sydney Labor Council, on the 14th instant, the following new rale was carried by 51 votes to 50:—"Every society and council and affiliated body shall agree to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Sydney Labour Council at its meeting last night, had the situation at Broken Hill under consideration. It was unanimously decided to appoint two delegates to immediately…
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