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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1909

4,589 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 230

Municipal. Albion Park

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 4

The valuation of the ratable property in the Shellharbour municipality gives unimproved capital value, £228,327; improved value, £426,848; assessed annual value, £19,205;…

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Sending Money to Broken Hill. the Invitation to the Premier. Indifferent Aldermen

Evening News · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 6

BROKEN HILL, Wednesday Morning.—The Mingany Woodcutters of South Australia are donating some truckloads of wood to the locked-out men in Broken Hill. The additional…

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A Water Course. Government and Shire at Variance

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 9

BATHURST, Tuesday.--The present state of affairs in connection with Vale Creek at Orton Park, is very unsatisfactory, aud the trouble appears to be that no one has any desire to…

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At the Council Board Kogarah

The Australian Star · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 7

The Kogarah Council have adopted the following estimates for the current year, and have decided on a general rate of 3½d in the £ on unimproved values:-- General purpose, £799; public works, £2692; health…

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At the Council Board Erskineville

The Australian Star · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 8

At the last meeting of the Erskineville Council a letter waws read from the Paddington Council asking cooperation in movement to have all places of amusement put under the control of local councils. There…

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A Breezy Council. Aldermanic Pleasantries at Paddington

Evening News · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 4

An item in the report of the works committee of the Paddington Council, read at the last meeting, referred to an application on the part of an Oxford-street hotelkeeper, for permission…

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N.s. Wales Athletic League. Meeting of Council

Referee · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 10

The Council of the New South Wales Athletic League met at 27 Post Office Chambers Putt-street, Sydney, on Wednesday, January 20, at 8 p.m., when there were present : Messrs. H. Rose…

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Labour Council Delegates. Addresses to the Miners. the Force of Public Opinion. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 9

Messrs. C, Hogan and E. Farrar, the delegates from the Sydney Labour Council, arrived at Broken Hill this morning, and addressed a very large mass meeting at the Trades Hall…

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Labour Conference. the Annual Convocation. Big Business Paper. Proposed Municipal Politics

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 4

Labour in its strength, represented by about 200 delegates from all quarters of the State, met for the eighteenth annual conference yesterday. In one of the large rooms…

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Labor's Task. Political League Conference. Reaching Municipal Politics. a Comprehensive Address

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 11

The 18th annual conference of the Political Labor League of New South Wales was commenced yesterday under the presidency of Mr. Frank Bryant (president of the league)…

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Alderman P. Leahy, J.p., Mosman

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 24

The death of Alderman P. Leahy, J.P. (Mayor of Mosman), took pace at his residence, Military-road, Mosman, on Wednesday, January 20th, after an illness extending…

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Attitude of Municipal Council. Earthquakes and Strikes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 7

At last night's meeting of the Broken Hill Council a letter was read from the Lord Mayor of Sydney, soliciting donations for the Italian earthquake fund…

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The Mayor's Protest. Letter to the Premier. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 8

The Mayor, Alderman Ivey, has forwarded the following letter to the Premier in answer to Mr. Wade's reference to the Mayor's partisan attitude at the recent indignation…

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The Council and the Premier

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 8

BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday.-- the meeting of the city Council last night, the Town Clerk read inward and outward wires to and from the Mayor in connection with the invitation…

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The Executive Council. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 6

The Federal Executive Council held a meeting at Marble Hill to-day. The Governor General presided. The Ministers who motored to the Governor's residence were Messrs…

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Sydney's Big Resumptions. Lord Mayor Active. Last Year of "Paddy's Market."

Evening News · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 6

The Lord Mayor of Sydney is not letting the grass grow under his feet with regard to the question of setting the big resumptions at Athlone Place, Wexford-street, and on the site…

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Labor Council's Emissaries. Reports Receiver. Important Action Contemplated

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 8

The two delegates despatched to-Broken-hill are keeping the Sydney Labor Council informed of their views of proceedings at Broken-hill. At a meeting of the executive of the council in…

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Labour Council's Promises. Industrial Upheaval. After Arbitration Decision. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 8

Speaking at a mass meeting to-night, Mr. Began, one of the-delegates of the Sydney Labour Council, said that before a reduction of wages was accepted in Broken Hill there…

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Local Government. Our State System. Municipalism at Work, the Shires Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 4

Once again the annual report of the Shires' Association is issued, and, as was anticipated, the work becomes more interesting as it goes on. The shire men are getting each year a…

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Municipal. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 5

The City Council last night received the estimates of receipts and expenditure for the municipal year 1909. The expenditure was set down at £37,721, which left a deficiency of…

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