Electing a Mayor
A meeting of the Waverley Council was held last night to elect a chairman for the ensuing term. The present Mayor (Alderman R. G. Watkins) was a candidate for re-election, and he was opposed by…
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Council & local affairs, 1909
4,589 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 230
Paddington's New Mayor
At a special meeting of the Paddington Municipal Council last night Alderman Francis Meacle was elected Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rating at Vaueluse. Aldermen Asked to Resign
It was recently decided by the Vaucluse Council to build a town ball and to pay the cost out of the general rate, which was in creased from 2d to 3d in the £1, so as to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →City Council. At last night's meeting of the City Council Aid. Allen Taylor (the Lord Mayor) presided. Finance Committee
It was decided that, in accordance with a minute by the Lord Mayor, Messrs. Richardson and Wrench and Messrs. Raine and Home be engaged by the council to make a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Patriotism and Public Duty What an Alderman Thinks
The Question of making the Mayor an allowance for the ensuing municipal year was discussed at the last meeting of the Newtown Council. Alderman Ibbotson, who thought it was getting…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Lane Cove Ferry Proposed Removal From the Quay. Indignant Aldermen
It was stated at the Lane Cove Council meeting that the member for that district. Mr. Fell, had made a proposal to remove the Lane Cove ferry from Circular Quay back to the old…
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For the past week the Political Labour Leagues have been holding their annual conclave—behind closed doors. It is a significant commentary upon the Labour…
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We have two great Labour conferences in Sydney at the same time that the Parliament of the unions is sitting in England, and there is ample evidence that the aims of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →City Council. Last Night's Meeting
At last night's meeting of the City Council the Lord Mayor's minute in reference to the valuation of properties required for the widening of Oxford-street and Flinders-street and for improvements in Sussex-street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the Council Board Glebe
The Mayor (Ablerman S. L. Cole), in his yearly report to the council stated that the actual [?] of the council on December 31 was [?] The arrears of rates…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Trim to Bondi. "An Insult to Waverley." Mayor Declines to Attend Ceremony
During the speechmaking at the official opening, of the new Bellevue Hill tramway on Monday, inquiries were made from the chair as to whether "the Mayor of Waverley or any of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bands in the Parks the Council Arrangements
Providing the health committee's proposals with regard to bund performances are adopted by the council to-night, some £1250 will be spent this year in the form of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Inspection Question. Move by the Redfern Council
The Redfern Council has not the same powers for Inspecting fish as the City Council has. At Woolloomooloo Fish Markets the city officers may not only condemn, but seize…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fish Markets. City Council's Quandary. Opinion Divided
The fact that nearly all the fish agents are boycotting the Woolloomooloo markets and supporting a new rival establishment at Redfern has produced an interesting municipal…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →No Immediate Anxiety. Labor Council Secretary Reassuring
In conversation with a representative of the "Evening News," Mr. J. P. Cochran, secretary of the Sydney Labor Council, said that it is not anticipated that there will be any…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fish Market Trouble. Woolloomooloo Site to Be Sold. Lord Mayor Hopeful. What the New Market Will Do
The fight on the fish question between the Woolloomooloo tenants and the Town Hall authorities is still raging. A fair amount of business was done this morning at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lake or Dog Pond? Moore Park Watering Place. Amusing Debate in the Council
The most protracted, if not the most important discussion in the City Council last night took place in connection with Lake Kippax, an ostensible sheet of water in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Fish Supply Agents V. City Council. a Question Oe Market Control. Woolloomooloo Still in the Business
The very bad weather on Sunday night and yesterday so affected the fish supply of the metropolis that yesterday's business at the markets did not afford a fair standard of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sporting Review. Australian Eleven. More Certainties Chosen. Rest of Australia Team. Sayonara Cup. Scullers and Their Doings. Turf Notes and Tips. Victorian Training Gallops. Lawn Tennis Notes. Aldermen and Boxing. Grade Matches Re-arranged. Cycling. Motoring, Swimming, Athletics, Sailing, Boxing, Bowls. the Turf
Nothing of much importance was dons at Randwick yesterday morning, as might he expected after such beavy rain. The work was confined to the cinder, sand, and tan tracks, but very few horses went out of half-pace…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Municipal. Kempsey
Messrs. H. Mackenzie and W. H. Rowe have been elected to fill extraordinary vacancies in the borough council…
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