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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1909

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A Municipal Theatre In Queen Victoria Markets Views for and Against

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 4

The question of turning the Queen Victoria Markets to profitable account having arisen, and with it a suggestion to utilise the costly pile as a municipal theatre, a…

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Proposed Municipal Theatre

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 5

The proposal that a municipal theatre should be erected near the Central Railway Station will again be brought before the City Council early in the year, and a number…

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The New Sydney. Lord Mayor's Minute. Criticised by Aldermen

Evening News · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 5

A number of the aldermen of the City Council were this morning interviewed by an "Evening News" reporter regarding their opinions of the Lord Mayor's minute just issued with regard to…

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Lord Mayor's Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 7

LONDON' Wednesday.--The Mansion House Fund now totals £50,000…

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The Mayor of Glebe

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 6

Alderman Colo, Mayor of the Glebe, who some weeks ago fell and broke his leg while taking part in a cricket match, is progressing favorably. The injury is, however, of such a…

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Turon Shire Finances

Evening News · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 4

BATHURST, Thursday.—The estimates for the present year presented to the Turon Shire Council show that the expenditure has been estimated at £5745 for works and £900 for…

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Lord Mayor's Policy a Progressive Programme

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 4

The Lord Mayor' (Alderman Allen Taylor) has circulated his minute, which will come before the city Council to-night. It foreshadows a progressive policy for the year…

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City Government. Lord Mayor's Policy. Some Big Projects. Greater Sydney Advocated

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 6

At a meeting of the City Council to-night the Lord Mayor (Alderman Allen Taylor) will submit a minute outlining his policy. In the first place the Lord Mayor deals with the…

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Naval Disaster Fund. Mayor of Portsmouth's Appeal. Reference to Sydney Calamity. Fresh Galls on the Fund."

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 7

LONDON, ' "Wednesday.--The Mayor of Portsmouth, in an appeal for contributions to the Naval Disaster Fund; remarks that the heroism, resourcefulness, and sympathy…

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Civic Government. the Lord Mayor's Policy. £4000 for a Free Library. Control of the Traffic. Necessity for Underground Transit

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 10

The Lord Mayor (Ald. Allen Taylor) has issued a minute in which he outlines the policy he intends to put before the City Council during his term of office…

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Local Government. Prize Fights Arid Other Fixtures. Where Does the Council Come In? Building Regulations

Evening News · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 2

According to Mr. Wade, the Premier, there is ample Dower under the existing law to regulate boxing tournaments, and to prohibit, if necessary, such exhibitions as that which took…

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Municipal Fees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 3

Kogarah Council at its meeting on Monday night decided on its scale of fees chargeable under the Local Government Act for the current year. The maximum of one penny per square, yard was decided upon for…

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Municipal. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 4

At the last ordinary meeting of the council the treasurer reported that the total to the credit of the various accounts was £185. The Mayor was complimented by the aldermen on…

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Local Government. Our State System. Municipalism at Work. Water Supplies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 5

The heal wave has in many places found out the weak spot in the supply of water to country towns. It is not intended here to criticise the inadequate measures which have been…

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Municipal Theatre Proposal

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 4

A passage in the Lord Mayor's minute indicates indirectly that he does not favor the utllisation of the Old Belmore Markets site, for a municipal theatre, as proposed by the…

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Municipal Matters

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 3

ST. MARY'S, Wednesday. -- At the last meeting of the council the inspector of dairies reported that he had inspected the premises of 80 applicants, and recommended that licenses be granted to all but one. whose premises…

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Work and Wages Among the Unions Meetings To-night at the Trades Hall. Sydney Labor Council. Political Labor League. Trades Hall Executive. Amalgamated Engineers (District). Shop Assistants Conference

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 4

The conference of delegates from the various branches of the Shop Assistants and Warehouse Employees Federation of Australia was continued at the Queen's Hall…

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Cool Drinks for Aldermen. Open-air Council Meeting. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 7

During the recent hot spell the Council-chambers were like a furnace, and the meeting of the municipal council was held in the open air. A table and chairs were brought…

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Lord Mayor's Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday.--The Mansion House Fund now totals £65,000…

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Shire Councils

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 10

BULLI.—The Public Works Department has notified the council that it is not considered an indem[?] cation is necessary from the Metropolitan Board of Water Supply and Sewerage to proceed with work on…

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