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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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LONDON, Wednesday Evening.—The National Free Church Council has passed a resolution in favor of a measure for the disestablishment of the Church in Wales being passed during this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the last meeting of the Ashfield Council--being the first under the presidency of the new Mayor (Alderman F.H.E. Pratten)--a minute was read dealing with various matters. The Mayor said that these…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →It is not too much to say, in regard to the unfortunate recurrence of plague in Sydney, that the citizens look to the civic authorities as much if not more than the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Lord Mayor said yesterday that he had been actively engaged with his officers in dealing with recent plague developments. With the machinery available there was not the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Lord Mayor of Sydney this morning received the following letter by post, with a £1 note enclosed:—"Sydney, March 10, 1909. To His Worship…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the invitation of the Lord Mayor a conference took place this morning between the Lord Mayor Messrs. W. Gordon (city surveyor), O.W. Brain (Chief Electrical…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The India Councils Bill is causing excitement in India. Meetings in many towns illustrate the rivalry between the Moslems and Hindoos…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"A good business body" appears to be me verdict upon the Shires Association Conference of 1908, which must now be added to its predecessor in the records of the local…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bankstown Municipal Council, at the commencement of last year, had an overdraft at the bank of £2303, which was shortly afterwards converted into a credit balance. The rate for the year returned a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The meeting of the Grand Orange Council of Australia has been fixed to be held in Melbourne during the second week in April…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →AMAROO (Molong).—At a recent meeting of the Amaroo Shire Council a letter was read from the Minister for Works in reply to the council's application for a special grant to build a new bridge at…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →At the last meeting of the Warringah council, Cr. M'lntosh moved-"That application be made to the governor-in-council for a resubdivision of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Some of the city aldermen are disposed favorably towards Alderman Batchelor's proposal that the municipality of Redfern should throw in its lot with the city. Before…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The annual meeting of the Cumberland Council of Progress (composed of [?]elegates from all public bodies in the County of Cumberland) Will be bold in Parramatta on the 27th last. In addition, to the election of the executive for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following resolutions were carried at the first meeting of the newly formed Belubula district council, held at Woodstock on 27th ultimo :-…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The above council, to consist of delegates from various organisations interested in the Welfare and progress of Cumberland, is being formed. At a meeting of the provisional…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A little while ago the council's employees refused to remove the night soil from the mine, saying that they would not wait on "scabs."…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →One of the maintenance men who had been dismissed by the engineer, wrote asking the council to reconsider his case. As it was shown…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The council, which is composed of delegates from the progress associations in the illawara suburan [?] met at Carlton on Thursday evening.The Railway Commissioners notified that the requests for a platform…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The annual conference of the Political Labour Conneil of Victoria will co[?]ce on Good Friday. Chief interest will centre in the proposals affecting the platform of the…
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