Municipal. Orange
At a meeting of the Orange Municipal Council on Tuesday evening a resolution was carried accepting the liability for the scheme of sewerage estimated by the Department of…
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Council & local affairs, 1909
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Bit of Footpath Wanted. Willoughby Aldermen Disagree
At last night's meeting of the Willoughby Couscl[?] Alderman Dickson wanted a piece of footpath forming at a cost of £15, and he desired the council to treat it as a matter of urgency…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Property Owner Municipal and Shire Matters. Latest Property Transactions. Municipal and Shire Contracts -- See page 5
Council and Shire clerks will find these notes of great interest and value, hence in kindly supplying us with information regarding the ratings and doings of their municipalities and shires they will find they are receiving…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wanted -- An Association for Municipal and Shire Engineers
Last February we wrote: -- "Efficient administration is the keynote to Local Government success, and as the shire engineer has to supervise effective working of Local Government…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SHIPPING. Federal-Houlder-Shire Lines
Messrs. Birt and Co., Limited, Sydney, agents for the undermentioned steamers, report movements as follows :--The Cornwall left Lyttelton on February 20 for West Coast U.K. ports. The Devon left Wellington on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Homebush Sale Yards. Increased Accommodation. Lord Mayor Active
Doubtless in consequence of the many complaints of the selling ngents against the inadequate accommodation for sheep and lambs at the Homebush fat stock saleyards, the Lord,…
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The Lord Mayor in company with Mr. Breden, paid a visit to the Yards yesterday, from which it transpires that extensive improvements involving…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Constructional. Building, Engineering, Lighting, Power, Transmission, Traction, Etc. A weekly guide to all business in hand and contemplated by municipal, shire, and other governing authorities. Road Construction
Gunning has accepted W. Webster's tender for supplying 320 cubic yards of maintenance gravel for Dalton and Sevendale Roads. Messrs. Langley Bros. tender for 25,000,000 wood…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Plague Outbreak. Questions in the City Council
Alderman B. W. O'Sullivan, when the City Council meets to-night, will endeavor to ascertain from the Lord Mayor who is responsible for the outbreak of plague at the mill in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Slum Areas. What the Council Have Done
"I am pleased to see that the Trades Hall are taking such an active interest in the very desirable question of slum improvement," said the Lord Mayor this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →City Council Meeting. Debatable Questions for To-night
The fortnightly meeting of the City Council will take place tonight. Among the matters listed for consideration upon which some discussion may take place is the report of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council and Board. Claim for Rates at Rockdale
The case in which the Municipal Council of Rockdale proceeded against the Metropolitan Board of Water Supply and Sewerage for rates claimed in respect of certain lands in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →No Canvas or Calico. Willoughby Council's New Ordinance
The Willoughby Council, at a meeting last night, amended its ordinance regarding canvas and calico structures. No structure of calico or canvas, or other inflammable material, for residential purposes will be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Labour Council and Immigrants. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Under the caption of "Anti-immigration" in your issue of February 26, I observed that: "The Labour Council is determined to carry out its anti-immigration campaign."…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Council Versus Board. a Dispute About Rates. (Continued from page 7.)
The hearing was continued this morning, in No. 1 Jury Court, before Mr. Justice Cohen, without a jury, of the action brought by the Council of the Municipality of Rockdale against…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Municipal. Singleton
Petitions have been received by the municipal council demanding polls as to whether the additional general rate of two-thirds of a penny in the £, and the special lighting rate of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →NO. 1 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Cohen, without a jury.) a Question of Rates. Municipality of Rockdale v Board of Water Supply and Sewerage
Mr. D. G. Ferguson and Mr. A. M. Cohen, instructed by Messrs. Harold T. Morgan and Morgan, appeared for the plaintiffs; and Mr. Garland, instructed by Mr. H. S. Williams, for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local Government Services. An Interesting Address by the PRESIDENT of the Municipal Engineers of Great Britain
A municipal engineering society is not necessarily a combination of clever men. Its units must comprise every class, every degree, if its aims are to be realised, and its chief aims should be unity, good fellowship and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NO. 1 JURY. (Before Mr. Justice Cohen.) Rating a Sewage Farm. Rockdale Municipality V. Water and Sewerage Board
The council of the municipality of Rockdale brought an action against the Board of Water Supply and Sewerage, claiming to recover, £78 as being due for rates in respect of land known…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Sweated Clerk. Discussed in the Council. Alderman Perry's Pound
At the fortnightly meeting of the City Council last night the finance committee recommended that an application by the United Clerks' Union of N.S. Wales for the free…
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