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The subscriptions received towards the Lord Mayor's fund through yesterday's mail exceeded £200, the best cheque being one for £25. Some very encouraging…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wauchope is constructing a road from Wauchope to Comboyne. £300 special grant for the purpose. Boree (Canowindra) is spending £75 making a crossing over the Belubula River at Canowindra…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The Legislative Council at Pretoria has accepted the draft South African Constitution without amendment…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Transvaal Legislative Council, sitting at Pretoria, has adopted the draft constitution of South Africa without amendment…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The dispute between the Carrington Council and the Raliway Commissioners, which arose through the department taking possession of portions of streets for the construction of new…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Waverley Council had another stormy meeting last night. The body of the chamber and the approaches were packed with ratepayers, who had evidently anticipate that the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →It was a case of early doors at the Waverley Council Chambers on Tuesday night. Recent happenings at meetings of that body have been much discussed, hence the rush for seats…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Prior to the commencement of last night's adjourned meeting of the Waverley council the Mayor (Alderman Watkins) made a statement…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →At a social function in North Sydney, last night, at which most of the aldermen of the borough were present, the question of bridging or tunnelling the harbor was very much…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The socialists who are going to Albury to be tried were entertained at a social at the Trades' Hall last night. The Mayor (Alderman Long) and several aldermen were…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Speaking last night at a mass meeting Mr. Driscoll, the chairman, said he hoped a referendum would be taken before any order was given in connection with a general…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Lord Mayor stated yesterday that he had received by the morning's mail money and promises amounting to £400, bringing the total of the fund up to £62,000. At the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Major Cardew's report upon the electric light installation of Sydney does not go as far as some of the wholesale critics of the council hoped it would, but it has the merit of being…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The West Sydney Federal Council held its monthly meeting at the Trades Hall on Monday evening. Mr. T. Lane presided, and there was present a representative gathering. After Mr. J. J. Newes had been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lovers of a good horse can appreciate him in any form. There were plenty of admirers around the ring of the shapely thoroughbred, the cobs, hackneys, and roadsters, the saddle…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →At the invitation of the Mayor (Alderman Milson) and ex-Mayor (Alderman J. Carter), of North Sydney, a number of aldermen, ex-aldermen, and visitors attended an oyster…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hurstville Council has forwarded a circular letter to the City and all suburban councils asking them to affirm a resolution passed by that body—"That, in the interests of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The meeting of the Waverley Council on Tuesday attracted a large audience. The happenings at the two previous meetings had been the general topic of conversation among…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →PARKES, Thursday.—A crowded public meeting of the residents and ratepayers was held last night to consider what action should be taken in connection with the difficulty in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BULLI.—The council held its first meeting in the new chambers on Monday night. The Department of Public Works wrote that the request of the council that the surevey now being carried out along the main South…
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