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Council & local affairs, 1910

3,835 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 192

Improving Sanitation. Projected Action in Kuring-gai Shire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 6

The rapid spread of population throughout the shire of Kuring-gai has brought the council to lace the question of providing improved sanitary arrangements. At the last meeting the sanitary inspector's report…

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At the Council Board. Burwood

The Star · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 6

At the last meeting of the Burwood Council a communication was received from the secretary of the Fire Brigades Board stating that the metropolitan municipal councils…

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Larrikinism at Annandale. Council Communicates with Police

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 10

A matter which concerns Very much the pleasures of the rising population of Annandale who frequent the public park at Johnstone-street was brought under the notice of the…

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Newcastle. City Council Meeting. the Annual Rate Struck

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 11

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--After a long discussion the Newcastle City Council has fixed the municipal rate for the year at 2¾d in the £. This is the same as prevailed last year…

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British and Foreign Shpping Arrivals. LONDON, Tuesday. [?]-Houlder-Shire line). 7530 tons

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 10

Essex, s (Federal-Houlder-Shire line). 7530 [?], Captain Priske, at London, en route to Liverpool from Sydney Nov. 13, via Geelong Nov. 27, Melbourne Nov. 30, Portland Dec. 1, Adelaide Dec. 4, Fremantle…

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N.s.w. Amateur Athletic Association. Meeting of The, Executive Council

Referee · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 9

The Executive Council of the N.S.W.A.A.A. met at the Sports Club, Sydney, on Thursday evening, Mr. R. Conmbes (president) occupying the chair in the unavoidable absence of the Council's…

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Destruction of Municipal How Redfern Suffers

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 2

Why the property belonging to the council of the Municipality of Redfern should suffer so much, damage from the youths of the district, is hard to understand. No other…

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Lane Cove Municipal Rates

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 3

At its recent meeting, the Lane Cove Council approved of a new special loan rate of 1/4 d in the £ on the improved capital value. A public meeting was held in the Presbyterian School…

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Erskineville Municipal Rating

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 3

At last meeting of Erskineville Council, the valuer (Mr. S. J. Heaton) presented a report on the valuations of ratable properties within the municipality for the year 1910. There were only a, few modifications…

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Prosperous Annandale. Record Municipal Year

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 4

The Mayor of Annandale (Alderman Wells) submitted to the last council meeting a long minute on the administration of the municipal affairs during the year just closed…

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Municipal Rating at Annandale. '

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 9

The estimates of income and expenditure for the 1010 for the municipality of Annandale were submitted to the council at its last meeting by the town clerk (Mr. j. Golden Hinsby). The income…

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Municipal. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 11

The Mayor has received intimation that the Governor has approved of the nomination of Mr G. A. Andrews as an alderman of the municipality of Casino…

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North Botany Council. Trouble Over a Road. Three Aldermen Resign

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 11

There was trouble in the North Botany Council on Tuesday evening over the repairing of Gardeners-road, and the result of this trouble was the resignation of three alder…

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Shire and Municipal. Murrungal By-election

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 11

BURROWA, Tuesday.--Two candidates--Messrs. J. W. Berry and J. G. Prosser--have been nominated to fill an extraordinary vacancy in the Murrungal Shire Council, occasioned by the resignation of Cr. J. B. Cassidy,…

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Local Government. Our State System. Muniscipalism at Work. the Lord Mayor's Plans

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 10

No one can accuse the City Corporation of neglecting opportunities to improve the area over which it has jurisdiction. So far as the city is concerned, and the Lord Mayor's in…

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The Fire Brigades Act. Levelled by Bathurst's Ex-mayor. Charge of Maladministration

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 5

BATHURST, Wednesday.--Speaking to-night at the meeting of the Bathurst Municipal Council, Ald. E. T. Webb said that the way the Fire Brigades Act was being administered…

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A Question of Tenders. Warm Debate in the Manly Council

The Star · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 4

At Tuesday night's meeting of the Manly Council two tenders were received for kerbing and guttering the streets and footpaths in the municipality…

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Newcastle Labor Council. Affiliates with the P.L.L. NEWCASTLE

The Star · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 3

At the last meeting of the Newcastle Labor Council, at which the president (Mr. L. P. Vial) occupied the chair, a letter was received from Mr. J. Grant, general secretary…

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The Country. a Flourishing Municipality

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 5

CAMPBELLTOWN, Wednesday.--The Mayor (Ald. Bursill), at the last meeting of the council, presented a report setting out the nature of the work performed during the year 1909. It…

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Pugilistic Aldermen. a Street Fight

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 8

JUNEE, Thursday.--Trouble in the Junee Municipal Council on Tuesday, night culminated in two aldermen meeting in the public street at night, and having a fight of the bitterest…

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