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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1910

3,835 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 192

City Council. Flemington Saleyards

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 10

At last night's meeting of the City Council it was decided to erect a new suite of offices at the Flemington saleyards, to provide for the additional agents now doing business at the yards, at an estimated cost of…

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North Botany Council's Negative

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 1

Since the Ascot Racing Club took possession of its property at North Botany, it must have contributed an enormous sum to the exchequer of the local Council,…

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At the Council Board. Burwood

The Star · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 3

At the last meeting of the Burwood Council an application was received from a dairyman at Croydon for a suspension of the notice to effect certain improvements the ground…

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An Alderman's Motor Trip. Sydney to Ballarat. Some Bough Boads. Melbourne and the Heat Wave

Evening News · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 2

A motor trip to Melbourne and Ballarat several other districts in Victoria has just made by Alderman Arthur Cocks, of the Sydney Council, in his Renault car. He was…

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Council's Electric Light Service and Tenders

Evening News · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 10

The electric lighting committee of the Sydney Municipal Council has recommended the acceptance of the tender of Messrs. Owen Ridge and Son for the Kent-street installation (with time…

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Strike Prisoners' Families. Labour Council and Relief Scheme

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 10

Messrs. Cameron and Peters (vice-president and noting secretary of the Colliery, Employees' Federation), and Messrs. Macey and Hanson (president and secretary of the Coal-lumpers'…

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Katoomba Police Court. Charge Against a Council Clerk. Katoomba

The Star · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 2

At the Katoomba Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. T. H. Timbrell and F. J. Carroll, Js.P., Harold George' Quinan, on ball, was charged with, that on January 21, 1910,…

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Trades and Labour. Cabmen and City Council. Street Improvement Asked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 10

The Cabmen's Union met last night in the Trades Hall. The secretary stated that the union some time ago approached the City Council, and asked that the present state of certain streets might be…

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Sydney Municipal Library

Evening News · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 2
Also in The Star, The Daily Telegraph

We have been requested by the Acting Town Clerk (Mr. Layton) to draw attention to the advertisement in another column, notifying that tickets are being Issued now enabling the…

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Municipal Jubilees. Woollahra and Paddington

Evening News · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 3

The matter of celebrating the Jubilee of the incorporation of Woollahra municipality was mentioned at last meeting of the council. Woollahra and Paddington both attain their…

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Municipal Library

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 11

Tickets are being issued enabling the holders to borrow books from'the Sydney Municipal Library, Queen Victoria Markets. The City Council took over this library from the…

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Municipal. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 11

The resignation of Alderman Wilson, as a member of the City Council, was received by the Mayor this morning. The council last week declared the seat vacant, owing to Mr…

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Vaucluse Council Vacancy. Aldermen in a Difficulty

Evening News · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 5

The aldermen of "Vaucluse (Watson's Bay) are in a quandary concerning the vacancy in the local council, caused by the resignation of Alderman Ternes. Some weeks ago there was…

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Parramatta District. Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 5

On Monday evening a special meeting at the Parramatta Council was held, for the purpose of considering and dealing with a report from a special committee which had been appointed…

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"Serious Public Inconvenience." an Outspoken Mayor

The Star · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 1

Special reference is made in the retiring Mayor of Willoughby's annual municipal report just issued [?] owhat he terms "the serious inconvenience" which was…

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Privy Council Appeals Judgment Reserved

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has reserved judgment in the New Zealand case of Greville versus Parker, and also in the New…

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Slattery Turns Up Again. "Ex-priest's" Reception in Massachusetts. Warning by the Mayor

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 38

From time to time ignoble fillers of an ignoble role seek to stage their drama of calumny in various communities. A villain in a play may be the gentlest of men in…

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Privy Council Appeals. Lempriere v. Barton. London, March 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 7

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has heard argument in the appeal of defendant from the Equity Court of New South Wales in the cape of Lempriere…

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