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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1910

3,835 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 192

At the Council Board. Woollahra

The Star · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 2

At this week's meeting of the Woollahra Council it was reported by the inspector that seven eases of diphtheria and two of typhoid had been reported since last meeting, and…

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Imperial Council of Commerce. London, March 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 7

At the Jubilee meeting of the Association of Chambers of Commerce it was resolved, on the motion of Sir Albert Spicer, to approve of the principle proposed for an…

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Council and Hotelkeepers. Difficulty Over a Transfer

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 3

The finance committee of the City Council had before it yesterday an important matter in connection with the license of an hotel on one of the resumed areas…

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Commercial Leaders' Council. "Two Keels to One."

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday.--The jubilee meeting of the Association of Chambers of Commerce took place yesterday. Lord Brassey presided, and stated in the…

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London County Council. London, Wednesdays 4.35 p.m

The Star · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 1

Among the Moderates who have been elected aldermen of the London County Council arc Lady St. Holler, Mr. Harold Cox, and Mr. Gooffrey Drage…

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NO. 2 JURY. (Before Mr. Justice Pring and juries.) Criticising a Mayor. Action for Libel. a Farthing Damages

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 10

The action brought by George Henry Thompson Mitchell, of Tenterfield, against Geoffrey William Bentley, newspaper proprietor, of the same place, claiming £1000 as damages for an alleged…

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The New Abattoirs. Trouble About a Road. Appeal Against the Homebush Council

The Star · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 4

In the Sydney District Court this morning Judge Backhouse had before him an appeal on behalf of Fitzwilliam Wentworth, of Vaucluse, Watsons' Bay, against a proposal by…

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Homebush Park Estate. the Taking Over of a Road. Appeal Against the Local Council

Evening News · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 5

His Honor Judge Backhouse had before in the Sydney district Court this morning an appeal on appeal on behalf of Fitzwlliam Wentworth, of Vaucluse, Watson's Pay, against the intention…

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British Tramway. Municipal and Private

The Star · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 6

The Tramways and Light Railways Return for 1908-9 has just been issued by the English Board of Trade, and the figures, as usual, provide interesting material for…

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Local Government. Our State System. Municipalism at Work. Epidemics

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 3

The presence of epidemic disease in this State should call forth the most skilful efforts of all the councils, shire and municipal, as well as of the Board of Health and…

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Municipal Electric Light. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 3

Sir,—"Vox Populi," in your issue of 5th inst, makes an appeal for the erection of an electric light plant for the suburbs of Paddington, Waverley, and Randwick, and…

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Warringah Shire

Evening News · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 6

President Quirk presided at the last meeting of the Warringah Shire Council, when a petition was received from residents asking for the resumption of land for a road to…

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Shire Councils

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 6

BOGAN (Nyngan).—At the monthly meeting the president (Cr. J. Frey) was appointed to represent the shire at the annual conference to be held in Sydney on 17th May. A circular letter was read from…

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Warringah Shire Hall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 6

The new shire hall at Brookvale built by the Warringah Shire Council was officially opened on Saturday, in the presence of a large gathering of Manly and Brookvale residents. The builidng is situated on the…

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Rome's Jewish Mayor. Decoration by the King's Diplomacy

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 4

King Victor Emanuel, with royal tact, has managed to make the Mayor of Rome accept a decoration, which honor the democratic Chief Magistrate has hitherto…

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Labor Council and Blind Institution

The Star · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 1

Notwithstanding the fact that the reported of the committee of the Labor Council, which recently inquired into the conduct of the Industrial Blind Institution, has been…

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West Australian Premier. Entertained by Lord Mayor. the Needs of Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The Lord Mayor of London (Sir John Knill) presided to-day at a luncheon, given at Fishmongers'-hall to Mr. N.J. Moore, Premier of…

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London County Council Moderates' Nominees Elected

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The persons nominated by the Moderate party in the London County Council for aldermen were elected…

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Old Subdivision Plan. Can Council Claim Roads?

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 4

A highly-interesting question arose before Judge Backhouse in the District Court yesterday—whether a municipal council can take over land shown as roads on the plan of a…

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N.s.w. Alliance and City Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 3

Some indignation was expressed at the executive meeting of the N.S.W. Alliance yesterday in regard to the minute of the Lord Mayor, submitted to the finance committee of the City Council on Wednesday, proposing…

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