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George Napier pleaded guilty to driving sulky without lights on Parramatta held on 28th February. Fined 5s, and 6s cases, or 48 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Munidpalisation has taken a significant step forward in Wisconsin, where "Madame Milwaukee," as the great brewing metropolis is now ironically termed, has started in business as a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The local municipal council are enforcing the sanitary ordinances, and two offenders were fined at Wednesday's Court for permitting their premises to remain in a filthy condition…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A representative conference of, municipalities with large areas and disproportionately limited finances was hele at the Canterbury Town Hill last night, in order to consider the position of the councils under…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →In the admirable "Life of Will Crooks." recently published by Cassell and Company, there are many glimpses of the possibility of bringing a practical. Christianity to bear in connection with the services…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →ARMIDALE.--At the monthly meeting of Dumaresq Shire Council the general fund was reported in credit £1043. The gangers were granted a rise of 3d per day in wages…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The question of John the Baptist.—Matt. 11:1-19. Goldon. Text.—But the witness which I have is greater than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to accomplish, the very works…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Now that the City Council of Sydney has "under consideration" the question of paying bands for music in the parks and reserves, it is interesting to hear…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A great deal has appeared in the cable messages of late regarding political, municipal, and labor matters in the United States. The following from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Advocates for a municipal theatre in Sydney can console themselves. It is only a matter of waiting. In 60 years' time the City Council may own two, theatres. The…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →At to-morrow evening's meeting of the City Council, yet another attempt will be made to reverse decisions previously arrived at, after long debate. Following are the motions:--…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SCONE, Saturday.--The Chief Commissioner for railways met the municipal council yesterday and asked for permission to close Susan-street at the railway station, to allow an…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Mayor (Alderman James Lonsdale) presided at last meeting of the Leichhardt Council, and reported that Mr. Curry had been appointed sanitary inspector. On the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Great indignation has been aroused in West Ward, Lane Cove, at the decision of the council to open a nightsoil depot therein. This resulted in a largely-attended meeting of the residents, ratepayers, property-owners, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Cumberland Council of Progress met in the Granville Council-chambers on Saturday, Mr. Henry Lord, president of the New South Wales Chamber of Agriculture, presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Cumberland Council of Progress held a meeting at the Town-hall Granville, on Saturday afternoon, with Mr. Henry Lord, president, in the chair. The metropolitan Board of Water Supply and Sewerage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A case that occupied considerable time was heard at the Paddington Police Court this morning, when Allan Duncan Carmichael, inspector of nuisances for Paddington, proceeded…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In the "Herald" a few days ago appeared an article on dustless roads, showing what was being done in England to abate the dust nuisance…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A conference of municipalities with large areas under their control, convened in the Town Hall, Canterbury, by the Mayor (Alderman M'Culloch), was for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following amounts hae been allocated to the various works in North Sydney for expenditure on works:-- Belmore Ward: Kerbing and guttering and tarpaving, £225; road construction, £600. Warring…
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