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Council & local affairs, 1911

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Manly Municipal Finances

Evening News · Thursday 16 February 1911 · page 10

At a special meeting of the Marks Council the estimates for bill write [?] in the general fund. The among of the proposed expendture [?] to the fund[?] which the [?] of the cate [?]…

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Municipal Employees. Thousand Men Ask for Wages Board. Fifty Councils Affected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1911 · page 5

The Industrial Court was approached yesterday by the Municipal Employees' Union of New South Wales with a request for the constitution of a wages board. Fifty…

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Local Government. Our State System. Municipalism at Work. Launching New Councils

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1911 · page 5

The newly-elected councils are getting fitted up for their three-years' voyage, picking their captains, selecting their working committees from among the crew, and settling…

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Municipal. Inverell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1911 · page 7

The council fixed the Mayoral allowance at £50. Alderman G. B. Ring was unanimously elected Mayor…

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Municipal Rating. Amendment of the Act Required. Deputation to the Minister for Works

The Sun · Thursday 16 February 1911 · page 7

The subject of municipal rating and the amending of the Local Government Act was introduced to the Minister for Works to-day by a deputation consisting af Messrs. Carr…

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INDUSTRIAL. (Before Judge Heydon.) Municipal Employees' Union. Application for Board

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1911 · page 4

Mr. M.J. Conaington, representing the Municipal Employees' Union of New South Wales, applied for the creation of a board for the County of Cumberland, excluding the City…

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Aldermen

The Land · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 9

Mr. John Brown, who has been an alderman of Central Illawarra for 52 consecutive years, has now retired. This is a record in New South Wales…

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Shire and Municipality Trouble at Hurstville Council

The Land · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 9

At the election of aldermen, on 28th January, the returning officer declared the result of the poll for Woodville ward to be—Low 114,…

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Eight Aldermen Illegally Elected

Evening News · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 7

MITTAGONG Friday.—[?] one of the [?] aldermen recently the [?] Mittagong Municipal Council buy [?] having paid…

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Shire and Municipal

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 4

At the Labor Conferences in Sydney last week a motion providing for the election of mayors by the people was carried…

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"I'll Pull Your Nose." Bickerings at Redfern Council Aldermen Exchange Compliments

The Sun · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 2

There were a few short and incisive breezes at the Redfern Council meeting last night, and Alderman Isaacs managed to come into conflict with most of the aldermen present…

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What an Alderman Has Learned

The Land · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 9

Ald. K. Brooks, of Newcastle, says that although he has only been in his municipal position for a few days he has already seen enough to make…

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A Liberal Mayor

The Land · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 9

The Mayor of Walcha (Ald. P. Lentz) has in the past returned his Mayoral allowance to the ratepayers in the public interest. Two beautiful…

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Election of Mayor

The Land · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 9

Alderman W. Riley has been elected Mayor of Ulladulla, this being the thirteenth year in succession that he has occupied the position…

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Shire Taxation

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 4

At last meeting of the Jemalong (Forbes, N.S.W.) Shire Council councillors expressed the opinion that the basis of shire taxation was not a fair one, as leaseholders whose land is…

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Walloon Shire

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 4

Affairs in connection with the Walloon Shire, Q., (writes a Marburg correspondent) arc in a very unsettled state. The shire has been long established and it seems strange that there…

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Shire Offices

The Land · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 9

The offices of Nattai Shire have been removed from Bowral to Mittagong, for a period of three years, from 1st January, 1911…

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Evangelical Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 10

The Evangelical Council met at the Y.M.C.A. hall on Tuesday afternoon. Messrs. Hugh Paton, R. O. Clack, and J. H. M'Donald were elected members of the council…

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Fever at Clifton. Stricken Family Removed at Last. Shire Council Provides Tents. Clifton

The Sun · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 8

The unfortunate miner's family have at last been removed from the fever-infested house at Clifton, which they were forced to occupy for so long, for the reason that they…

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