New Council Chambers
At the meeting of the Blacktown Shire Council on Wednesday, it was decided to interview Mr. J.W. Hill, architect of Parramatta, on proposal to expend £800…
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Council & local affairs, 1911
4,745 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 238
Manly Ratepayers and Council
There is trouble in Manly over, the new rate of 3[?]d as struck by the local council. Prior to and during the electioneering campaign all candidates were asked to pledge themselves not to increase the rate above 8[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Prospect and Sherwood Council
The regular meeting of the Prospect and Sherwood Council was held on Tuesday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Ringrose), Aldermen Frenme, Stieme…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Marrickville Tangle. Proceedings Said to Be Illegal. an Alderman's Contention. Important Points Raised
"The questions I raised at our council meeting on Monday night," declared Alderman Richards, of Marrickville, to-day, "are of vital concern to other municipal councils who…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Offer for State Mine. Jamberoo Council Moving
The Jamberoo Council has received a letter from Alderman Stephen, Mayor of Klama, suggesting that the Council arrange a deputation from the district, including Klama, to…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Removing a Town Hall. A Council Flushed With Money
Prospect and Sherwood Council evidently has such a, lot of money that it can afford to put its Town Hall on its back and carry it to nay distant portion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Municipal
Curious, how the now alderman of the more energetic kind—the kind that feels itself to be the chap to save the municipality (or "borough" as, with a noble…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Sunday School This Pack Is Under the Auspices of the Council of the Sunday School Department. The Conference S.S. Demonstrations
Read, mark, and make a note of it. The Conference Sunday School Demonstrations will be held on Monday' March 6th, at 7.30 p.m., in the Sydney Town Hall and the Lyceum. Hall. At the Town Hall the Rev. C. J…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ALDERMAN E. ASHLEY (Mayor Elect, Goulburn)
Mr. Ashley was born at Shropshire. England, and came to N.S.W. 20 years ago. He put in a couple of months at Wollongong, and then went to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Alderman E.d. Paterson
Mr. E. D. Paterson, one of the new aldermen elected for Manly, is the youngest member of the council. He is a [?] of Kempsey, Macl[?]ay River…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →ALDERMAN H. T. LAND (Queanbeyan)
Alderman H. T. Land is a native of the town or Queanbeyan, being the eldest son of the late Alderman E. H. Land, who occupied the mayoral chair up till…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Alderman Matt[?]w Lydon (Adamstown)
Arrived in this State in the year 1877— on July 20th. I have lived [?] years in Adamstown. Have been twenty years in the Council, fifteen years continuously…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →ALDERMAN H. G. KRUSE (Ma[?])
Alderman H. G. Kruse was horn in Grafton in 187[?]. He is a dentist by profession. and has been practising in Man[?] fro nine years. In all public…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →ALDERMAN H. J. VIDLER (Er[?]kineville)
I was one of the successful candidates for Middle Ward in the Municipality of Erskineville at the recent election. I was born at Ashfield. N.S.W. on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lord Mayor and Coronation If Two Suns Met Proposal Before City Council
At the meeting of the City Council next Tuesday it will be moved : "That in the opinion of this Council it is desirable that the citizens of Sydney ? "Two suns like ours," said Prof. Bickerston in a lecture to the British Astronomical Association, "would come into collision with a force 1,000,000,000 times…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aldermanic Album. Men Who Seek to Serve the State in Borough and in Shire. (With Autobiographical Notes.) ALDERMAN A. O. BURTOH (Orange)
Alderman Alfred Owen Burton enters upon his second triennial term as alderman in the Municipality of Orange He has resided in Orange for the past…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mr. Thomas Jones, J.P. (Mayor of Fenrith)
Was born at Le[?]ngton, in Warwickshire, in 1848, and was bred up as a carpenter and joiner. In 1866 he Joined the Royal Engineers, [?] corps in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Spouters" and Sport. a Cabinet Council at a Cricket Contest
A few years ago most of the men who now rule Australia as the Commonwealth Ministry were precariously-employed wage earners at the mercy of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Municipal Council Employees
In response to a circular Issued by the Glebe Council to the 65 councils and shires throughout the County of Cumberland, who will be affected by the Wages Board which the municipal…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Shire Councils
BLAND (West Wyalong),—It was decided to ask permission of the Railway Commissioners to construct a crossing on the line at Barmedman: to publish notices, warning landholders that those who permitted the…
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