Shire Rates
Dumaresq (Armidale, N.S.W.) Shire Council has struck a rate of 1½d, in the £ on the unimproved value of land, an increase of a farthing on tho rate last…
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Council & local affairs, 1911
4,745 stories in Sydney's papers · page 50 of 238
Shire Councils
APSLEY (Walcha).—At the council meeting on Saturday it was pointed out that the men could not be paid their wages until the Government subsidy comes to hand. This has been delayed. A proposal was made…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Randwick's Ex-mayor Banqueted
The residents of Randwick tendered a complimentary banquet to their late Mayor, Alderman T. R. Gilderthorp, in the Randwick Town Hall last evening. The newly elected Mayor, Alderman D. M. Cooper…
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The Engineer of Stroud Shire, at last council meeting, imported that he had put off several men towards the end of last year, on account of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hurstville Council
The Council met on Thursday night; present: Aldermen Blackshaw (Mayor), Cook, Musgrove, Low, Bradford, Aston, F. Thompson, Hill, Bown, and Edwards…
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The following is an extract from a report of the West Maitland council, as published in a local paper:—"Election of Treasurer.—The Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →City Council's Quarterly Meeting. Municipal Employees' Grievance
The 216th quarterly meeting of the City Council was held at noon yesterday, the Lord Mayor presiding. After the minutes of the meeting or February 28 were confirmed, the Lord Mayor was about-to vacate the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Extra Tax for Shire Hall
The President of Harwood Shire proposed that an extra tax of ⅛d be levied for the purpose of raising an amount of £250. This would bring…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Horse Bazaar and Sale Yards. Deputation to the Lord Mayor of Sydney. the Council's Attitude to the Agents
A very important and influential deputation, representing the auctioneers and horse salesmen of Sydney, waited on the Lord Mayor of Sydney on Wednesday for the purpose of advocating the…
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"It looks as if the conditions of the appointment of inspectors under the Industrial Disputes Act were being created for impecunious barristers and broken-down lawyers, said Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Presentation and Banquet. Ex-mayor of Randwick Honored
That Alderman T. R. Gilderthorp is popular in the borough of Randwick was amply demonstrated on Thursday evening, when, in recognition of his services to the municipality during…
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An action brought by John Thomas Smedley and Sametta Smedley, his wife, against the municipality of Ashfield, to recover compensation for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Councils and the Wages Board. Strong Words by Alderman. "Insult to the Congerence."
A second congerence of the aldermen of the metropolis, together with shire representatives, was held last evening at the Glebe Town Hall to consider the necessity of appointing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →City Horse Bazaar Wanted. Lord Mayor's Offer. More Centralisation
The deputation that waited on the Lord Mayor at the Town Hall oh Wednesday morning for the purpose of discussing with him the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Horse Saleyards for Sydney Deputation to The. Lord Mayor. Offer of a Site
A deputation of livestock salesmen interested in the question of a horse bazaar in the Metropolis waited upon the Lord Mayor of Sydney (Aid. Allen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian Workers' Union. Affiliation with Labor Council
After long-continued efforts to secure the affiliation of the A.W.U. and the New South Wales Labor Council, Mr. Kavanagh, secretary of the council, has received the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Inspection of Council Books. An Interesting Point
A question has been raised as to whether a ratepayer can claim the right to examine the valuation book of a municipal or shire council, or…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wanted—a Horse Bazaar. City Council Approached
A deputation, which included Messrs: F. E. Winchcombe, K. Badgery, J. Morton, J. M. Atkinson, J. H. Beale, J. R. Keenan, H. J. Marshall, waited…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Sydney Labour Council. Echo of Newcastle Strike
Mr. W. L. Duncan presided at the meeting of the Sydney Labour Council last night. A delegate asked if the balance-sheet for the Newcastle strike would be presented to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Darling Downs Farmers' Council Co-operation for Queensland
Mr. John Shearer, Secretary Farmers' Federal Council of the Darling Downs, Council (Q.), writes:—the meeting of the Farmers' Federal…
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