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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1911

4,745 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 238

No Loan to Municipalities. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 16

The Acting Federal Treasurer (Mr. Frazer); stated to-day that one or two applications had been received from municipalities for loans from the…

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Municipal Wages Board. Conference of Councils

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 6

The appointment of a councils advocate on the Wages Board that is constituted to govern the working conditions of municipal employees, was the business considered at the adjourned…

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Federal Loans. Municipalities Cannot Share

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Applications have been made to the Federal Treasury by municipalities to share in the advances from the Federal notes trust, fund…

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DISTRICT. (Before Judge Murray.) Municipal Rating Appeal. Mater Misericordiae Home

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 22

Mr. J. J. Carroll appeared for the Rev. Mother in charge of the Muter Misericordiae Home, 17 Lang-street, Church-hill, Sydney, in an appeal against the assessment of the premises by the…

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MUNICIPAL. The " Interim " Ghosts

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 6

The fact's enough to scare ye, But all through February We haven't had a Mayor; An Unsubstantial Fiction…

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The Sunday School the Page Is Under the Auspices of the Council of the Sunday School Department. Our Boys and Girls. the Conference

The Methodist · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 4

My Dear Boys and Girls,—Have you ever been to Conference? I mean, of course, our Methodist Conference. Perhaps your father has, if he is a minister, or one of the good men who help in the Church work,…

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COUNCILLOR W. H. COLLINS (Wahgools Shire Council)

Truth · Sunday 12 March 1911 · page 9

Mr. Henry William Collins is the oldest son at Henry Collins, of Lucerenedal House, Mount Bryan, South Australia, stock and station owner, and also owner…

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Alderman James A. EATON (Adamstown)

Truth · Sunday 12 March 1911 · page 9

I was born in a small town that took the designated name of Cawthorne, in the country of Yorkshire. England, where my parents carried on business as…

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ALDERMAN F. W. HEATON (Manly)

Truth · Sunday 12 March 1911 · page 9

There are few men better known at Manly than Alderman F. W. Heaton, who is a builder and contractor, his private residence being at Balgowlah, He is a…

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ALDERMAN R. A. YOUNG (Cudal)

Truth · Sunday 12 March 1911 · page 9

Alderman R. A. Young has been on alderman at Cudal for five Tears, having been elected very soon after his advent to the district, and was successfully…

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ALDERMAN E. C. HYSLOP (Waterloo)

Truth · Sunday 12 March 1911 · page 9

My municipal career dates from four years ago, when, on the resignation of Mr. Geo. Anderson, ex-M.L.A., I was asked to contest the seat, East Ward,…

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Aldermanic Album. Men Who Seek to Serve the State in Borough and in Shire. Councillor John F. DAUNT (With Autobiographical Notes.) (Stroud Shire Council)

Truth · Sunday 12 March 1911 · page 9

Councillor John F. Daunt was born in Stroud, N.S.W., in the year 1863, and since then has had a strenuous life. He has travelled nearly every inch if…

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Newcastle's Ex-mayor Entertained Newcastle, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 March 1911 · page 5

At the Newcastle Council Chambers to-night Alderman Shedden, Mayor of Newcastle, presented ex-Mayor J. C. Reid, with a silver service on behalf of the…

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Councillor James C. ROWSELL. (Hastings Shire, Fort Macquarie)

Truth · Sunday 12 March 1911 · page 9

Re biographical notes: I have very little to tell. I was born on the Wilson River, N.S.W., in 1866. I have always taken an active part in public matters in my…

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Councillor Wm. Morgan, J.P. (President of Cessnock Shire)

Truth · Sunday 12 March 1911 · page 9

I am a native of Port Senny, Breconshire, South Wales. Left Wales for Australia in the year 1875, and arrived in Newcastle in 1876. Have been employed…

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City Aldermen's Propositions. Increased Wages Fob Gully Cleavers

Evening News · Monday 13 March 1911 · page 10

On account of the citizens' banquet to the Premier. Mr. M'Gowea. being held in the Sydney Town Hall, to-morrow evening the dort-nightly meeting of the City Council will be held…

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City Council Structures

The Sun · Monday 13 March 1911 · page 10

The market stores, Engine-street area, are being rapidly proceeded with. The public convenience in Harris-street, Pyrmont, is nearing completion…

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Australian Bowling Council. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 March 1911 · page 12

At a meeting of the South Australian Bowling Association, pursuant to a resolution passed at the conferenco in Adelaide on December 27. it was resolved to convene a meeting of the proposed Australian…

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Problems of Settlement Cumberland Progress Council

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 March 1911 · page 5

A meeting of the Cumberland Council of Progress, was held at the Town-hall, Granville, on Saturday afternoon, with the president (Mr. Henry Lord) in the chair…

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Talk of Strike. City Council Employees Angry. Dismissal of Two Workmen

Evening News · Monday 13 March 1911 · page 8

The dismissel of two men Messrs. Fisher and Naidritt, employers of the City Council, has been the cause of a deal of consideration on the part of the officers of the Municipal…

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