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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1911

4,745 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 238

A Municipal Council Prosecuted

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

Twenty landholders were fined at Parkes (N.S.W.) one day last week, for failing to destroy rabbits. The local Municipal council was also proceeded…

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Shire Engineer's Report

The Land · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 9

The following is an extract from the report of Mr. J. L. Norman, Shire Engineer, which was read at lastmeeting of the Talbragar Shire…

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Position of Shire Offices

The Land · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 9

At last meeting of Monaro Shire Council it was moved that the seat of government be at Cooma for the next three years. An amendment…

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An Outspoken Mayor. State Auditors and Trivial Details

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

The late Mayor of Deniliquin got "into holts" with the public Works Department regarding a report upon tho council's books furnished by the…

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Australian-bound Vessel Wrecked. Caithness-shire Ashore

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 4

News of the wreck of another sailing vessel while coming to Australia came to hand yesterday. The vessel is the well-known barque…

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Labor Council Action. Unions Refused Application

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 5

The question of the overlapping of unions was considered incidentally by the Labor Council of New South Wales last night. The discussion arose over the application for…

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Reporters and Unionism. Labor Council Action

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 8

At a mooting of the Sydney Labor Council last night a resolution was passed to allow only members of the Writers and Artists' Union to…

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West Moreton Farmers' Council. The Affiliated Association

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 5

The following' is a list of all the Associations that have affiliated with the Farmers' Federal Council of West Moreton, Queensland, along with, the…

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War and the Railways. a Council Appointed

The Land · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 14

Another big development in connection with the organisation of Australia's defence system is the appointment of what is known as a…

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N.s.w. Labor Council. Shuting Out the Press

Evening News · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 6

At the meeting of the N.S.W. Labor Council, held at the trades Hall Sydney on Thursday night, It was moved by Mr. Coghian, and seconded by Mr. Mahoor. "That only members…

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Meetings of Council' Committees. a Tamworth Ruling on tho Point

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

A motion was recently tabled in the Tamworth Council "That a meeting of any committee may be called on the requisition of three members of…

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Waverley's Town Clerk. Debate in the Council. Question of Salary

Evening News · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 8

At a special meeting of the Waverley Council. held on Thursday evening. the resignation of the town clerk, Mr. John Clubb, was read, and accepted. The letter conveying the…

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Payment of Rates. Council's Application for Decree. Commonwealth Ami State Laws. Defendant's Dialog with the Judge

Evening News · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 3

The Chief Judge in Equity Mr Justice A. H. Simpson had before him this morning an application by Mr. Carlos (Instructed by Messrs. S. J. Bull and Son) on behalf of the Municipal…

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A Municipal Quarry

The Land · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 9

Some little time back Temora Council desired to purchase a block of land, four acres in extent for a quarry site, at a subdivision sale by…

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Local Government Act. Proposed Conference of Municipalities

The Sun · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 5

A meeting of Mayors of metropolitan municipalities was held yesterday at the Hotel Australia to discuss various phases of local government legislation in its relation to the…

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Municipal Employees. a Wages Board Constituted

The Sun · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 7

An application by Mr. Connington for the constitution of a wages board for the Municipal Employees' Union gave rise to a lot of argument in the Industrial Court to-day…

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Hornsby Shire Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 8

This council met on Thursday. Present: President Ramsay, Councillors Sehwebel, Nicolson, Iliggins, Dobson, Morris, Nixon, and O. G. Roberts…

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Blacktown Shire Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 3

The regular fortnightly meeting of the Blacktown Shire Council was held on Wednesday evening. Present: Councillor Willmot (President), and Councillors Pye…

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Payment of Aldermen. London County Council Proposal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 13

LONDON, Thursday.--A movement is afoot to pay the members or the London County Council, the action being justified on tho ground of the contemplated payment…

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Blue Mountains Shire

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 3

The ordinary meeting of the above council was hold on Wednesday last, in the Council Chambers, Lawson, Presen'—Councillors G J Waterhouse…

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