Australian Council
The draft rules and by-laws are to hand, and all contained therein will be acceptable to most players; the only items that are likely to become subject to controversy are: --…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Sydney · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1911
4,745 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 238
Cost of a Shire Election
The shire clerk of Sutherland (Mr. J. W. Man[?]) reported to the local council at its last meeting that the cost of the recent shire election was £30 19s: printing. £28 2s 6d:…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →City Council Tenders and Works
On [?] of the proposed [?] actions of the [?] of [?] for lighting and power a [?] is to be [?] by the City Council for the purchases of streel poles to carry…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Not Enough Brains. Bexley Council Amenities. Fixing the Annual Rate
At two recent meetings of Bexley Council the rate for the current year was proposed at the first, an 1 to "make and levy" at the second. But the first meeting decided on a rate of 4½d…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →In Chambers. (Before Mr. Justice Sly.) a Stay of Proceedings. Smedley and WIFE v Ashfield Municipality
Mr. Broomfield and Mr. E. M. Mitchell, instructed by Messrs. Mark Mitchell and Forsyth, appeared for the Council of the Municipality of Ashfield, and moved for a stay of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Baulkham Hills Shire Council
The ordinary meeting of this council was held on Friday. Present: The President (Councillor Cranston), and Councillors Whitling, Lowe, Lawson and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Alderman's Worth
According to Alderman Swaln an alderman is a person to the kicked cuffed whenever the ratepayers feel disposed to attack him Speaking at the St. Peters Town…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Retiring Aldermen Ban-quetted
Ex-Aldermen Atwill. Harwood and Gordon who [?] from the St. Paters Municipal Council were at the local Town Hall on Wednesday night entertained by the ratapayers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shire Councils
BYRON.—At the last meeting the shire council decided at next meeting to strike a special rate in the only two urban areas in the shire. The council also agreed to buy the pound site. The shire's workmen are…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Wrecked Caithness Shire
"The latest report from the scene of the wreck of the barque Caithness-shire, while bound to Port Arthur, Texas, from Wilmington tp load 60,000 cases…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parramatta Council
The regular meeting was held on Monday evening. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Jago), Aldermen Waugh, Smith, Champion, Hill, Graham, DcLow…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bexley Rate Muddle. Alderman Who Knew Everything. and Another Who Laughed
It is not often that the time of a municipal council is taken up, to any great extent in confirming the minutes, but last night's meeting of the Bexley Council proved an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cook Federal Labor Council
A combined mass meeting of the members of the various State Labor Leagues in the district was held under the auspices of the above council,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rechabite Conference. Federal Council Suggested
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Inter-State Conference of Rechabites resumed its deliberations to-day, when the following motions were carried:--…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Labor Council Action. Unions Refused Application
The question of the overlapping of unions was considered incidentally by the Labor Council of New South Wales last Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Mayor Resigns. Will Not Submit to Labour Pressure. Troubles at Erskineville
The Erskineville municipal council has met further difficulties. The aldermen (a Labour bunch), new to office, entered upon thier duties with an empty exchequer, but they…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Catching the Mayor's Elbow." Kerb and Guttering Contributions. Footpaths in the Bush
Considerable warmth was manifested by aldermen at the meeting of the North Sydney Council on Tuesday night over a resolution involving the principle of local contributions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Municipal. Ballina
At the municipal council meeting the following rates were struck for the ensuing year:—General rate, 4d in the £, unimproved value; water rate, 1d in the £ on improved…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Local Government. Our State System. Municipalism at Work. Women As Councillors
In Britain the usefulness of women in the municipal sphere is admitted, but in this State their services have neither been offered so far, nor, under the law, could they be accepted…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Suburban News. Bexley's Municipal Rate
When the minutes were [?]d at Tuesday's meeting of Bexley Council they contained a record of the revers[?] of the rate to 4d, and on the motion for confirmation of the minutes Alderman G[?] moved the…
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