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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1912

5,217 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250

National Council

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 6

To-day the representatives of the various organisations, viz.:--The Chamber of Commerce, Employers' Federation, 'Master Builders' Association, Master Builders'…

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Paddington Council Salaries

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 8

The question of officers' salaries was a burning one at the last meeting of the Paddington Council. The matter bad been referred to a committee to make inquiries and bring up a…

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Council Employees Strike

Evening News · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 7

For some time past the carters and maintenance men employed by the Dundas Council had been in the knocking off half an hour ca[?]er on pay days to go to the council…

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Local Government. Our State System. Municipalism at Work. Underground Traffic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 5

Alderman T. Hughes, M.L.C., has expressed an opinion adverse to underground communication in Sydney by tube, and he suggests that the present street traffic congestion could…

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Municipal. Armidale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 5

The municipal council last night levied the following rates:—General, 3d in the £ on the unimproved capital value; water rate, 2d in the £. The Mayor submitted the special…

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Shire and Municipal a Shire Engineer's Salary

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 4

Lockhart asks what salaries are generally paid to shire engineers in New South Wales. Answer.—The salaries vary a good…

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Shire and Municipal

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 3

Two ratepayers in Warringah (Brookvale, N.S.W.) Shire are to be prosecuted for building houses without the council's approval…

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Honoring the Mayor

The Land · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 9

Last week Mr. James Walker, J.P., who has filled the Mayoral chair in Broughton Vale Council for eight years was tendered a complimentary…

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Shire Councils

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 10

COLO (Richmond).—At the last meeting of the Shire Council a petition was presented asking that that portion of the shire from Hawkesbury View to the Grese and Nepean rivers be transferred [?] the Blue Mountain…

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Mr. Johnson Only Laughed. Parramatta Aldermen's Despair

Evening News · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 8

The parramatta Council had Mr. Johnson (Chief Railway Commissioner) in "the ring" for a good half-hour at its last meeting. For some time past the local progress association…

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Tamworth Municipal Matters. Three Council Resignations

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 8

TAMWORTH, Thursday.--At Tuesday night's meeting of the municipal council, Aid. Britten and Mahoney resigned. The Mayor, Aid. Matheson, resigned yesterday. These resignations…

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Qualifications for Shire Clerk

The Land · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 9

P. C. H., asks:—"What are the necessary qualifications one requires to become a shire clerk? If an examination has to be passed, what are the…

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Shire and Municipality Answers to Questions. Charges on Impounded Animals

The Land · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 9

J. W. asks:—(1) What charges can n a pound-keeper make as regards grass for cattle, horses, and sheep impounded, whilst these are left in his charge?…

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Council and Builder

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 5

Before Mr. Wilkinson, D.S.M., at the North Sydney Court, Andrew Bonnet, of the North Sydney Council, proceeded against A. Mallick on an information charging him with erecting a building at Montague-road. North…

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Council and Ex-president

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 7

At last night's meeting of the Labour Council the adjourned debate on a motion by Mr. E. Farrar. "That this council repudiates the statement made by Mr. W. L. Duncan…

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Liverpool Plains District Council

The Land · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 7

A meeting of Liverpool Plains Farmers and Settlers' District Council was held at Gunnedah on 11th January. Present: W. Kruse and A. Perrett…

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Manning River District Council

The Land · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 7

The District Council of above has passed a resolution asking the Federal member (Mr. J. Thomson) to lay before the Postmaster-General a request…

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F. & S. A. District Council

The Land · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 6

The meeting of the delegates of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held subsequently under Mr. Perrett's presidency, when Mr…

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A Council on Its Dignity

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 3

The Glen Innes Municipal Council have decided to refuse the offer of the N.S.W. Health Department with re­spect to the latter body contributing…

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Employers' Organisation. National Council to Be Formed

Evening News · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 8

A representative meeting of members of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, Employers Federation, Master Builders' Association, Commercial Travellers' Association Farmers and…

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