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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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AUCKLAND, Saturday.—At a meeting of the Wellington Municipal Council, convened for the purpose of discussing the tramway dispatch, the proceedings developed into a stormy and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →At the last meeting of the local council the Mayor (Alderman Bossley) presiding, the town clerk submitted the estimates of- probab[?]e income and expenditure for the current…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The civic authorities have decided to endeavor to keep the streets in a tidy state, and are seeking the co-operation of the citizens. The public are requested not to throw paper and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wellington tram strike still continues. There is no evidence of a settlement though, the only difference being that the union asks the City Council to admit that Inspector Fulton…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BLAND (West Wyalong).—Councillor George Punton has been unanimously re-elected president of the Bland Shire Council. The formal starting of the new roadmaking plant purchased by the Bland Shire Council…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Recent water shortage troubles have brought about concerted action on the part of the mayors of the eastern suburban municipalities. At a meeting recently held in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →COONAMBLE, Saturday.--The question as to whether Councillors Broatch and Peacock can claim travelling expenses from the Shire Council and also from the Pastures Protection…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →For nearly two hours this morning the members of the New South Wales Labor Council's executive, and Mr. C. Collins, M.L.A. Burke, Queensland, who is representing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A special meeting of the executive committee of the New South Wales Labor Council was held this morning at the Sydney Trades Hall. Courturn street. Mr.C. Collins, member say…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WELLINGTON, Sunday.--The position in regard to the Wellington tramway strike is peculiar, making it difficult to forecast whether an early termination will be reached, or whether…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Members of the Sydney Swimming Club, who vislted tho Municipal Baths on Friday, were the victims of a thief, who managed to secure a haul of about £35…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Referring to the paragraph in "The Daily Telegraph" of yesterday regarding alleged discontent amongst the firemen at Maitland and Broken-hill, the Fire Brigade Commissioners…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Discontent is alleged to be brewing in one or two country fire brigades. The Board of Fire Commissioners give an instance of trouble with a shire council, which resulted in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Phillip Caro has resigned from the position of engineer to the Blue Mountains (Lawson, N.S.W.) Shire. Aid. Wilfrid Robey has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →COONABARABRAN, Saturday.--At a meeting of the shire council Cr. D. I. Watt wsa re-elected president. It is proposed to strike a rate of one penny in the pound, which with other available income will give £6375 for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →When a letter from the Municipal Employees' Union was read at the meeting of the Marrickville Council on Monday night, stating that it had been decided to hold the employees' annual…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →CUYRA.—At Monday's shire council meeting Councillor Dutton was re-elected president for the ensuing year, making his fifth term of office. The council has received a couple of trucks for a roadmaking plan[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Alderman C. T. P[?]per, the newly-elected Mayor of Tamworth, has given £10 to the local hospital in lieu of the usual convivial celebration of the Mayoral election. He is a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Barraba asks:—Is a school teacher eligible to bo enrolled as a voter in a shire, if he resides on Government property rated by the council, though…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ald. Yates, of Lithgow, attended the meeting of the United Laborers' protective Society last night and addressed the members in regard to the industrial trouble there. He stated that the…
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