City-council Work
The various committees of the City Council will settle down to work [?]new, after the holidays, in the coming week. The electric lighting committee meets on Monday afternoon…
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Council & local affairs, 1912
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North-east District Council
The quarterly meeting of the N.E. District Council was held, at which the following were present:—Messrs. J. J. Edmonds (president), in the chair, F…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Work at Warringah Council
The valuer submitted his valuation for year 1912, which aggregated £430,290, with 8552 assessments. Pour years ago the valuation was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rival Shire Factories. More Warmth at Turon
BATHURST, Thursday.--The rival factions of the Turon Shire Council, had more "words" at the monthly meeting yesterday. The discussion at times waxed exceedingly warm, and at one…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Contractors' Claim. Shire Engineer Most Pay. Bathurst
The Turon Shire Council-chamber yesterday resounded with a discussion of a most acrimonious nature. Recently the engineer, Mr. Patterson, interfered with a contractor,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Labor Council. Nominations of Officers
The Labor Council had an unusually [?] meeting last night, the business being concluded at 9 o'clock. A vote of sympathy with the relatives of Delegate W. J. Hope, who died…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Queensland Liquor Bill. the Council Amendments
BRISBANE, Thursday. -- The, Legislative Council resumed its sittings this afternoon, and the Assembly's message relating to the Council's amendments in the Liquor Bill was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Gremorne Route "We Are the People." Meeting Confirms Boycott. an Alderman Counted Out. Indignation Meeting at Mosman
Mosman and Neutral Bay residents have nailed the boycott flag to the mast, and in the course of that operation at an indignation meeting in the Mosman Town Hall last night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An Observant Australian What Ex-lord Mayor Hughes Saw Abroad. Commonwealth Badly Advertised
"One of the things that impressed me most deeply during my visit to Europe was the unveiled hostility of certain of the European countries towards England. That war cannot…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bondi's Troubles. Complaints Against Council Secession Movement Started
A number of Bondi ratepayers are about to start a movement with the object of seceding from the Waverley Municipality. So we are Informed by; Mr. J. Frank Cox,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Housed in a Shed. Redfern's Inspector Report. Action by the Council
Sydney is in such a shockingly congested condition at the present time thai it is more than ever. Incumbent upon the municipal authorities to see that the building as well as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Municipal Election
The election of Mr. M. C. O'Brien as alderman of Peak Hill, has been, validated by the Lieut.-Governor, notwithstanding the election was not…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Country Fire Brigades. Minimising Danger in Municipalities
Recent conflagrations at West Narrabri, Millthorpe, Murrumburrah, and other country towns have forced upon the notice of the N.S.W. Fire Brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Municipal. Molong
The extraordinary municipal election at Molong, caused by the resignation of A[?]d. J. E. Connor, who has left the district, resulted in the return of Mr. J. S. Taylor, over Mr. W. R…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Hornsby Shire Council
This council met on Thursday. Present: President Ramsay, Councillors Roberts, Nixon, Morris, Dobson, Higgins, Best, Nicolson and Schwebel…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Baulkham Hills Shire Council
The regular mooting' of the Baulkham Hills Shire Council was held on Wednesday. Present: Councillor Cranston (the president), and Councillors Whitling…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Shire Council Pipe-making. to the Editor
Sir,--The report which appeared in your issue of 2nd inst. of the pipe-making plant in connection with the the Blue Mountain Shire makes very interesting reading, but the engineer has omitted some very necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Mayor As Actor
The Mayor of Eastbourne. In England, Councillor R.T. Thoroton who is a member of the local Operatic and Pramatic Society appeared the other night with marked success as Dr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parramatta's New Mayor
The holidays have not been thrown behind us sufficiently long, evidently, to justify much speculation as to who is to fill the Mayor's chair in Parramatta for 1912…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shire Councils
BLAXLAND (Lithgow).—The council has fixed a general rate of 1¼ in the pound. An amendment that the rate be 1½d found only two supporters. The rate for the Portland urban area was fixed at 4d in the…
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