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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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A special meeting for the election of the Mayor of the Parramatta Council for the year 1912-13 was held at the Parramatta Council Chambers on Monday. Present:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BLAYNEY, Tuesday.--The Blayney Municipal Council has struck a rate of 4d on the general and 4 12d on the water fund. BOURKE, Tuesday.--The Municipal Council struck a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Probate has been granted in respect of the will of Alderman John Harris, who died at his residence, "Bulwarra," Ultimo, on November 7 last. The value of the estate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BIBBENLUKE (Bombala).—At the monthly meeting of the council, Mr. Coulson Murphy was unanimously elected president to the Committees. It was decided to support the resolution from the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A peculiar situation was created on Monday night at the Randwick Council's meeting, when aldermen were asked to elect a Mayor for the ensuing 12 months. Alderman Cooper…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BROKEN HILL, Wednesday.—The City Council met last night to elect a Mayor but [?] not do so. The Labor Party mover that the Mayor's salary be £300 per year and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney's Fist Supply was d[?] with in a [?]cement supplied to the Royal Commission on Food Supply [?] the Deputy Lord Mayor or Sydney. Alderman Milner Stephen at its…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →It will be recollected that when Mr. W. L. Duncan vacated the chair as president of the Labor Council he indicted that body as being without power, dignity, or influence,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At the last meeting of the Nepean Labor Council at Glenbrook, the following leagues were represented:--Auburn, Liverpool, Campbelltown, Homebush, Canley Vale, Springwood…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Spring of 1912 will mark in England and Paris a revival of Victorian modes in women's dress, according to a London fashion expert. "The straight, elongated style, with its almost…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"It has been pointed out to me," said the Deputy-Lord Mayor yesterday, "that certain paragraphs have appeared, in the daily papers lately which complain that, owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →LONDON, Tuesday.--A conference of English Nonconformists assembled in London yesterday to discuss Home Rule. Sir Edward Carson. M.P., Solicitor-General…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motions of an important character were unanimously carried yesterday afternoon in Sydney at a meeting of the joint executive of the Transport Workers' Council of New South…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The change of Mayors at Mosman, Alderman Macdonald having been replaced by Alderman Middleton, is expected to produce some changes in the methods of transacting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Entries for the next Davis Cup competition which will be held in one of the Australian States towards the end of this year, close on the first Monday in March. On…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →When the late president of the New South Wales Labor Council (Mr. W. L. Duncan) was vacating the chair he severely criticised the council for its inefficiency, and declared that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The risks which North Shore residence daily undergo while dodging the network of trams at Circular Quay after leaving the[?] ferries was referred to at the last meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →As a special meeting of the municipal council a water rate of 2¼d in the £ on the improved capital value was struck; general rate 8d. It was decided that legal…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The committee of the Alderman T.H. Barlow testimonial announce in our advertising columns that the lists will close on Tuesday, 2th inst, and request intending subscribers…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Ald. Arthur M'E[?]hone, one of the Fitzroy Ward representatives, complains of the policy of the City Council in endeavoring to extend the service to all pans of the suburban area…
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