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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1912

5,217 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 250

N.s. Wales Executive Council. To-day's Appointment

Evening News · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 7

The following appointments were approved at this morning's meeting of the New South Weles Executive Council:— Cap[?]in A. Hacking, as superintendent…

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''Unjust and Cruel". City Council's Resumptions. a Darlinghurst Resolution

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 9

An indignation meeting of Darlinghurst residents was held last evening at the Fitzroy Hotel in Dowllng-street, to protest against the City Council pulling down houses and…

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"Finest Workman in the Wobld." Views of Labour Council President

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 12

Mr. Tom Miller, the president of the Labour Council, had something to say yesterday in regard to the comments of Mr. Cramer-Roberts. He declared that the Australian…

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Threatened with Eviction. What Is to Become of the Homeless? Vigorous Protest From Dowling-street. "The Tinpot Municipalities."

The Sun · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 10

The meeting held outside the Fitzroy Hotel, Dowling-street, Darlinghurst, last evening was an unusual one. Virtually it was a gathering of tenants, some hundreds in…

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Drummoyne Municipality

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 14

At the last meeting of the Drummoyne Council it was decided to levy a rate of 3 12d in the £ for general purposes, and 14d in the £ for loan purposes on the unimproved capital value…

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Blackheath Shire Council. Blackheath

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 22

A public meeting called by the Blue Mountain Shire vigilance committee was held in the Public Hall on Saturday evening to consider various matters in connection with the…

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Mosman Council Squabble. Mayor and Engineer

Evening News · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 2

There was a scene in the Mosman Council Chamber on Tuesday night between the Mayor. (Alderman Evan Macdonald) and the bo[?] engineer, Mr. W. K. Batley, which [?] in…

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Waverley Alderman Gagged

Evening News · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 2

At the meeting of the Waverley Council on Tuesday night. Alderman [?] asked the Mayor (Alderman Compbell) to give his ruling on a clause in the local Government Act…

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Alderman for Forty Years

Globe · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 3

Mr. W. Archer, who has just been elected Mayor of Burwood (Sydney), has been an aider man for 40 years…

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Randwick's Troubles. Election of Aldermen

The Sun · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 3

The deadlock recently brought about by the resignations of seven of the Randwick aldermen will shortly be brought to an end, so far as…

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Dirty Sydney. an Expensive Service. City Aldermen Dissatisfied

Evening News · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 2

The matter of keeping Sydney's streets [?] was discussed by a dozen aldermen at the City Council's meeting on Tuesday evening. The debated started when the estimates for…

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"Our Dignity." Offended Municipal Council

The Sun · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 10

It is rarely that Mosman Council initiates any matter of public interest outside its ordinary administrative functions. Consequently that duty has devolved of late upon…

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Representative Manufacturers Welcome by Acting Lord Mayor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 11

The representatives of the Chambers of Manufactures were welcomed at noon by the Acting Lord Mayor (Ald. E. Milner Stephen) at the Town-hall…

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City Council Tenders

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 9

Tenders for supplies of material for the electric lighting department and for various services will be dealt with by the City Council this week. These include:—Wood poles, O'Neill and Goldsmith, £1[?]19 3s…

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Mayor and Engineer. Angry Scene at Mosman. Engineer Suspended

The Sun · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 3

Mosman Council-chamber last night presented the unedifying scene of the Mayor (Alderman Macdonald) and the engineer (Mr. W. K. Batley) facing each other across…

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An Alderman's Expenses. Round Pubs in Motor Car. Before the Days of the Ark

The Sun · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 10

A payment made by the Waverley Council in the dim and distant past, and buried away among the records of municipal expenditure, has been dug up by a zeaious…

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The National Council of Women

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 5

The conference of the National Councils of Women, which it was hoped would be held in Melbourne this year, has been postponed for a year or more. The Countess of Aberdeen,…

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Progress Association Rebuked. Dignity of the Mosman Council

Evening News · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 11

The Mosman Progress Association received another [?] on Tuesday night. The secretary (Mr. E. S. Ma[?] forwarded a letter to the Mosman Council asking…

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In Family Council Fashion Fancies Frocks to Fasten in Front

Globe · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 11

A return to a once popular fashion is shown in Autumn modes in England. It will be joyful news to many women, and especially to those who live alone and have found the gymnastic…

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Prawns On The Footway. City Council Takes Action. a Seller Fined

Evening News · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 7

The question of preventing under congestion in the streets of Sydney was mentioned to the bearing of a cite at the Central Summons Court this morning in which Mr. Waldron…

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