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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1912

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

Pure Food Act. Burwood Council and Health Board

The Sun · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 6

A few weeks ago the Burwood Council received a letter from the Board of Health with reference to a claim for £1 5s Id in connection with certain milk prosecutions…

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Abating the Smoke Nuisance. a City Council Proposal

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 14

The City Solicitor (Mr. P. S. Dawson) was recently asked for an expression of opinion as to whether, in view of the smoke nuisance and its capacity to supply electricity, the council…

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"The Time of Your Life." Indignant Official. Interesting Shire Correspondence. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 9

Interesting correspondence was read at a meeting of the Braybrook' Shire Council to-day. Mr. C. Johnston, of Little Collins-street,…

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The Markets Theatre. Plans Submitted. Effect on Council's Tenants

Evening News · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 3

Plane for Mr. W. Anderson's proposed theatre in the Queen Victoria Markets, Sydney, have been submitted to the civic authoricies. They were prepared to Melbourne, and have been…

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Labor. the Arbitration Bill. Labor Council Secretary Defends It. an Employer's View

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 7

A few-days ago, the secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners (Mr W. J. Corbitt) criticised the Industrial Arbitration Bill, and incidentally blamed the Labor…

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The Soil Dairymen and the R.w.u. Conditions on the Richmond. Action by F.s.a. Council

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 6

CASINO, Monday.--At the annual meeting of the Casino District Council of the Farmers and Settlors' Association held hero the principal business dealt with included consideration of…

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Country News. Municipal. Glen Innes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 12

The Department of Public Health has notified the municipal council of its intention of contributing £75 per annum towards the sanitary inspector's salary, providing he was…

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Municipal Honorariums

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 14

Ald. T. Jesson, of Balmain, mites to say that ha strongly opposed in committee the motion to give honorariums to the officers and other employee of the local council. He contends that it was not Justifiable to vote…

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Careless Aldermen. Leichhardt Mayor Annoyed

Evening News · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 4

The statutory hour for municipal councils to meet in 7.20 p.m., and should there not then be a quorum present, half-an-hour's grace is allowed. Leichhardt Council, as a general rule…

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Beautifying Sydney. Paddington Aldermen and City Council

Evening News · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 13

Following upon the reading of a letter from the Town Clerk of Sydney regarding of proposals of the City Council to carry out extensions of overheads electric cables on hardwood…

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"Sugak-doodle Aldermen." Heated Debate at Waverley. Mayor Accused of Misrepresentation

The Sun · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 10

As was anticipated, there was a more or less heated discussion in the Waverley Council last evening, when a special "call" was made at the instance of Alderman…

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No Fight. Randwick Council Decorous Alderman Brown Wants Royal Commission

The Sun · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 2

The Randwick ratepayers who crowded into their, own Hall last night, and, when there was no more room in the Council-chamber, clustered like bees in the passage-way, were…

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Enfield Aldermen Puzzled. Sanitary Inspector's Duties

The Sun · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 2

The Enfield aldermen are in a quandary as to what the Board of Health means when. It says that it will pay a moiety of the sanitary inspector's salary only on condition that…

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Tine Mayor's Nose

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 36

"Detective stories!" said my friend Brown Minor. "No, I don't go in much myself for reading detective stories. But once a few of us men at St. Oliver's lived one! How?…

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Shire Councils

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 21

BIBBENLURE (Bombala).—At the monthly meeting of the council, four applications were received for the position of sanitary inspector for A and B ridings, and one for C riding. The application of Mr. Chas. Cook…

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Rough and Broken Roads. Randwick Aldermen's Growls

Evening News · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 10

Complaints were raised at the last Randwick Council's meeting regarding delays in carrying out construction work in Grosvenor-street. It was stated that although the work…

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Aldermen, and How They Make Them. Bankstown Methods

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 7

The old trouble over the Bankstown municipal election of January, 1911, was again the subject of inquiry yesterday, before Mr. John Garlick, Officer-in-Charge of Local…

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Lord Mayor Busy. Developing Various Schemes

Evening News · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 9

The Lord Mayor is giving a reasiderable [?] to municipal matters at [?] feels that he needs a [?] engaged at the…

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Oxford-street Resumptions. Lord Mayor's Proposals

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 7

With reference to the Oxford-street resumption, the Lord Mayor (Sir Allen Taylor) has prepared a minute for submission to the finance committee of the council, which states…

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Rating on Unimproved Value. a Mayor's Protest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 22

A discussion took place last night at the North Sydney Council meeting on the recommendation made by tbe finance committee in respect to the rates to he levied for the present year. The proposal of the committee was,…

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