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In the early days of the present session, the Legislative Assembly was dally deluged with petitions from religious and temperance bodies, praying that liquor bars might be brought under…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At the Willoughby Council, the Major (Alderman C. N. Backhouse) reported that in accordance with a resolution passed by the council in company with Mr. L. A. Curtis…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The proposed Greater Sydney Convention, which is to be elected by adult suffrage, is agitating the aldermanic mind. North Sydney Council discussed the matter last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Housing Bill was considered in Committee last evening by the Legislative Council. Clause 4 gave authority for the purchase, resumption, and appropriation of land to be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The latest news about Alderman Neilson is very satisfactory. He is progressing well, and bleeding has stopped, and the eye is healing all right…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Buffet" writes: In your issue of 12-7-12 I noticed a letter from Mr. L. de Grfen, propristor of a band. I quite agree with Mr. de G. about a municipal hand or orchestra, for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Messrs. Robert Jones, ex-M.L.A., and J. Brun, have been elected unopposed to Mudgee Council in place of Messrs. J. Keegan (late Mayor) and W. J. Nelthorpe…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The aldermen of North Sydney object to being absorbed by any scheme for a Greater Sydney. At Tuesday's meeting of the council it was unanimously resolved:—"That this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A meeting of the Council of the Association was held at Head Office, Orchard’s Buildings, on Tuesday, 19th March, 1912. There were present:—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alderman Cooper, ex-Mayor of Randwick, and president of the Randwick Liberal Reform League, yesterday replied to assertions recently made by Mr. David Storey, M.L.A.,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Legislative Council recommitted the Housing Bill in order to make a few amendments, and the Crown Lands (Amendment) Act ran through its second reading on the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →At a meeting of the Municipal Labor Assembly last evening a letter from the Lord Mayor was read agreeing to receive a deputation from that body, together with…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Through one of the various channels by which information that the Government wants to make public without appearing to do so is allowed to leak out, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The President took the chair at 4.30 p.m. HOUSING BILL. This bill was recommitted for reconsideration of clause 8 (originally clause 10) and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Minutes of Council meeting held at Mrs. Phillips' rooms, Cameron-st., Launccston, on Friday, March 1st, at 8 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A motion was submitted at a meeting of the Municipal Labor Assembly last evening, as follows:-- That this assembly views with regret the fact that the Sydney Housing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,[?]Re your leading article this morning under above heading, may I ask if there [?] any reason why the members of the Counci[?] should allow themselves to be hustled at all…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Flowers in a comprehensive speech, moved the second reading of the Crown Lands Amendment Bill in the Legislative Council last night. He referred to the great and growing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Legislative Council last evening received a message from the Legislative Assembly conveying the Assembly's proposals in connection with the amendments made by the Council in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →This has been a remarkable week so far as civic government is concerned, for there have been before the tribunal of Parliament three important and long-delayed measures…
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