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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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At the last meeting of the Ryde Municipal Council, a reply was received from the Chief Railway Commissioner to the effect that no funds were available for the duplication of the tramway line from Drummoyne,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A special meeting of the Penrith Council was held on Tuesday night, for the purpose of electing the Mayor for the term commencing on 1st…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the annual meeting of the Granville Electorate Labour Council, the report showed an increase in the membership of the various league of 265 members,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A heavy [?] look place at the Carrathool Shore Connell meeting when the question of [?] a [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Estimates, based on the Imlay Shire engineer's reports, showed a heavily increased expenditure on roads during the current year to be urgently necessary, the amounts…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →At the election of President of tho Blacktown Shire Council, Councillor Pye proposed Councillor Best for the chair. Councillor Angus nominated the sitting…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The annual report of the N.S.W. Mission Study Council submitted, at the monthly meeting in November last, bore evidence of a year of great activity and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A lively argument occurred at the North Sydney Council meeting on Tuesday evening, when a recommendation to lease the No. 1 oval to the N.S.W. Rugby League was under discussion…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the meeting of the Baudkham Hills Shire Council on Wednesday, a letter was rend from Mr. John McKenzie, Hatfield, Glenorie, as follows: "Your engine set fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →M. Eugene Prosper Pirou, a man of reputed wealth, and the present Mayor of Gentilly, a southern suburb of Paris, was last month arrested on a charge of attempting to murder…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—I was surprised to read in your issue of this morning how certain proposals made by Mr. Partridge to the Sydney City Council were merely "deferred." The Lord Mayor is…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Now that the waist is defined instead of being merged in the straight line from the arms to the hem of the skirt, which vogue was fashionable last year, belts, sashes and girdles of all…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →At the Parramatta District Court on Tuesday, before Judge Scholes. Rookwood and Auburn Laborites gave evidence in a a slander action, in which John O'Neill…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the last meeting of the Marrickville Council. Alderman Near (Chairman of the works committee) presented a report concerning the working of the local municipal quarry, off…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Mr. C. H. Cunningham has been appointed Town Clerk. BARRABA, Friday. The council has struck a general rate of 3d…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →The City Council is publishing ahead with the proposal to establish a municipal garage. The works committee has prepared a report in which it is stated that the area in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ARMIDALE. -- At the monthly meeting of the Dumuresq Shire Council, the rate was reduced from 2d to 1½d, in view of the probable grants from the Government. Reporting on the road-making plant the engineer said…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →At the meeting of the Sydney City Council to-morrow evening the following matters will receive consideration : A report from the Electric Lighting Committee with regard to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Among all the municipalities that nestle in close pro[?]nity to the City of Sydney, [?] the most woeful and weary is Wave[?]ey. For decades past, Wa[?]erley has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lord Major Cocks has cordially approved of the ides of a Municipal Sunday being held in Sydney, and probably so do the wives and cousins and the aunts of the…
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