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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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In the coal-mining industry of the State there are about 12,000 men and youths employed. The wheelers, who are mostly youths, work 9 hours a day. In other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General De Wet has resigned from the Union Council of Defence. CAPETOWN, Jan. 4. General De Wet's resignation is attributed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A council of war was held at the Porte yesterday. the German military attache attending and remaining for a long time…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →That a district should be without the services of a qualified engineer because it happens to be classified as a municipality, instead of a shire, is an antiquated doctrine of the "S.D. Telegraph's"…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the Shire Council meeting on Friday a motion was passed protesting against the Wages Board giving less than a week's notice of its sitting, and demanding not less than a month's notice…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →"They are all curs!" So Alderman Lang expressed his opinion of his brother alderman in the Authorn Council last night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In a minute presented to a special meeting of Woollahra Council last night the Mayor (Alderman Magney) submitted for the consideration of the aldermen his estimate for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. P. McGrath, Myall Lakes, writes:—"Local government is a madbrained affair. I think ibis country is fifty years too young for local…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SINGLETON.—In the notice of the cl[?]fication of shires, the [?]hire of Patrick Plains is include in th[?] which are de[?]ed not to be entitled to endowment. This means a reduction of over £1000 in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A communication from the secretary of the local Municipal Brass Band had an irritating effect on some of the alderman at last night's meeting of the Marricville Council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A warn discussion took place at the Marrickville Council on the questions of hoardings. A bill posting firm applied for permission to erect a hoarding on land facing Illawarra-read…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Strong exception was taken by Ald. Evan Jones, chairman of the Health Committee of the City Council, at the meeting of that body yesterday, to the ex-Lord Mayor's…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--A resolution was carried at the meeting of the Broken-hill Journeymen Butchers' Union on Sunday to the effect that the general secretary be given power…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The P.L.L. is already displaying activity in regard to the prospective vacancy in the Yass electorate. The secretary (Mr. J. Grant) said yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →At a meeting of the Cook Federal Council, held on Saturday, the following resolution was carried unanimously:—"That this council strongly condemns the leaders of the State…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sir,--I read with considerable interest the letter in your issue of to-day from Mr. Coulter on the subject of the election of the N.R.A. council for 1913, and am pleased to endorse his remarks. It is very evident that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Last night at the Auburn Council the Mayor (Alderman George Ritchie) stated that the new system of rating, whereby a special sanitary rate had been struck, in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Following appointments were approved by the Executed Council at this afternoon's meeting: The Hon. A.C.Carmichael,M.L.A, as a Fellow to represent the Legislative Assembly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The municipal council has struck the following rates for 1913:—General rate, 3d in the £ on the unimproved capital value; street lighting. ¾d in the £ on the improved capital…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →NARRABURRA (Temora).—Wor[?] has been [?] by the coucil to the effect that for a period [?] three years it has been classed first-class, with [?] endowment of 1s 6d in the pund instead of [?]…
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