Parramatta Council
The regular meeting of the Parramatta Council was held on Monday. Present: Mayor Collett and Aldermen Graham, Brown, Waugh, jago, Smith, DcLow, and…
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Council & local affairs, 1913
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Choosing a Foreman. Suburban Council's Experience
Laborers are at a premium, and professional men are at a discount, according to the experience of one of the suburban councils. A foreman of works resigned, and it was a…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Electric Power. Western Australia Scheme. Government and Council Combine. Perth
The Premier has announced an agreement with the City Council for the establishment of a joint electric power generation scheme. It has been resolved to establish an alternate…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Taxing the Land. Injustice of Unimproved Rating. Discussion in North Sydney Council
The North-Sydney Council had before it at its meeting last night the question of the method of rating for the current year. The Mayor (Ald. Walker) moved: --…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Hints From Sydney. Auckland and Skyscrapers. a Strong Objection. Council Engineer on Tour
"We are strongly opposed to the skyseraper, and intend preventing its creeping into our city." The statement was made by Mr. Walter E…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Please Explain. Mr. O'malley Ignores Randwick Council a Wire and a Letter
The Randwick Council, in spite of getting knocked out by the A.J.C. is not beaten, and is ready to come up smiting for another round with any other opponent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Harnessing Smells. Study in Municipal Economics
Complaints having been made [?] of a [?] caused by the [?] from the [?] tanks at the Parramatta sewerage sh[?] a report was [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Country Municipal Employees. Nowra
A conference was held to-day at the Nowra Council-chambers of representatives of the municipalities from Central Illawarra to Nowra Inclusive. They discussed the claims…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Municipal Loans. Marrickville Wants £50,000
Mr. Robert E Jones (local Government engineer) held an Inquiry at Marrickville on Monday in connection with the council's proposal to raise £50,000 for street…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Glebe Municipal Rates
The Glebe Council has fixed the rating for the current year as follows: -- General, 4½d in the £ on the unimproved capital value: street watering, 1-5d in the £ on improved capital value; loan, 38d in the £ on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shire Councils
JEMALONG (Forbes).—At the last meeting of the council the clerk reported that out of a general rate of £5400 levied in 1912, only £6 4s 11d was outstanding on December 31, and this would be…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cook Federal Council
The usual meeting of the Cook Federal Council was held at the Hall, on Saturday night, the president in the chair, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canterbury Labor Council
An inaugural meeting was held at Kiora Hall. Ca[?]sie, on Saturday, the 21st instant, for the purpose of forming an electorate council under the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Labor Council
A crowded meeting of delegates to the Labour Council was held at the Trades Hail, on Thursday evening last. Mr. Tom Miller (Storemen)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →East Sydney Federal Council
The East Sydney Federal Council met on December 18th at 106 Cathedral-street, Mr. T. Slade in the chair. Surry Hills was the only league not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Western District Labour Council. Lithgow
At a meeting of the Western District Labour Council last night a letter was received, complaining of the action of certain unionists working at two jobs at one time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Annual Meeting Northern District Labor Council
At the Trades Hall, Newcastle, on Saturday night, January 4th, the annual meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Roads and Pathways What Waverley Will Do. Blue Metal Plentiful. the Mayor's Progressive Policy
The estimates for the current year in the Borough of Waverley show a healthy state of financial affairs. accorting to the statistics laid before the special [?] of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Street Lighting at Botany. Dissatisfied with City Council Service
The Australian Gas Light Company's [?] for the illumination of the public th[?] terminated on Lecember it when the [?] entered upon a lengthy contract for [?] by…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Labor Council’s New President. Mr. C. Fox Elected Unopposed
At the last meeting of the Labor Council, Mr. Charles Fox, a delegate of the New South Wales Operative Bricklayers’ Trade Society, was…
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