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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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At the last meeting of the Kensington Progress Association, held in the local School of Arts, the proceedings were of an unusually boisterous character, resulting finally in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A new [?] kilowatt turbine motor generator is required by the City Council for the Power-house at Pyrmont, and tenders were accordingly calted by the electric light committee, with the following result.—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Such as have been made public seeming the huge leaps in expenditure in the City Council must make the ratepayers suspect a great deal of extravagance. The statement furnished last week by the Town Clerk (Mr. Nesbitt) did not contain all the detailed information which the public would have liked to rend but there was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →From the date of the appointment by the Commonwealth Executive of Mr. Fiddington, the Sydney barrister, and Mr. Powers, the Commonwealth Crown Solicitor, to the High…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Another variation of the [?] joke, which set all Europe laughing, has been played upon an innocent German municipality. At [?]hanson, a presentable man, clad in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At last meeting of tho Jemalong (Forbes) Shire Council it was decided in co-operate with the Coonamble municipality in urging upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →When an application for permission to erect a hoarding for advertising purposes in Oxford-street cattle before Paddington Council last night it met with a hostile…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A motion by Alderman Costigan -- "That in future no business be transacted by the council after 10.30 p.m." -- was provocative of a long discussion at last night's meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ALDERMAN W. J. FIGGOTT, who as a member of the Mosman Council and [?] of the Progress Association, has taken an active interest in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Lord Mayer of Sydney is not altogether pleased at the [?] that have been made of late by alderman and in the Press of leakages that are said to have occurred in the city…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following letter was sent to the Lord Mayor yesterday by Commander Evans, R.N., of the Scott Polar Expedition:--On behalf of the surviving members of the British…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Thirteen householders in the municipal district of Paddington, and residing in Comber, Lawson, Harris, Dillon, and Stewart streets, presented claims to the local council last…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The following appointments were approved at this afternoon's meeting of the Executive Council:— Mr. D. S. Edwards as Crown Prosscuior…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The New South Wales Bar Council was recently moved by a requisition of members to give consideration to certain views put forward regarding the somewhat untraditional…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Electric Lighting Committe[?] of the City Council has recommended to the council the purchase of a German "turbo alternator" for the electric plant. The tender was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Mudgee A.H.I. and P. Association recently requested Principal Ports of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, to formulate the Clydesdale the contrasting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Simple Simon" tells a surprising story: -- Is there any hope of having an intelligent administration of the electric lighting service of the City Council? The council is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The action of the New South Wales Golf Council in altering the dates of the open and amateur championship meeting and thus throwing out of gear the arrangements which…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In a statement submitted to the City Council to-day it was shown that the valuations of property for 1913 had been increased by £207,459. The valuation for 1912 was £1,860,347,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →BERLIN, Sunday Evening.--A man dressed in the uniform of an officer, called at Sutterhausen and inspected the municipal books. Finding several thousand marks above the correct amount,…
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