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Sydney · Council & local affairs
4,642 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 233
The council held its fortnightly meeting on St. Patrick's Day. The Mayor (Ald. Collett) presided and Ald. Greham, Thomas. Waugh, Jago, Brown, Champion, Bartlett, and De Low were present. Apologies were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Camberwell (London) Borough Council has decided to permit the workmen in their employ to turn into gardens about 20 plots of vacant land at Newlands, on the border…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At a meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council a report was received from Mr. T. H. Houghton, C.E., of Sydney, with details of a scheme recommending the council to borrow…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Lord Mayor of Sydney opened proceedings. He said that he was pleased to welcome men so closely connected with the administration of local government. The Institute, he noted, covered a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In a little alley-way between Ann-street and Albion-street, Surry Hills, the City Council has a stable, which is out of place amongst a lot of crowded houses. But worse…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There have been at various times mishaps with gantry work on city jobs. Stones of several tons weight have slipped from the lewises, or broken away from the dogs. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A council meeting of the Dairy' Farmers' Association was held on Thursday, when representatives from the chief dairying districts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Suffragette":-- In consequence of the above strike, and of the awful inconvenience caused to the public thereby, I would beg to suggest the following…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. W. M. Hughes, the Federal AttorneyGeneral, was interviewed to-day relative to the appointment of Messrs. Piddington and Powers to the High Court Bench, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ald. W. R. Alexander, who on four occasions was Mayor of Hamilton, was last night entertained by the residents of the municipality, prior to his departure on a holiday tour of Europe. The Mayor (Ald. C. G…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The following appointments were approved of by the State Executive Council yesterday:— Mr. H. M. Hamilton, barrister-at-law, to act as a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mosman Council last night rejected a motion by Alderman Walker that the M'rister for Labor should be written to asking him to provide communication between…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At the meeting of the Rockwood Council on Wednesday, Mayor Lidbury had fresh trouble to pour into the ears of his brother aldermen. Only a fortnight ago things…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At a meeting of the Willoughby Council last night the Mayor Alderman Backhouse, submitted the following minute:— In view of the strike of dock hands on…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Granville Municipal Council has been threatened with an action at law, damages being assessed at £1000. At last night's meeting a communication was received from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Enfield aldermen found themselves in a dilemma last night, when Alderman Well suggested that the sanitary inspector should receive increased remuneration in return for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Giving evidence before the Municipal Shire Employees Wages Board to-day, Arthur Ingold, secretary of the local branch of the union, stated that he had been employed on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Amateur athletes and all interested in the sport are expected to assemble at the Sydney Sports Ground on Saturday, when for the first time in the history of the A.A.A. the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"I am very pleased with the manner in which the Government has handled the situation," said the Mayor of North Sydney (Ald. Walker). He had, he continued, been out of town since…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The dislocation of the ferry service was the cause of some very straight talk at a meeting of the Willoughby Council last night, and the Government was asked to take drastic…
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