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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The contest for a City Council vacancy on Saturday between Mr. W. Brunton, iron merchant, and Lawrence Cohen-- a direct Labor nominee-- resulted in a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alderman Griffin, President of the N.S.W. Local Government Association, is the representative of the municipalities on the Municipal Employees' Wages Board. There is evidently a suspicion that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Manly has an area of about four square miles. It is bounded by Curl Curl Lagoon on the one side and North Head quarantine ground on the other. And it stretches all the way back from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ARMIDALE.—Mr. Wm. Dark, civil engineer, who has been conducting an investigation regarding the local gas works with a view to bringing them up to date, concluded his task on Saturday. After making many…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →HYRON(Byron Bay).—At the last meeting of the council the clerk notified that the proposed expenditure for the year 1913 would be about £16,000. It was decided to strike a rate of twopence in the £,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Municipal Council decided last night to cancel its support of the fire brigade "rather than accede to the exorbitant demands of the Board of Fire Commissioners."…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Alderman Meagher will move at to-night's meeting of the City Council that fresh litigation be commenced against the Federal Government for the recovery of rates, in view…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Following appointments were approved by the Executive Council at this afternoon's meeting:—Mr. Justice Ferguson, to act as an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The details of the decision on December 10 of the Privy Council in the appeal James Leslie Williams v Cornelius Dolohery from the finding of the Supreme Court of this State,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Speaking at the picnic given by the Mayor of Manly, at Narrabeen yesterday, to the manly Carnival Week guests, who had assembled from all parts of the State, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Lloyd George, replying to a question in the House of Commons to-day. said that the Government proposed to increase the strength of the Judicial Committee of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A meeting of the Tamworth F.S.A. District Council was held last week, Mr. W. J. Peck (president) in the chair, other members present being Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cabinet is about to summon a Grand Council in order to decide the question of peace or further war. Further reinforcements from Asia Minor…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Grand Council of Ministers met yesterday, and many civil, military, and religious notables were present. The decision has not been disclosed, but it…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The "Sun" has made special arrangements with D. G. Soutar to write a special article on golf, and it will appear on Tuesday in each…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Municipal Wages Board, sat at the Newcastle Council Chambers yesterday to take evidence on the claims of the councils' employees' union. Mr. T. H. Jackson is chairman of the board, and Messrs. Griffin and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the Mayor of Manila reception to the visiting Mayors and aldermen, Colonel Ryrie, M.P., said he was a very disappointed man. He had always understood that an alderman was a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →At last night's meeting of the City Couneil Alderman Lawrence asked the Lord Mayor (Alderman A. Cocks, M.L.A.) whether on the night of tho Blayney election he had attended…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →For some months past the Enfield aldermen have been a very happy family, and the ratepayers' portion of the council chambers has in consequence been deserted. Last week,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This council met on Thursday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman A. Bransgrove), Aldermen Miller, Hoskins, Huston, White, Watson and Scanlan…
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