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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1914

3,821 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 192

Moore-street Extension. Lord Mayor's Statement

The Sun · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 1

Alderman Hagon's proposal to extend Moore-street through to Macquarie-street has not come as a surprise to the Lord Mayor…

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Outside the Boundary. Fire Captain's Discretion. Angry Bathurst Aldermen. Bathurst

The Sun · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 10

At last night's meeting of the Bathurst Council the Board of Fire Commissioners' reply regarding the action, of the Bathurst Fire Brigade not a attending the fire at…

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Sugar Case. Privy Council Judgment. Appeal Dismissed. (By Telegraph from our London Correspondent.) FREMANTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 7

In London on December 17 the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, consisting of the Lord Chancellor and Lords Dunedin, Atkinson, Parker, and Sumner, delivered its…

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Randwick Municipal Elections

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 12

Mr. J. Slater, one of the selected candidates of the South Randwick Progress Association called in at the "Evening News" Office this morning to state that neither he nor Mr. J…

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Local Government. Our State System. Municipalism at Work. Mr. Chamberlain's Retirement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 7

The political side of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain's remarkable career was dealt with in another part of the "Herald," at the time of the cable announcement of his retirement…

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Municipal Life. Memories of Parish Pump. Mosman Candidate's Attack

The Sun · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 6

A remarkable outburst against the municipal life of today was made by Mr. J. C. Eldridge one of the candidates for Balmoral Ward, Mosman, in a speech at a…

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Municipal Elections. Mosman

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 8

At a meeting of the North Ward (Mosman) Ratepayers' Association, Aid, R. S. Guy, Aid. J. J. Glover and Mr. W. F. Henderson were unanimously selected to contest the three seats…

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Ulster Business Men. What Thev Think About the Home Rule Bill. Extracts from the Report of the Council of the Belfast Chamber of Commerce

Watchman · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 5

Your Council have given careful consideration to the Government of Ireland Bill now before Parliament, and feel compelled to state that they fan to find therein…

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Alderman Injured. Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 7

Alderman W. L. Brun met with a serious accident on Wednesday. While driving in a cart the mare bolted. Alderman Brun was thrown out, and the wheel passed over him…

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City Council Muddle. Lord Mayor's Task. Digesting Officers' Reports

The Sun · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 1

The Lord Mayor (Alderman R. W. Richards) stated to-day that he was engaged preparing his report upon the chaotic conditions alleged to exist in the City Council's…

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Lord Mayor's Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 9

The Lord Mayor has received a cheque for £110 from Mr. Murk Foy towards relieving the sufferers by the eruption in Japan. In acknowledging the cheque, the Lord Mayor…

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Called Him Ananias. an Alderman's Complaint

The Sun · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 1

Alderman Beehag complained to the Mayor, at [?]t night's meeting of the Rockdale Council, that the ratepayers in his ward were asserting he was the biggest Ananias in the…

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Shire's Conference

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 6

The executive of the Shires Association will issue the annual report on Feby 24. Resolutions for submission to the…

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Lord Mayor Visits Markets

The Sun · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 4

The Lord Mayor Alderman R. W. Richards, accompanied by the Town Clerk and Aldermen Harris and Barlow, made a personal visit to the Sydney, Municipal Markets before…

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Shire Nominations. Mitchell

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 5

A Ridging: Edwin Thomas Bartlett, Albert Edward Boyton, Frederick, William Cox, John George Crouch, Robert Gowland, George Morrison Harper. B Riding: Carl Heim[?]ich August Obs[?], Charles William…

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Civic Chaos. Lord Mayor's Report

Evening News · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 5

The Lord Mayor of Sydney announced this morning, that he had completed his report on the administration of the City Council respecting whether there have been allegations of…

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Moore-street Extension. Lord Mayor's Views

Evening News · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 4

The proposal to extend Moore-street through Castlereagh, Elizabeth, and Phillip streets to Macquarie-street, was referred to this morning by the Lord Mayor of Sydney, who said…

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Lord Mayor Will Not Be Drawn

Evening News · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 6

When the subject was mentioned to the Lord Mayor, Alderman R. W. Richards, he smiled, and declined to answer any questions. "It is a matter for the…

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Hurstville Council

The Propeller · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 2

At the last meeting of Hurstville Council Ald. Blackshaw moved that estimates be prepared for a penny in the £ local rate…

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Camperdown Destructor. Lord Mayor Will Oppose It

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 7

Ald. Mallett, with whom was Ald. Gilpin, introduced a deputation representative of the residents of Camperdown, to the Lord Mayor yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of…

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