Sutherland Shire
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 3
The triennial election of councillors for the Sutherland Shire is creating more than ordiniry interest. which is at present centred in the Cronulla urban area, where the retiring councillors, Messrs. Hill and…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 9
The Mayor of Pretoria, who was arrested yesterday, had gone to the strike headquarters to discuss matters with a view to mediation. The Mayor was so engaged when…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 9
Th Lord Mayor acknowledges the receipt of the following contributions towards alleviating the distress occasioned by the recent disaster in Japan:…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mayor of Pretoria's Arrest. Pretoria, Jan. 16
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 9
The Mayor of Pretoria, whose arrest was mentioned yesterday, had gone to the strike headquarters to discuss matters with a view to mediation. He was so engaged when the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Not Compensation. Shire Councillors and Expenses. [?]
Evening News · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 6
For some time past the question of travelling expenses paid to councillors has ben before the [?] Council. A letter from a ratepayer [?] that a certain councillor had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Civic Chaos. Officials May Be Dismissed. Lord Mayor's Proposal
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 9
The report of the Lord Mayor (Alderman R. W. Richards) on the conditions obtaining in the City Council service, is completed, and will be presented to the council at its…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Soil Light Railways. Work for Shire Councils. to Lighten Producers'
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 7
Settled districts, which lie 10 to 20 miles from a railway in New South Wales have, under our present system of railway building, to look forward to a future which will remove…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Municipal. Goulburn
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 10
Last year the Municipal Council approved of 85 applications for buildings and alterations. The cost of the works was £50,682. JERILDERIE, Friday…
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The Sun · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 2
Ratepayers in the Paddington, Woollahra, Waverley, Randwick, and Vaucluse municipalities will have a plenitude of candidates from which to make their selections on…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 12
The desire of many ratepayers in the forthcoming election is to infuse new blood into the Paddington Council. Every ward is to be hotly contested. There are eight aspirants for the…
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The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 2
The following nominations for the Shire Council elections are additional to those published on page five of last issue:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alderman Cooks. Resigns His Seat in Council Explanation at City Bank
Evening News · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 7
At the half-yearly meeting of the City Bank of Sydney, this afternoon, Alderman A.A.C. Cooks was re-elected as one of the board of directors, having previously resigned in…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 9
The Lord Mayor acknowledges the receipt of the following contributions towards alleviating the distress occasioned by the recent disaster in Japan:…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Badly-made Road. Drummoyne Alderman's Complaint
Evening News · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 5
A good deal of [?] exists in North Ward. [?] to regard to a new road in that part of the suburb Alderman Foley, in writing to the Mayor, said: " I am desirous of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shire and Municipal. the Local Government Act
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 4
Deniliquin asks me where he could obtain a copy of the Local Government Act and the shire ordinances. Answer: A copy of the Local…
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The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 3
Mr. J. R. Solomons, shire engineer for Guyra, died suddenly at his home in Armidale on Wednesday night. Deceased had not been well-for some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Australian Workman. an Alderman and Electrical Engineer
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 9
AW. Meagher made an attack on Mr. Forbes Mackay, the city electrical engineer, at a meeting at the Town- hall yesterday afternoon. The trouble arose out of a statement attributed to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Transference to a Shire
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 4
Murwillumbah.—You would require to have some very substantial grounds before you could induce the Governor-in-Council to include the portion of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →City By-election. Ex-lord Mayor Resigns
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 10
The ex-Lord Mayor (Aldcrmnn A. C. Cocks, M.L.A.) last night announced illa Intended retirement from'the City Council. Alderman Cooke, who has represented Lang…
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The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 4
Cooma asks me if a shire council's balance sheets are open for public inspection. Answer: The books of shire…
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