Retiring Aldermen. Auburn Loses Old Members
At the meeting of the Auburn Council, which was the float gathering of the retiring aldermen, the Mayor announced that four of the present members would not seek re-election…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Sydney · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1914
3,821 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 192
Late Lord Mayor. Peesentation by the Citizens. May Re-enter Municipalism
The ex-Lord Mayor (Mr. A. C. Cocks, M.L.A.) was entertained by a number of his friends at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon, and presented with a gold chronometer, in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Disappointed Ratepayers. Lidcombe's Mayor Postpones Meeting
When it was announced that the Mayor of Lidcombe (Alderman Lidbury) would make a public pronouncement in connection with his party, and also defend the working of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Petersham Trams. Department v. COUNCIL
The Inspector-General of Public Works has informed the Petersham Council that its representations in favor of carrying the new tramline from Petersham Station to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"A Laughing Stock." North Sydney Council
To lift the municipality of North Sydney out of the condition into which the incompetence of the aldermen has allowed it to fall was the aim avowed by the speakers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Alexandria Drowning. Coroner Writes to Council
The Alexandria Council received the following letter from the City Coroner (Mr. H. C. Hawkins):—"I have to inform you that Frederick Claude Hardis was accidentally drown…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A Growing Township. Council to Raise a Big Loan Orange
The Orange Municipal Council is [?] a loan of £25,000, for the purpose of remodelling the council's gas works. [?] the gas [?] and in purchasing plant and carrying…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Strive for More." Labor Council's Policy. High Rent Problem. Advice to Government
When the Sydney Labor Council meets tonight the delegates will have something of an important nature to claim their attention. Mr. Kavanagh. M.L.C., secretary of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Electricity and North Sydney. a Question for the Electors. City Council or Company?
Why should the northern suburbs, as a whole, have to depend, in those days of electricity, upon gas alone for heat and lighting? Why should not Lane Cove and Wllloughby…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Keen Contests. Municipal Aspirants at Enfield
There are between 15 and 20 candidates already in the municipal fray at Enfield in addition to the present members of the council. All the latter are offering themselves for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Local Government. Our State System. Municipalism at Work. a Great City-planner
The death of Colonel Vernon deprives the State of one of the foremost advocates of city beautification. Not only was he an advocate of the city beautiful, but in the many…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Municipal Elections
Under the Local Government Act a general election of all municipalities and shire councils takes place on 31st linst. but strange to say, there is apparently no interest taken by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Municipal Elections. Clerical Errors in Rolls
An important point in connection with the nomination of candidates for the forthcoming municipal election has cropped up in the North-east Ward of the Ashfild…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Libraries. Impressions of Visiting Expert. Praise for the Municipal Institutions
Mr. F. E. Melons, the general secretary of the South Australian Institutes' Association, who has been inquiring into the library movement in this Stake, left for Melbourne last…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Municipal Nomination Paper
"J. K." wants to know how to fill in hie nomination paper under the following conditions: -- He is living on land fronting Pitt-street, in his municipality, which he owns. He also has land fronting Gearge-street;…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Municipal Insurance. Scheme Before Local Government Association
A report by Mr. Garlick, officer-in-charge of local government affairs, on the question of forming an insurance fidelity guarantee fund for shires, and a suggestion that municipalities…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Overdue Rates. Can a Shire Council Recover?
Binalong: asks if a shire council can levy on a landholder's property in respect of a forfeited settlement lease on which arrears of rates are owing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shire and Municipality Legal Points
Belns abstract of the opinions given by Mr. J. W. Maund, honorary sollcitor to the Shiren' Association, on points referred to him, through the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Shire Election Scrutineers
F.T.B. asks:—Can the ratepayers elect a ratepayer to act as scrutineer under the Closer Settlement Act, at the next shire election to be held…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Shire Election Scrutineers
F.T.B. asks:—Can the ratepayers elect a ratepayer to ant as scrutineer under the Closer Settlement Act, at the next shire election to be held…
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