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Sydney · Council & local affairs
3,821 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 192
In some suburban municipal elections it is difficult to find reasons for supporting one set of candidates rather than another the choice is simply between two personal ambitions, or two local ambitions; neither of which promises to help progressive municipal action. North Sydney, however, provides a clear and distinct issue on which a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Further nominations have come to hand for the election of municipal councillors, polling for which will take place throughout the state on January 31…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Riding.--George Alfred Lalor, Robert Henry Lalor, William Arthur Pearce, James John Pye. B Riding.--George [?] John Carles Page, John Lamb Stewart, Thomas Willmot…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tweed River tells me that bit neighbor's pig-stye is within 2[?] or 8 chains of his door, and Tweed River wishes to know if there is any stipulated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →While Aldermen J. T. Lang. M.L.A. and W. Egan. and Mr. T. Cheetham. who are candidates for the Newington Ward in the Auburn municipality were discussing matters with a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Copeland asks me what wages are allowed by the Wages Board to a person permanently employed as a road laborer by the Manning Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wingham tells me that in May, 1912, be applied for an O.C.P. of 100 acres, and on September 5th, 1912, he applied for an A.C.P. of 100 acres, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three candidates have been nominated for the Lang Ward vacancy in the City Council, caused by the retirement of the ex-Lord Mayor (Mr. Cocks). They are:--…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Several important motions will be discussed at the Hireling of the City Council this evening. Aid. E. Lindsay Thompson is to move for an inquiry into the causes of city fires, with a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News was received by the English mail yesterday that the Federal Steam Navigation Company have just contracted with Messrs. Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The shire elections on Saturday next will probably be fought out on personal and parochial grounds, and the relative popularity of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Town Clerk (Mr. [?] received the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Scone.—If you cannot pay the shire assessment just at present you should write to the president of the council explaining that you are unable to meet…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A correspondent writes:-- I notice that in what is called the "Chippendale Area," a block of buildings is being erected by the Sydney City Council for the purpose of providing…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →One of the big questions that North Sydney is attempting to [?]-or to pat it plainly wants [?]—is the supply of electrical fight and power. On very few matters have the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The list of disqualifications of candidates for municipal and shire elections, so far as it is at present available, indicates that candidates are more liable to be disqualified for the faults…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →It is well that the City Council, in the midst of its discussions of plans for the improvement of the city, should find time to consider the needs of the Municipal Library. Its value to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A portion signed by nineteen persons was read at the Granville Council meeting last night complaining that the cattle straying nulsance in Granville was becoming intolerable…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The polling for aldermen and councillors throughout the State takes place on Saturday, January 31, and already all the polling places have been fixed and the necessary officers…
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