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Council & local affairs, 1914

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Willoughby's Loan. What the Aldermen Think. Reply to Commissioner

Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 1

The report of the Commissioners, [?] investigate willough [?] to-morrow [?]…

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A Municipal Council's Debt. "Pay Up and Explain."

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 2

The Treasury has requested the Municipal Council of Bathurst to transfer £3,018 14s. 10d. due on December 31, 1913, in connection with…

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City Council Applications

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 5

The following applications have been received by the City Building Surveyor:--Erection of pair semi detached dwellings at Centennial park. John Dunstan, architect…

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Evicting a Tenant. Ex-mayor Who Gave Changes

The Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 5

James P. Treadgold, estate agent, who was Mayor of Lelchhardt last year, asked Mr. Payten, P.M., at he Glebe Police Court today to compel a man named Simpson to…

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Cleansing the City. Friction at Town Hall. Lord Mayor's Statement

The Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 7

The Lord Mayor (Alderman R. W. Richards) said this morning that he was aware the city was not what it should be in the matter of cleanliness, and that until the…

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Who Will Be Mayor? Old Brigade and the New. North Sydney Affairs

The Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 1

The six aldermen who are all that are left of the old North Sydney Council of 15 since the sweeping-out process on Saturday, are said to be rivals for the Mayoral chair. Each,…

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North Sydney Lighting. an Engineering View. "City Council Best."

The Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 2

A recent article in your paper on this subject caught the writers' attention. A further reference to this matter in a leading article in your paper and Mr. Cocke's address on…

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The Clean City. Private Company's Offer, Sent Back for Inquiry. Interesting City Council Discussion

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 11

City cleansing and the disposal of garbage were subjects which occupied the attention of the health committee for a consideable time yesterday afternoon…

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Moore Tark Municipal Links

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 7

The club that has been formed in connection with the Moore Park municipal links has recommended to the City Council that the course be made on 18-hole one by laying down an additional nine holes, and…

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New City Council Alderman

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 28

Mr. John Spencer Brunton, senior member of the well-known firm of Brunton and Company, Sydney, is now an alderman of the Sydney City Council, having in the…

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Dangerous Blasting. Drummoyne Alderman's Complaint

Evening News · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 7

A matter which Alderman Byrne considered was serious to persons living in the vicinity of the Marine Parade Drive, Drummoyne, was venthisted at Tuesday night's meeting of the…

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Labor Selects Mayor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 13

BROKEN-HILL, Tuesday.--The P.L.L. met on Saturday night, and, after an exhaustive ballot, selected W. B. Driscoll as Mayor for the current year…

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New Mayors. North Sydney Election. Alderman Anderson Chosen. Twenty Tears in the Council

Evening News · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 9

Alderman Milson, who was Mayor of North sydney prior to the election of the new council, having resigned, it became necessary not only to appoint an Acting Mayor for the period…

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Bathurst's New Mayor. Bathurst

The Sun · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 1

Alderman Wright was last night elected Mayor of Bathurst by 9 votes to 3 over Alderman Beavis. The defeated candidate, in returning…

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Selecting a Mayor. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 20

The P.L.L. met on Saturday night, and after an exhaustive ballot selected Mr. W. B. Driscoll as Mayor for the current year. As Labour is seven to one in the council, this selection…

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Blacktown Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 1

The regular meeting of the Blacktown Shire Council was held on Wednesday, Present: Councillor Willmot (president), and Councillors Pye, Best, Angus and…

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Granville Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 1

The ordinary meeting of this council was held on Tuesday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman West), and Aldermen Willoughby, Pemberton, Douglas, Neilson…

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The Mayor's Allowance. North Sydney's Dignity. Fixed at £100

Evening News · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 14

The question of the Mayoral allowance was one of the first items which the new North Sydney Council was called upon to decide at last night's meeting…

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Australasian Trades-hall Council Scheme Approved

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 10

MELBOURNE,. Tuesday.—A special mooting of the Trades-hall Council was held to-night, to consider a scheme drawn up by a recent Trades Congress in Sydney for tho…

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Electricity for Burwood. Meeting the City Council

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 10

The question of granting the City Council permission to crect poles to carry cables for the purpose of supplying electric current to shopkeepers and residents in Burwood was…

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