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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1914

3,821 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 192

Lord Mayor's Luncheon. a Large Gathering

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 7

The quarterly meeting of the City Council took place yesterday, and after the business, which was of a purely formal character, was transacted, the Lord Mayor (Alderman R. W…

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"The King." Loyal Toast Ignored. Republican Mayor's Action. Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 10

The Represent[?] of Cr. Webber, Mayor of [?] continue to get hits into trouble. He went to the picnic of employees of Messrs. J. Kennon and Son. When the…

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Candid Opinion. Woollhra Aldermen Criticised. Bund or Incompetent. Strong Letter From Mr. H. D. M-intosh

Evening News · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 8

The Woollabra council received at the last meeting a letter from Mr. Hugh [?] to reference to the works committee's report on the state of Darling Point-road. The…

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Borrowed Paddington's Clerk. Canterbury Council's Plight

Evening News · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 6

At the meeting of the Paddington Council on Monday night, the Mayor, Alderman Kerrigan informed the alderman that at the recent [?] nine aldermen were [?]…

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A Pocket Library. the City Council's Books

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 6

The first thought of the casual wanderer into the municipal library is that he ought to have wandered in before. He has not heard very much about it; he wonders why. Are…

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"Home of the Fleet." Pre-eminence of Sydney. State Governor Honored. Lord Mayor's Luncheon

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 9

There was a highly representative, and in some respects brilliant, gathering at the Town-hall yesterday, on the occasion of a luncheon given by the Lord Mayor (Ald. U. W. Richards)…

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Council's Works Committee Ratepayer's Criticism. Letter Not "Received."

The Sun · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 6

As the outcome of a recent report by the works committee of the Woollahra Council that Darling Point- road was in good order, the members of that committee were last…

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Surf Boats Wanted. for Warringah Shire Beaches. Appointment of Inspectors to Abolish Beach Nuisances

Evening News · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 6

The Waringah Shire Council Chambers last night was crowede with sur[?] who gathered in response to President Quirk's invitation to discuss various matters affecting…

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Une Cove Ferries. New and Old Boats. Council Suggests Improvements

Evening News · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 6

The Balmain New Perry Company has informed the Lane Cove Council of the addition to the service of the sow steamer Lady Edeline, and also of the [?] of running half-hourly…

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Municipal Dwellings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 11

At to-night's meeting of the City Council the finance committee will report adversely on the proposal made by Mr. Sparkes for the resumption and remodelling of part of…

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Municipal Meat Depots

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 5

The suggestion made at the North Sydney Council that meat depots should be established by the council until normal conditions of supply were restored reminds us of the stops which…

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Development of Municipal Enterprise in England

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 5

We are becoming so used to the system of rating on unimproved values that it comes upon us with something of a shock to be 10 minded that the system is not yet in…

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Angry Aldermen. a City Council Breeze

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 7

"If I can't get the protection of the Chair, old man as I am, I'll protect myself." Ald. Jones promised the council he would de this last night, because of some interruption…

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New Mayor

Evening News · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 10

He is a active Smith[?]. His father and uncle started large [?] works there and the business is now carried on by the Mayor and his brother, who are side distinguished…

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The Federal Shire Line

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 4

Messrs. Birt and Co. have been advised that the steamer Somerset, en route from Australian ports to London and Liverpool, left Port Said on…

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Civic Reform. the Lord Mayor Active. an Important Statement. Last Night's Council Meeting. Administrative Muddles

Evening News · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 9

"That is the strongest speech I have ever heard from the their in the council before." was the comment made to the Lord Mayor last night at the close of his contribution to a…

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Wet Women. Manly Alderman Shocked. Surf-bathers in Kiminos

The Sun · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 1

Last night the Acting-Mayor of Manly, Alderman Ogilvy, made some indignant remarks about the way in which many surfbathers went through the streets of the…

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Lidcombe Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 1

This council met on Thursday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman E. L. Kingsley), Aldermen Schofield, Brown, Brewster, James, Wilson, Larcombe and…

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League Council

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 17

The council of the League will meet this evening at the club rooms, when several protests will be dealt with. Mr. A. E. O'Brien, who acted as delegate to the Federal Council in…

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