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"The Town Hall is not sacred edifice." remarked the Mayor of Auburn (Alderman W. J. Johnson) at Monday night's meeting of the council. [?] some of the scenes I have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Glebe Council stands accused of polluting the ocean beaches by depositing garbage and rubbish into the sea less than one mile from the land…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The regular meeting of the Parramatta Council was held on Monday. Present: Mayor J. H. Graham and Aldermen Champion, DeLow, Collett, Bartlett, Smith,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →During the felicitations at the "turning on of the light" of Friday last, Parramatta was complimented by public men present upon the excellent council in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →With regard to building operations in the Municipality of Bexley, the inspector (Mr. Devene) reported to the council last night that the record for the year, considering all…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Warrant-Officer Charles Cawood, [?]ne of the 'oldest volunteer soldiers in the State, has been dismissed from the service of the Parramatta Council…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The state of Farrelly's-lane, Bondi, and the recent action Waverley Council v. Mac[?] produced a warm discussion again in Waverley Council at Tuesday night's meeting, when a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On Monday evening, at the regular meeting of the Parramatta Council, the Mayor (Alderman Graham) expressed his pleasure at being in a position to present such…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There was, on the evening of January 1st, 1915, a fairly large gathering of representative citizens at the official switching-on of the electric light at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"A report was prepared on this subject as far back as 10 months ago," said the Town Clerk (Mr. Nesbitt) when the matter of the procedure to be followed in the election of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Lord Mayor's Patriotic Fund has reached £177,363 14s 1d. To-day's contributions were:--Dungog Patriotic Fund (third instalment), £96; Mt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"I have bad enough of this Board of Health," said Alderman Kingsley (Mayor of Lid[?]m[?]). at the council meeting, we should rise, obtain the assistance of neighbouring councils, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The proposal to grant retiring and holiday allowances to Mr. W. M. Gordon, ex-City Surveyor, and Mr. J. P. Webster, formerly Superintendent of City Cleansing, wan again…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →London cables announce the re-appearance in the limelight of the Rev. R. J. Campbell, who gained considerable newspaper prominence some years ago as an exponent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Some important cases affecting ratepayers and municipal authorities were decided by Judge Fitzhardinge recently. The councils sued ratepayers for lighting rates. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Sydney, which has the highest revenue of any municipality in the State outside the city of Sydney expects to receive about [?]56,000 for expenditure during this year. In spiel of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →NYNGAS,--At the Bogan Shire Council meeting yesterday. it was decided to erect traffic notices throughout the Shire A valuation, showing the unimproved capital value as [?]531,821, was adopted A rate of one…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →At last night's meeting of Hurstville Council Ald. Cross, Collins, and Grant submitted a motion that the resolution recently…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tnnuirer asks:—A shire councillor in council opposes the acceptance of the shire valuer's assessments on the whole of the property…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Lord Mayor is determined that if he can prevent it the practice of punting refuse to sen will not last very much longer in this city. It is understood that a minute has been…
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