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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1915

2,984 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 150

Shire Councils

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 10

DALGETY (Cooma).—The valuer's report showed the total unimproved value of ratable land at £747,250. Mr. James Barry has been elected to the council [?] fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Mr…

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Local Government. Shire Administraton

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 9

The experience of many residents of Queensland shire councils indicates that the New South Wales Legislature has done wisely in excluding the western areas from the sphere…

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Lord Mayor's Fund. Total to Date, £179,857

The Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 6

The Lord Mayor's. Patriotic Fund has reached £179,857 3s 11d. To-day's contributions were:--T. J. Douglas, £1 1s; Stockton Hospital for Insane…

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Work of City Council Patrolmen

Evening News · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 3

Alderman Mallet wants the city patrolmen to do something to justify the existence of the corps institution by Alderman Clarks when he was Lord Mayor. He asked the health…

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The Shire As a War Horse. Can go Where Tractors Cannot

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 6

The Shire horse is claimed to he the lineal descendant of the old English war horse—the chargers of the knights of old. The Shire, says an English…

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"Coats Off." Aldermen at Work

The Sun · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 4

In view of the stifling heat of last night Alderman Burge, at the meeting of Waverley Council, moved that the council sit in shirtsleeves. Alderman Glasgow seconded the…

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Aldermen and Inspector. North Sydney's Health

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 10

At the meeting of the North Sydney Council last night the annual report of the sanitary inspector was the cause of a breeze amongst the aldermen…

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A Comprehensive Annual Report The Business of Blacktown Shire Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 1

The President (Councillor George Best) presented the following report at the [?eting of Blacktown Shire Council on 13th inst.:-…

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Blacktown Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 3

Regular meeting wednesday, Present: The President (Councillor G. Best), Councillors Stewart, Pringle, Pye, Lalor. The President presented an…

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Shire Clerk Prosecuted. Young

Evening News · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 4

At the local police court, Thomas AstaMord Murphy sued Robert Ru[?]ble, Shire Council Clark, whom he charged under section [?] section 2) of the Local Government Act, with…

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Illawarra Labour Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 9

At a meeting of the Illawarra Labour Council, held on Saturday last, the following motion was carried unanimously:—"That we protest against the action of Mr. Justice…

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Council Employee's Death

The Sun · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 3

At the inquest this morning concerning the death of James May, a City Council sweeper, evidence was given that on December 27 he fell off the wheel of his cart on to his head…

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"A Deliberate Lie!" said the Mayor. The Lights of Parramatta

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 3

At the meeting on Monday of the Parramatta Council a letter was read, among the items of correspondence, from the Australian Gaslight Co., as…

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Great Military Pageant : the Lord Mayor's Show. the Royal Naval Reserve Leaving the Guildhall

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 21

This year's Lord Mayor's Show was the most impressive and most inspiring London has ever seen. All the mock knights and tinselled squires of former years were replaced by soldiers of the Empire, whose sombre khaki, relieved only occasionally by the blue uniforms of naval men, provided the dominant note of the procession. It was virtually a great recruiting march, and its success in that direction was marked. NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT IN THE PROCESSION…

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Baulkham Mills Council. the New RATE-2d in the £

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 2

The regular nicotine of the Baulkham Hills Shire Council was held on Wednesday. Present: Councillor Whitling (in the chair), and Councillors Lawson, Firth;…

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Again Meggitt's FActory. The Plans Once More Discussed. The Lions Roaring in the Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 2

At Monday's meeting of the Parramatta Council the following letter from Dr. Waugh was received:- "As a ratepayer of Marsdan Ward, in…

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Lord Mayor's Fund. Total to Date, £180,005

The Sun · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 6

The Lord Mayor's Patriotic Fund has reached £180.005 2s 9d. To-day's contributions were:--Highland Society (fifth instalment), £9 2s Joseph Kelf,…

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State Tenders for Council Work

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 4

The City Council found itself faced with what at first sight might have seemed a somewhat tightly knotted question on Tuesday, when it had to decide whether to…

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Botany Hoodlums. the Bay-street Corner Push Council Inspector Harassed. Bad Language and Hooting

Evening News · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 1

In his report in the Botany [?] inspector Mr. J. E[?] treatment he receives at the [?]lums while carrying out his [?]…

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Local Government. Our State System. Municipalism at Work. the City Medical Officer's Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 5

Dr. Purdy, Medical Officer of Health for the Combined Sanitary Districts of Sydney, has issued his annual report upon the state of public health in the metropolis. The main…

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