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Sydney · Council & local affairs
2,547 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 128
"Councillor" asks:—At last'.meeting of — Shire a discussion took place concerning the apportionment of the general subsidy (endowment). One…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →When we went to press last week, the Executive was dealing with the question of workmen's compensation. Other business transacted was as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Sydney Labor Council last night sat late in discussion upon the course it would pursue in regard to the matter of unemployment. Finally it rejected the proposal of the council's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The overseer recommended at last council meeting that £100 be placed on the new estimates for expenditure on Model Farms road. Respecting new road, from…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The regular meeting was held on Tuesday, February 13, when there were present Aldermen Smith (Mayor), Glover, Walker,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Auburn Council met on Monday, Present: The Mayor (Alderman T. Cheetham), Aldermen Webber, Ritchie, Ibbett, Willick, Robertson, Lock, Brotherson…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Lidcombe Council met on Tuesday. Present: The Mayor (Aid. W. Brown), Aldermen Bachell, BrewsTer, Larcombe, Wilson, Kingsley, James and Burke. An…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The monthly meeting of the Council of the Sunday School Department was held on Monday evening last, the President of the Conference in the chair. Leave of absence was granted to Mr. W. Cresswell O'Reilly, B.A.,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the last ordinary monthly meeting of St. Mary's municipal council, held at the Council Chambers, St. Mary's, there were present:—The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the Council Chambers; Lawson; at the inaugural meeting of the Blue Mountains Shire Council, as constituted per results of recent elections…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A female resident of Dick-street Hanley, made a complaint at the last meeting of the Hunter's Hill Council. The asked the council to at once sea to the undergrowth which, she…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the meeting the Mayor (Alderman McBurney), Sherer, Crompton, Hanbury Stimson, Asimus and McEachern were present. Canley Vale Parents' Association…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dundas Council, at its last meeting, decided to forward a copy of the following resolution to Miss Cox, of Pennant Hills—road, Carlingford:—"That this council…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The suggestion of Mr. Bagnall for a representative delegation comprising men holding the confidence of the sections of the people they represent to be sent to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →During the past week violent and vicious attacks of influenza followed the advent of a series of unprecedented fogs. It is rumoured that the worrying epidemic originated to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →There was a [?] Council Electric [?] station, in Little [?] morning, as a [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There is an excellent institution in Sydney which is doing fine work from an educational standpoint, an institution which if it were known to many thousands of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The ward balances presented to Wednesday's council meeting allowed a credit balance in Ermington Ward of £67/17/5, and in Rydalmere Ward of £14/11/3. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The following extract was translated from an article which appeared in the Petit Parisian : "Madame Adeline is forty, and perhaps over, her grey bands of hair soften her energetic…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →It will surprise and interest many people to learn that there is in Sydney a library of some 30,000 works at their command, free of charge. The institution, lacking as it does…
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