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Sydney · Council & local affairs
3,094 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 155
Alderman William Patrick Fitzgerald, a member of the Municipal Labour party, who has represented the Gipps ward for 15 years, was elected Lord Mayor of Sydney yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →By 14 votes to 11, Aid. W. D. Fitzgerald was yesterday chosen as Lord Mayor of Sydney. It was a purely party vote, with the exception that Aid. R. D. Meagher voted with the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Can pedestrians be prevented from walking on city roadways, and allowed only to cross them at certain points? The question was again raised by the Works…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. T. H. Kelly, who resigned from the City Council about nine months ago, after a membership extending over many years, has now returned from abroad. During his absence…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sir,—I enter my emphatic protest against your inaccurate report of what purports to be an account of Eastwood Municipal Council meeting. The report terms with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,--Mr. Charles R. Murphy, chairman of the Australasian Wool Council, published a letter in your issue this week, urging the growers to vote in favor of the scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miss E. M. M'Whirter, headmistress of the Stanmore Domestic Science School, is auxious to secure a playground for her public. Last night, she…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the motion of Alderman. W. H. Lambert, seconded by Alderman W. O'Connor, Alderman W. P. Fitzgerald was elected Lord Mayor of Sydney last…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—In reading the appeal of Mr. T. J. McCabe, on behalf of Mr. R. D. Meagher's candidature for the Sydney seat in the forthcoming elections, I notice he had…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Alderman Milner Stephen, of the City Council, staled yesterday that only one alderman was senior to him in the council— namely, Alderman Arthur M'Elhone, who…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alderman R. Jacksman, of the Waverley Council, was the victim of a cowardly assault in George-street, City, last night. He was crossing the street in front of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Q.—My Council desire you to obtain the advice of the Association's solicitor as to which party should institute proceedings against a person for damages…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →J.P. asks:—What action can a shire council] or [?] Protection Road take against a landholder whose stock are frequently trespassing on the main road(three…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Messrs. Thomas Law & Company's fine four-masted barque, Kinross shire, which is so well known at Sydney and Newcastle, resumed her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Enamelled iron shades (2000), lamp brackets (2000), supply and delivery. (Close 3 p.m.) Cast-iron valves, brass liners, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. C R Arnhri[?]. Shire Engineer. who was suspended on February 16 by the Cul[?]airn Shire Council, peading an inquiry by the Local Government…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A meeting of the above was held at the Town Hall, Forbes. The president (Mr. J. Jelbart occupied the chair, and there were also present: Messrs. W. V. Bartram, E…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There appears to be some dissatisfaction in Blue Mountains Shire over the recent, election in B Riding. The three Councillors were declared elected…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Five hundred (500) and seven, hundred and fifty (750) tons steel girder tramway rails, with fish plates, bolts, nuts, and spikes,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Case.—Under the Crown Lands Act, flection 202, as amended by the Crown Lands (Amendment) Act 1917, Land Boards cannot give permission to…
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