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THE MOVEMENT TO FORM A MUNICIPALITY OF ROSE BAY HAS BEEN REVIVED. The proposal, if put into effect, will mean the separation from the Woollahra and the Waverley councils, which now go vern it, of a large area, with a population of approximately 15,000. The proposed boundaries of the new municipality are the whole of Bellevue Ward, and, on the Waverley side, from Murriverie-road to the lighthouse reserve…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Grave-digging is the latest part to be filled by an alderman. At the last meeting of the St. Peters Council Alderman Nicholls stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The brethren of Loyal Freedom No. 2, L.O.L., entertained Bro. David Gilpin, Lord Mayor of Sydney, at a banquet on Wednesday, February 28…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Before commencing the business of the Manly Council last night, the Mayor (Alderman Keirle) reported that the committee appointed to…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Some time ago the Waratahd Council convened a meeting of representatives of councils in the Newcastle district to consider the creation of a Newcastle County Council. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Laden with general cargo from Liverpool and ports, the Scottish Shire steamer Banffshire arrived at Fremantle on Tuesday last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australia will not be represented at this year's Davis Cup contests. This decision was arrived at by the Australasian Tennis Council…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Local Government Department has received a letter from the Woollahra Municipal Council asking for the proclamation of a new ordinance, to apply to Woollahia, to vest…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. V. C. Thompson, M.P., hon. secretary of the northern now State movement, wrote to the last meeting of the municipal council, inviting the council to send one or more…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →It is a peculiar feature of local government that, while the view of the central department, and in fact every outsider, is for the creation of larger areas, nearly all the active…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WEST MAITLAND.--The muchvexed question of the rating of farm and grazing, lands within municipal areas was discussed at a meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At last night's meeting of Hurstville Council Alderman Johnson, of Peakhurst Ward, who has not attended a council meeting for some time, asked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When the City Reform Party's scheme for the better housing of workers comes before the next City Council meeting it will be found that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This Council met last evening, AId. Johnson was absent, but applied by letter for leave of absence, which was granted for two months from date…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This Council met on the 9th inst. The Mayor's Minutes appeared in our last issue, the chief of the business was as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At a meeting of the Botany Council it was decided to subsidise the South Sydney Hospital with £75 per year…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At the Town Hall on Monday evening, April 9th, a very representative gathering assembled at the invitation of the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At a meeting of the Manly Council on Wednesday night it was unanimously decided to reject the tender of Messrs. Higgins and Mayoh to construct an ocean pier. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The complement of the Banffshir[?] which arrived at Fremantle to-day, tell a highly colored story of the experience of their vessel during the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →At the last meeting of the Labor Council, the following resolution was submitted by the Sydney branch of Federated Ironworkers. It reads : (1) That this Council affirms the principle of…
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