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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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The shire rate has been fixed at /1½ in the £ on the unimproved capital value. Our standing rates amount to £7000. The council intends to concentrate on the collection of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →At the last meeting of the Lid[?] Council the Mayor, Ald. Phillips, stated that the Public Works Department had asked if the council…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A dispute has arisen between the Randwick Council and the Minister for Lands (Mr. Buttenshaw) about the leasing for 15 years of 10 acres of Crown land in the Matraville…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The proposal that portion of the Queen Victoria Building be leased by the City Council to J. C. Williamson, Ltd., for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In a minute to the Paddington Council last night, the Mayor, Aid. Curotta, said members of certain religious bodies were unable to purchase…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"THEY are quarrelling among themselves," said Ald. Hagon at the City Council Works Committee meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A CONFERENCE of representatives of the City Council and of the unions concerned will be called to consider the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newtown Council decided last night to present. ex-Aid. Charles Turtle with a letter under 'seal of the council acknowledging bis-24 years'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PENRITH, Wednesday.--Following a discussion at a special meeting of the municipal council regarding the relative merits of concreting…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →"My endeavor is not only to turn the Municipal Markets into a non- losing proposition, but also to make a great deal of resumed property…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Mayor of Randwick (Alderman Paine) last night protested against the decision of the Minister for Lands (Mr. Buttenshaw) to permit the erection of a glass factory on Crown…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →IT is expected that there will be a quorum at Waverley Council meeting on Friday to nominate to the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In on open letter to the Mayor and aldermen of Strathfield, on behalf of the unemployed residents of that municipality, a ratepayer, under the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →As a result of Aldermen Stanton and Fielding leaving the Granville Council without a quorum, a special meeting of council to consider, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In broadcast addresses last night, the Lord Mayor, Ald. Parker, Mr. Caldwell, American Consul, and Mr. Lamble, director of the N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At last Thursday night's meeting of the Sydney Labor Council Mr. A. McAlpine was reelected President unopposed. Mr. J. S. Garden was reelected Secretary, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The scene in the Upper House yesterday afternoon. The president (Sir John Peden) is in the chair, and the Attorney-General (Mr. Manning) is standing on the left of the table…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The nominee Legislative Council sat for the last time yesterday afternoon. The final sitting lasted 22 minutes. The benches were well filled by those who wished to have their…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →In a communication to the Auburn Council which was dealt, with at the last, meeting, the secretary of the Federated Municipal and Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The old Legislative Council virtually, died yesterday. It held its last sitting. The new members are elected, the writs returned. All that remains to be done is to swear in the 60…
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