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Council & local affairs, 1927

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Council's Cash Register

The Daily Express · Saturday 22 January 1927 · page 2

The new cash reg[?]ter installed at the Town Rall for the purpose of dealing with the gas account rush each month has proved a great boon…

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New Council Clerk

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1927 · page 4

The Wagga Municipal Council received 24 applications for the vacant position of counter clerk at the Town Hall. There were applications from…

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Progress of Wagga Record of 1926 Outlined By Mayor Expansion In All Directions

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1927 · page 2

In a report presented to the Municipal Council last night, the Mayor, Alderman E. E. Collins, showed that the progress of Wagga in 1926…

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Strike Aftermath Trade Union Council Blamed by the Miners London, Jan, 20

The Daily Express · Saturday 22 January 1927 · page 1

“If we are deserted and forced by fight a lone fight it will be not by the workers that we will be abandoned.” This sentence characterised a…

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A.W.U. Ignores Labor Council Katoomba

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 2

In spite of protests by the Trades and Laber Council, the A.W.U. to-day decided to send a delegate to America with the Industrial Delegation. If Mr…

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Borrowing Power for Municipalities and Shires Amending Bill Promised Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 26 January 1927 · page 1

According to a letter from the Local Government Department the Minister proposes to introduce into Parliament legislation to include…

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Shire Council

Ariah Park News · Thursday 27 January 1927 · page 8

At the last meeting of the Narraburra Shire Council, the following business of local importance portance was transacted-—…

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Town Council

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 27 January 1927 · page 2

The regular fortnightly meeting called for Tuesday night, nearly lapsed for the lack of a quorum. A few minutes before the "statutory limitation"…

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Remits to Council

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1927 · page 5

The committee devoted the greater part of the afternoon to discussing the need, in the producing States, of a unifrom system of gathering data…

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Bonus Squabble. English Offers to Australians. Alderman M'elhone's Views. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 January 1927 · page 3

"The Ponsford incident is relatively of minor importance compared with the bonus squabble," said Alderman M'Elbone, of Sydney, when…

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Council Amenities "A Beastly Liar" Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 January 1927 · page 1

Lively proceedings characterised the meeting of the Waterloo Council last night. They began when Alderman Wilcox called Alderman Blanchard a…

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Junee Municipal Matters Water Restrictions Swimming Pool Improvements. Saffron Thistle Menace

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 January 1927 · page 6

At Tuesday night's meeting of the Junee Municipal Council many important matters were dealt with, including water restrictions, improvements to the Park Dam, and the saffron thistle menace…

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Sewerage Scheme Money Through the Banks Scheme Favored By Mayor

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 1

The Mayor, Alderman E. E. Collins, 'who had been absent in Sydney for nearly a week, returned to Wagga yesterday morning…

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Legislative Council Closer Settlement Bill

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 2

Speaking on the Returned Soldiers and Closer Settlement Bill' in the Legislative Council this afternoon, Sir Joseph Curruthers severely criticised the…

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Sydney Labor Council Bitter Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 2

The Sydney Trades and Labor Council passed a resolution to-night declaring that Mr. E. Grayndler, the general secretary of the A.W.U., who has…

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"Hands Off China." Sydney Labor Council's Decision. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 2

"Hands off China" was the keynote of a long debate at the Sydney Trades and Labor Council meeting tonight, when the Chinese situation was…

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Labor Council Hands Off China A.W.U. Secretary Declared Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 1

“Hands off China was the keynote a long debate at are Sydney Trades Labor Council meeting to-night, when the chinese situation was fully…

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Will Go Grayndler or Another A.W.U. Decides Blow for Labor Council

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 3

On Monday the A.W.U. Conference, sitting at Katoomba, Ignoring the protests of the Trades and Labor Council, and strongly criticising Mr…

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Wagga’s Development Town Thrown on Its Own Resources Govt. Attitude Repudiation of Responsibility Country Town May Develop If Council’s Can Finance Independently

The Daily Express · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 1

If Wagga intenda to have Its Sewerage acheme completed, there is only one course open, and that is for the Council to go ahead and do the work Itself. This is the Mayor’s conclusion after a further visit to Sydney…

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Memorial Gardens Time to Get on with the Work Mayor Favors Early Start

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 1

At the meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council held on January 20, the Mayor, in a reference made to the proposed memorial gardens on the…

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