N.s.w. Executive Council. To-day's Appointments
Following appointments were approved by the Executive Council at meeting this afternoon:— Mr. W. F. Jago to be appointed member of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1912
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Preference. Council Gives Way. Substantial Compromise. on Arbitration Bill
The outstanding result of the conference which took place between the Legislative Assembly and the Council last night is the recognition of the principle of preference to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Temora F.s.a. District Council. Preparing for the Arbitration Court
A meeting of the Temora F.S.A. District Council was held on Saturday week, when there were present:—Messrs. William Ness (chair), and J…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Adelaide Strike. Police Escort for Loyalists. Council Stand Firm. Adelaide
The strike of Adelaide corporation employees, who demand 12s 6d a day, began in carnest to-day, when the general scavenging of the city was seriously interfered with. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New Housing Bill. Adopted by the Council. Sir N. Maclaurin on Privileges
The Legislative Council last night agreed, on the motion of the Vice-President of the Executive Council (Mr. Flowers) to expedite the passage of the new Housing Bill through all its…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Preference Granted. Council Makes Concessions Arbitration Bill Conference. Domestic and Rural Workers Excluded
Both Houses of Parliament suspended their sittings last night while their "managers," ten from each House, sat in conference upon the disputed clauses in the Arbitration Bill. Upon…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Local Government. Municipal Cure-all. Garbage Gatherers on Strike
America has discovered a municipal cure-all. To cities where mismanagement and graft flourished the new system has introduced a municipal millennium. The scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Municipal Strike. Paying Off an Overdraft. Adelaide
The corporation employees' strike is extending. This morning the men engaged in [?]ar-paving and maintenance work, and also those employed at refuse destruction and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Municipal Quarries
The suggestion that the City Council should consider the advisability of inspecting metal quarries on the South Coast has been made by Ald. Bourke, He has had a notice to this effect…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bankstown Council. Alderman Tower Resigns
A special meeting of the council was held on Monday evening. Present: The Mayor (Alderman A. Bransgrove), Aldermen White, Dennett, Kennedy, Miller…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Councils
AMAROO (Molong).—At the monthly meeting of the connell a letter was read from the Po[?]aster-General's Department, declining to make any change in the time of the closing and despatch of mails…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Shire Engineers' Conference
The conference of the Institute of Local Government Engineers of Australasia is to be opened by the Lord Mayor in the Town Hall, on April 2, and will extend over two days…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Greater Sydney. the Government Proposals. Waverley Aldermen Disapprove
The Greater Sydney Convention proposals came in for some discussion at a meeting of the Waverley Council last evening, when letters on the subject from Colonel Onslbw…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Parramatta Council
A special meeting of the Parramatta Council was held on Monday. Present: Mayor Collett, and Aldermen Jago, Hill, Noller, DeLow, Champion, Smith, Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Council's Backdown
Although the Arbitration Bill seems to have emerged from the conference a somewhat better measure than when it was first submitted to Parliament, its ultimate value…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →National Council in Tasmania
The Tasmanian National Council of Women has just concluded its annual sittings, extending over three days. Owing to the illness of his Excellency the Governor, the usual friendly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waverley's New Council Chambers
The need for more commodious council chambers has long been fall by those who have had to work or do business in the cramped quarters at present used by the Town Clerk…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Housing Problem. Provision for Evicted Tenants. Deputation to Lord Mayor
The exceptional position created by the tremendous strides Sydney is making, by the extra cost of building material, and by the resumptions by the city Council and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Banned Barbers. Labor Council Divided
Patrons of hairdressing establishments in the city and suburbs where the new tariff of 2d for haircutting and 4d for shaving is in force will shortly be confronted by a colored card…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →General News. Council and Prorogation
Ministers last night were not Inclined to regard the action of the Legislative Council in declining to treat certain measures as urgent in a very serious light, though the opinion was…
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