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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1913

4,642 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 233

Labor Council Committee of Education. Report Adopted

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 8

At last night's meeting of the Labor Council it was decide that the proprietor of a certain picture show in Redfern should be waited upon by the secretary of the Labor Council and an…

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Council Contract. the Reported "Extras." a Satisfactory Explanation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 9

On investigation yesterday the bottom fell out of the charges made at the last meeting of the City Council as to the payment of £11,000 in extras on a Parramatta-road…

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All a Mistake. £11,000 Not Spent on Extras. the City Council Scare

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 9

The conference of vice-chairmen of the various committees of the City Council, convened for the purpose of inquiring into the allegation that £11,000 had been spent on extras in…

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Municipal Golf

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 12

The success of public golf courses (says "Golf Illustrated") is no longer doubtful, and those corporations which have had the enterprise to institute them are now reaping the benefit, both financially…

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Pure Food. Municipal Dairies Advocated

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 5

Mr. T. R. Bavin, the commissioner investigating Sydney's food supply, continued his investigations yesterday. Mr. H. G. Lloyd, dairyman, of…

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Suburban News Municipal Gas

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 7

The Mayor of Manly (Alderman Jas, Bonner), in his annual report on Friday night, recommended the resumption of the Manly Gasworks…

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Home for Widows. Novel Municipal Venture. Paris

The Sun · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 9

Men and alcohol are both rigidly excluded from the new home for widows, which has just been inaugurated in Havre. It is the first municipal undertaking of the…

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Blacktown Shire

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 7

The ordinaiy meeting of the council of the above was hold in the Council Chambers; Blacktown, on Wednesday (February 19). Present—Crs Wilmot…

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Prayers for the Mayor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 6

Rev. J.H. Mullens, rector of st. Anne's, Ryde, has sent the following letter to Ryde Council:—"My object in writing is to Invite the newly elected Mayor and…

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Teetotal Mayor. a Novel Decree

Evening News · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 4

Recently it was related how M. Lafont, Socialist Mayor of the manufacturing town of [?], in France, aroused the wrath of the licensed victuallers—the history is the slang…

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Pneumonia at Broken Hill. Indignant Aldermen. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 21

Dr. Armstrong's report on the recent pneumonia outbreak at Broken Hill was formally received by the City Council last night. Alderman Polkinghorne thought Dr…

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Ryde Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 9

This council met on Friday. Present: Mayor Summerhayes, Aldermen Reeves, Bernard, Sutton, Anderson, Whitfield, Kelly, and Redshaw. The Mayor…

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Dundas Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 10

Ordinary meeting held on Wednesday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman J. Neil). Aldermen Midson, Auchterlonle, Catt, Watts, Edwards, F. E. Spurway and Smith…

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Sherwood Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 4

This council met on Tuesday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman McCredie), Aldermen Ringrose, Freame, Yeend, King, Murray, Young and Barter…

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St. Marys Council

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 8

The municipal council met last Monday night at the Council Chambers, Present—Ald Campbell (Mayor), Innes, Adams, Garner, Beacroft, Tolhurst,…

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Topical Taps Kogarah's New Mayor Ald. Henry J. SMITH

The St George Call · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 1

The Mayor of Kogarah (Ald. Henry James Smith) who takes his seat today, is a native of Bristol, England, where he was born in 1854. He came…

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Apology to Journalists. Council Climes Down

Evening News · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 14

The British National Union of Journalists was asked the other day by a special committee of the Clamorgan Country Council to accept the committee's explanation and…

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The Privy Council Canadian Dissatisfaction. Ottawa

Evening News · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 2

The Senate yesterday debated the question of the limitation of appeals to the Privy Council on a motion suggesting the adoption of the Australian system…

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New Services What the Council May Install

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 19

Mr. Forbes-Mackay, city electrical engineer, when seen regarding the preparedness of his department to cope with the increased demand for electric illuminant and power, said…

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In Family Council Fashion Fancies Art of Dressing Suitably

Globe · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 11

What is beautiful to and on one woman is not so on another, It is not only what a woman wears, but how she wears it that counts. The successfully dressed woman…

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