Slum Areas. Lord Mayor Takes Action
The attention of the Lord Mayor (Alderman R. W. Richards) has been directed by the Premier to the rocommendations contained in the report of Professor Irvine on…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Sydney · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1914
3,821 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 192
Canterbury Council Attacked
The Ratepayers and Citizens' Progress Association of Canterbury (North Ward) is urging war against the present Canterbury Council over a proposed sanitary contract, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Baulkham Hills Council
This council met on Wednesday. Present: The President, (Councillor Lawson) an Councillors Whitling, Armstrong, Brown, Cranston, and Lowe…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Away with the Slums. Lord Mayor Tares Action
The Lord Mayor yesterday received from the Premier a communication directing his attention to the recommendations contained in a report by Professor Irvine, on the housing…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Botany Election Strife. Mayor and Labor League. Name Erased From Roll
The Mayor of Mascot (Alderman Chipman), who, in defiance of the Labor Executive, Supported Mr. Page, M.L.A., has had his name expunged, from the roll book oft the Mascot…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →City Contracts. Lord Mayor's Power. Where Duty Is Exceeded. Report by Town Clerk
The stir that occurred in the City Council regarding certain contractors being entrusted with work by the Lord Mayor for the time being without the approval of the City Council…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cumberland Argus AND Fruitgrowers' Advocate. with Which Are Incorporated The Cumberland Mercury, River Times, Weekly Advance, Cumberland Free Press and Ryde Electorate Press. Parramatta, January 10, 1914. "Labor" Aldermen
FLUSHED with victory at the recent State elections, the Labor Party is said to be contemplating a raid upon the municipal wards throughout the suburban…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle. Mining Matters. Agricultural Society. the Municipal Elections
[?] with the district's staple industry, particularly those whose [?] them with the miners' wages board now sitting under the chairmenship of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE newsletter. a Paper for the People Municipal Bungling. Redeeming Sydney from Dust and Dirt
There is perhaps no city in the world which has been subjected to more bungling or wrong-doing in regard to its…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Holiday Golf. J. B. Perirer Gets "The Perfect Fluke." Municipal Links
Now that the holidays, with their accompanying competitions, are over, we are sure to have a dull-going period during the next few weeks. A Sydney, golfer, who has just returned from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Municipal Elections
In one respect the State General Election has had a rather disastrous effect on those for municipalities under our local government laws. The larger…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Municipal Elections
With the exception of Kogarah, where the Sans Souci section is stirring up some excitement, little or no interest is being taken in the municipal fight on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In Family Council the Vagaries of Fashion Flounces Again Favored Mode of the Dance Dress of the Future Tight, Narrow, and Comfortless Sheath Skirt Evidently Doomed
The question of evening dresses for the Summer is one that should not be overlooked, as youthful matrons and girls are ever on the look out for the latest idea with which in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Enginedrivers and Municipality. Trouble at Power House
Seen yesterday morning with regard to the trouble that has arisen among the engine drivers and trimmers at the Electric Power House of the City Council, at Pyrmont, the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Municipal Muddling. Waste and Inefficiency New System of Management Needed. Commission Form of Government the Remedy
Those ratepayers of New South Wales who take sufficient interest in the progress of the district in which they live will shortly go through the triennial farce of electing one set…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Clean-sweep Campaign. North Sydney Council Aldermen Specially Marked
The clean-sweep campaign against the aldermen of the North Sydney Council is developing. The elections will be held in a little over a fortnight, and active…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Institute's Lord Mayor. Acknowledges Congratulations
Lord Mayor Richards, of Sydney, has written acknowledging the congratulations of the Institute. He concludes: "I shall be obliged if you will kindly convey to the members of your council my very…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →City Council Works. the Council's Authority
Recently the Finance Committee Instructed the Town Clerk to inquire into certain matters connected with the carrying out of work without the approval of the council having first…
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