City Council Business. Motions That Were Carried
Among the motions agreed to at last night's meeting of the City Council were the following: SLIGHT INFORMALITIES IN TENDERS. By Ald. Meagher:—…
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Council & local affairs, 1915
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Quarry Tenders. City Council Supports Private Firm
The proposal to put the Maroubra State Quarries in competition with private enterprise received a bad knock-back at the meeting of the City Council last evening…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →More Loans. Sydney City Council Borrows £300,000
Last week the Sydney Clty Cour[?] negotiated a loan of £300,000 .at 96 at 4 per cent., repayable 'at 'par, in ten years, which means that the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Preference to Unionists. Appreciation by Trades Hall Council
Mr. L. Cohen, speaking at the meeting of the Melbourne Trades Hall Council on January 21 with regard to the enforcement of the policy of preference to unionists by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Government House. Privy Council Judgment. Mr. He[?]ley's Views
Mr. Henley, M.L.A., yesterday made the following statement regarding the result of the appeal to the Privy Council:—"As one of the relators and the hon. secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →High Prices and Low Wages. Labor Council Demands Government Action
The continued raising of prices of food and the continued lowering1 of wages (through shortened time and unemployment) has at last provoked the Labor…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Prison Labor. the Attitude of Trades Unionism. N.s.w. Labor Council's Decision
The half-yearly report of the Secretary of the N.S.W. Labor Council outlines the attitude of organized labor towards employment of prisoners, as defined by the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Should Foreign Workers Be Victimised. a Question for Unionists. Debate at Sydney Labor Council
The conduct of certain unions in their treatment of members who happened to have been born in countries which are now at war against Britain, France, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shire and Municipality. Shires Association of New South Wales. Executive Meeting
A meeting of the Executive was held at the Board-room, 7 O'Connell-street, at 10 o'clock on Tuesday, 12th January, 1915…
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The election of officers was proceeded with last night at the Sydney Labor Council. The results were as follow:--Vice-president, Mr. D. Guihen (Hospital and Asylum Employees):…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Trouble in Granville Council
At the meeting of Granville Council, Alderman Burns moved the suspension of the business paper [?] to permit of a question being asked. This motion was carried, and Alderman…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blacket for Castlereagh. District Council's Decision. Country Party Candidate
At a meeting of the District Council of the Farmers and [?] Dubbe on Wednesday night the candidature of Mr. H.T. Blacket for the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Broken Glass on Beaches. Hole in Municipal Bylaws
A correspondent, writing in this paper on Wednesday, feelingly referred to the sufferings of one of his children whose foot was cut severely by a broken bottle covered by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Municipal Gardener Wanted Action at Manly
Last night the Mayor of Manly (Alderman Keirle), in a minute read to the council, made a practical suggestion in the direction of improving Manly's beaches and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shire Council Chambers
Horesby Council has decided to apply for the Governor's approval to borrow £1650 to be expended upon the erection of shire offices and council chambers. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alderman Barter's Red Bag
Alderman Barter (Prospect and Sherwood) can find no redeeming feature about the council's road-making plant, and if any of the other alderman happen to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Council
The local council met on Monday Present: The Mayor (Alderman W. J. Johnson), Aldermen Ritchie, Lock, Robertson, Egan, Cheetham, Willick, Woodrow, Peat,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Patriotic Funds. Lord Mayor's List
The Lord Major acknowledges the following contributions:— Amount previously acknowledged, £181,732/6/6; Sydney Coaching Shunters, Railway Department, 3rd…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Catechising a Mayor. Who Declines to Answer Questions. Municipal Deadlock at Granville
Whatever the grievance the aldermen of the Granville Council have against Mayor Charlton continues to be locked up within the aldermanic bosom. They are as dumb…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Control of Parks ?
For some time past there has been a proposal before the councillors that the council should take over control of all parks in the shire, and with that end in…
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