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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1916

3,042 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 153

City Street-cleansing. What the Lord Mayor Says Water Waggons Commandeered

Evening News · Monday 6 March 1916 · page 1

Referring to an article printed in the Evening News last week regarding [?] Lord Mayor in day said [?]…

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Leichhardt Municipal Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1916 · page 5

An election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Alderman Beaumount in the Leichhardt Municipal Council took place on Saturday. Mr. J. J. Fitzgerald, the…

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War Times and Municipal Rates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1916 · page 9

"Ratepayer" writes:- Sir,—I hold property in several municipalities, and it is interesting to note the way the ratepayers are treate in each…

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Naturalised German. Seat on Shire Council. Refuses to Resign. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 7

At a meeting of the Blaxland Shire Council a petition was read from 21 ratepayers setting forth that thw signatories viewed with great anxiety the presence of J. W. Berghofer,…

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Mr. Hughes at Home. a Lord Mayor's Guest. London, Monday Night

Evening News · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 1

Mr Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia, she has just arrived in England via Canada, is in be the guest at [?] to-morrow of the Lord Mayor of Liverpool…

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German Conspiracy Making War in the Lands Of. Neutrals. a Council Indicted

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 3

The German Consul-General at San Francisco. Herr Bopp, has been indicted on a charge of conspiring to originate a military expedition against Canada,…

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Aldermen to Build Cottages

The Sun · Wednesday 8 March 1916 · page 2

When the appeal from the Voluntary Workers' Association of New South Wales was before the Enfield Council last night the suggestion that voluntary labor should…

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Proposed Newtowm Stadium a Clergyman's Request. the Council's Reply

Evening News · Wednesday 8 March 1916 · page 6

In a letter which was read at the Newtown Council meeting Rev. J. J. Willings referring to his inquiries regarding the proposed new stadium to the erected in King-street, Newtown,…

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Newcastle Notes. Labor Council

The Australian Worker · Thursday 9 March 1916 · page 7

The trouble which broke, out recently in the Newcastle Labor Council, owing to an expression by one union of lack of confidence in the secretary, Mr. T. R…

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Fruit and Vegetables Market Facilities Sought Lord Mayor Sympathetic

The Sun · Thursday 9 March 1916 · page 6

"Seek ye first the Greater Sydney, and all these other blessings will be added unto thee." This was the gist of the reply which the Lord Mayor, Alderman Meagher, gave…

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City Council Cold Storage Works

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 March 1916 · page 3

The success of the City Council Cold Storage Works has been proved time and again, but a new testimonial to its efficiency has been furnished through the medium of the awards at…

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Scripture Campaign Council. Annual Meeting

Watchman · Thursday 9 March 1916 · page 2

The Annual Meeting of the Scripture Campaign Council was held on Friday afternoon, February 18, in the Cathedral Buildings, Melbourne; the Rev. J. T. Robertson,…

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No Employers As Delegates. Labor Council Decision

The Australian Worker · Thursday 9 March 1916 · page 17

On March 2 the Labor Council of New South Wales carried a resolution barring employers from taking their seats as delegates from affiliated unions…

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Legislative Council. Trades Hall and Literary Institute Bill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 March 1916 · page 8

The Vice-President of the Executive Council moved the second reading of the Trades Hall and Literary Institute Amendment Bill, and said it proposed to amend the existing…

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Norton Divorce Suit Further Litigation Privy Council Appeal

The Sun · Thursday 9 March 1916 · page 3

The Full Court, consisting of the Chief Justice (Sir William Cullen), Mr. Justice Pring, and Mr. Justice Ferguson, to -day heard an application, on behalf of John Norton,…

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State Parliament. Legislative Council. Soldiers' Grievances. Members' Ventilation. the Trades Hall

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 March 1916 · page 6

In the Legislative Assembly yesterday afternoon question-time was enlivened by some short and sharp passages between Mr. Levy and the Chief Secretary (Mr. George Black). In moving the second reading of the Trades Hall and Literary Institute Amendment Bill, the Vice-President of the Executive Council explained that the measure contained two…

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Lord Mayor's Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 5

The Lord Mayor presided over the weekly meeting of the executive committee of the Lord Mayor's Patriotic Fund at the Town Hall yesterday…

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Shire and Municipality Legal Opinions

The Land · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 6

(Being abstract of the opinions given by Mr. J. W. Maund, honorary solicitor to the Shires Association, on points referred to him, through the Asosciation,…

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Shire Councils. Gulgong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 10

Mr. Francis Stanislaus Ryan has been elected councillor on the Wyaldra Shire Council for C Riding. The voting was: Ryan, 76; Samuel Charles Wright. 28…

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