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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1916

3,042 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 153

Lidcombe Council's Legacy

Evening News · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 2

The Mayor [?] at [?] that council meeting that [?] is the Mayorn chair in…

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St. Marys Council

Nepean Times · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 6

We regret that owing to late receipt of report of last meeting of St Marys Council (held on 29th December last), and through pressure on our…

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Baulkham Hills Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 9

The regular meeting of the Baulkham Hills Shire Council was held on Tuesday. Present, the President (Cr. R. Lowe) and Councillors Whitling, Brown, Firth and…

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Dundas. the Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 8

Regular meeting Wednesday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Auchterlonie), Aldermen Catt, Watts, Edwards, Nell, Taylor, Greenwood, Turks and Spurway…

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In Family Council

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 12

It is but reasonable that everyone, men as well as women, should admire the vivacious woman, for in many respects her brilliancy and the are infective, readily transforming the…

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Australians Who Took Part in London's Great Pageant—the Lord Mayor's Show. Marching in the Lord Mayor's Show

The Mirror of Australia · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 10

Australian troops marching in the Lord Mayor's procession on Its way down Fleet Street. Our boys formed one of the most striking units of the great pagennt…

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Council's Liability. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 17

An interesting point, touching the liabilities of local bodies in connection with damage done to private property by storm-water, was discussed at the last meeting of the Turon…

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As to Recruiting Discussion in Parramatta Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 4

A discussion, on the subject of recruiting in New South Wales—and, in fact, in the Commonwealth generally—took place at the meeting of the Parramatta Council…

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A Clean Municipality

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 11

The hollowness of the agitation against the introduction of a system of garbage collection for Lidcombe was clearly and forcibly shown by the Mayor and several…

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Municipal Ignorance

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 11

Alderman Brown says he was willing to support those who objected to the garbage system, as far as clipping the outlying parts of the municipality out of the…

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The Empire Is Changing Before Our Eyes Shall We Have an Executive Federal Council After the War ? PROF. J. H. Morgan, of London University, Says: "We Must Find Our Imperial Policy Not in Development on the Legislative Side but on the Executive."

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 January 1916 · page 19

IN the course of a lecture, described by Lord Rosebery as "most fascinating," Prof. J. H. Morgan, In University College, London, dealing with the "War and the Political Unity of Empire," said, among other things: "We shall have to revise a great many of our legal and political notions, and I may be that the…

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New Lord Mayor Alderman Meagher Appointment Probable

The Sun · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 5

The Lord Mayor of Sydney will be appointed at to- morrow's meeting of the Executive Council. It is practically certain that the Cabinet will recommend Alderman Meagher…

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Alderman Meagher. Probable Lord Mayor. Cabinet Decision

Evening News · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 5

The New South Wales Cabinet sat for three hours this afternoon disc[?]sing among other matters the appointment of the Lord Mayor of Sydney. at the concision of the meeting the…

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Lord Mayor Welcomes Recruits. London

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 2

The Lord Mayor is making a stirring appeal for enlistment. He attends ai the Mansion House daily in order personally to welcome recruits…

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Recruiting Boom. Parramatta's War Committee Alderman Wants to Enlist Straight Talk

Evening News · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 4

At a public meeting held In P[?] last night to form a War Service Committee in connection with the new recruiting campaign the procedure to be following with regard to…

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The War Loan. State War Council's Appeal. Why All Should Subscribe

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 4

The State War Council has issued the following appeal to the people of New South Wales:-- The self-imposed task which Australia has undertaken, and the splendid achivements of…

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Fire Commissioners. Municipal Representative

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 6

In connection with the forthcoming election of a member of the Board of Fire Commissioners by the city and suburban municipal councils, which takes place on February 1, It…

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Lord Mayor. Alderman Meagher to Be Appointed. Settling the Deadlock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 13

There is no longer any doubt about who is to be appointed as Lord Mayor of the city for the current year. At to-day's meeting of the Executive Council, Alderman R. D…

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The Stipulation. Required Of New Lord Mayor What Alderman Meagher Has Agreed

Evening News · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 4

The Premier last night explained the nature of the stipulation required from Alderman Meagher and the Labor Caucus in the City Council as a precedent to Alderman Meagher's…

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