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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1916

3,042 stories in Sydney's papers · page 50 of 153

Council Meeting

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 8

The regular meeting of the Baulkham Hills Shire Council was held on Tuesday. Present: Councillor C. Brown (President), and Councillors Lawson, Firth, Rowe…

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Council Meeting

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 2

The Auburn Council met on Monday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman T. Cheetham), Aldermen Egan, Atkinson, Ritchie, Lock, Robertson and Woodrow. The…

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Council Meeting

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 8

The fortnightly meeting of Ryde Council was held on Friday. Present: The Mayor Ald. J. Kelly, Aldermen Whitfield, Summerhayes, Sutton, Anderson…

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Council Meeting

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 5

The Mayor (Alderman J. G. McBurney), Aldermen Stimson, Canbury, McEachran, and Crompton braved the elements on Monday nigh7t and attended…

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National Council of Women

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 18

Her, Excellency Lady Helen Munro Ferguson, patron of the New South Wales Council of Women, was present at a meeting of the council on Thursday at Stanway House…

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Ermington & Rydalmere. Council Meeting

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 8

Regular meeting held on Wednesday, Mayor Jack in the chair. Applications for permission to build, etc., were approved as follows:—F. W. Steel, for a…

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"An Insult to the Council."

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 8

A letter was read at Rydalmere Council meeting on Wednesday from the Inspector-Goneral of Police, stating in reply to a request for telephone…

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French Jekyll and Hyde. Perspective Mayor Who Proved to Be a Burglar

The World's News · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 2

HENRI CAUMONT, a municipal councillor of Mascaras (Gers, France), who for some years has apparently been leading a Jekyll and Hyde kind of existence, has just been arrested…

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In family Council Helps for Our Housewives Week's Varied Dietary Suit Family of Five Total Cost, £1 1s 8d

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 20

In order to supplement the information given in recent issues on food values, it is proposed now to show how those foods may be used to provide wholesome meals to meet the…

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That Charge of Collusion. The Engineer Exonerated by his Council. His Reply to the Charges of Shortage. Accuses the L. G. Officer of "Third Degree" Methods

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 10

A special meeting of the Granville Council held on Tuesday, the business of which was described as a "discussion of a report from examiner Truman." That…

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Meat Employees' Council

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 April 1916 · page 10

During the past week the Federal council of the Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union has been meeting in Sydney to draw up conditions for the various States. New…

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Ousted Aldermen High Court Applications

The Sun · Monday 17 April 1916 · page 3

An application for leave to appeal from the decision of Mr. Justice Ferguson in ousting Ebenzer Ford from the position of an Alderman of Enfield was made in the High Court…

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Lord Mayor's Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 April 1916 · page 5

The Lord Mayor presided over the weekly meeting of the executive committee of the Lord Mayor's Patriotic Fund held at the Town Hall on Thursday. Seventy-four applications were dealt with, and…

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Enfield Alderman. Application to High Court

Evening News · Monday 17 April 1916 · page 3

On behalf of Ebenezer Ford, Mayor [?] an application was made by [?] to the High Court of Australia [?] this morning. for [?]…

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Privy Council Appeal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 April 1916 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday.--In the Privy Council case Attorney-General of Queensland v. Attorney-General of Australia, a petition for special leave to appeal, the Lord Chancellor (Lord…

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Working for the Soldiers. Parramatta Council's Refusal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 April 1916 · page 6

The Parramatta Council has declined to call a public meeting to form a branch of the Voluntary Workers' Association at Parramatta, which has for its objective the building of…

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A Council's Costs

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 April 1916 · page 4

A deputation from the Balmain Council yesterday asked Mr. Hoyle, Assistant Treasurer, that the Government should bear the cost of litigation in which the council had been…

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State War Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 April 1916 · page 9

Lady Helen Munro Forguson, accompanied by the Premier, Mr. Holman, who is chairman of the State War Council, paid a visit to the administrative buildings yesterday afternoon…

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Local Government. City Council Rate

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 April 1916 · page 9

The City Council, as was expected, determined to levy its whole rate upon the unimproved value basis, the rate being struck at 4d in the £. This will leave a deficit of £18,000,…

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Building, Tenders, and Plans. City Council Workmen's Dwellings

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 April 1916 · page 5

The proposal of the City Council to erect more workmen's dwellings at Chippendale is likely to be productive of a fierce discussion when the scheme comes up for adoption. Not…

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