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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1916

3,042 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 153

Labour Council. Employers Excluded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 April 1916 · page 8

At last night's meeting of the Sydney Labour Council the question whether employers of labour should be permitted to sit as delegates on the council was again considered…

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P.l.l. Council Reconstituted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 April 1916 · page 5

At a meeting of delegates from the Annandale, South Annandale, and Forest Lodge[?] branches of the P.L.L., which are all within the Annandale State [?]lcetorate, it was…

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Employers Barred. Labor Council Decision

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 April 1916 · page 6

Whether an employer of labor should be promitted to hold the position of delegate to the Sydney Labor Council was again under discussion by that body last night…

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Grafton Council. No Nominations. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 April 1916 · page 7

No nominations have been recevied for the six vacancies in the Grafton Municipal Council. General opinion favours the Government administering civic affairs till the next…

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Supreme Court. in Banco. (Before Mr. Justice Street, Mr. Justice Gordon[?] and Mr. Justice Harvey.) Litigation Over Land. Everingham v Penrith Municipality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 April 1916 · page 5

Mr. Leverrier, K.C., and Mr. D. S. Edwards[?] f[?]nstructed by Messrs. Dawson, Waldron, and Glover, appeared for the defendant in support of an appeal from the decision of the…

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The Late Mr. Jas. Angus Shire Council Adjourns

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 11

The ordinary meeting of the Blacktown Shire Council was held on Monday (in place of Wednesday, owing to the Sydney show being held this week). There were…

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Improving Shire Property

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 8

The Hornsby Shire Council has accepted the tender of Messrs. Clark and Gillette, at £7.4, for the erection of a dwarf wall, with galavanised tubular railing in…

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The Mayor Complains of Discourtesy

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 8

There was a heated discussion at the Ryde Council meeting on Friday, following upon the reading of a letter from Lieutenant Geo. Fitzpatrick hon…

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Resignation of Shire President

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 6

At the meeting of the Blacktown Shire Council on Monday, Councillor John Angus tendered his resignation as President, in consequence of the death of his respected…

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Council Meeting

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 5

Meeting held on Tuesday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman J. E. Anthony) and Aldermen Lee, Clarke, Hope, Critchley, W. Stimson and Paine. The licensing…

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Council Meeting

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 8

The regular meeting of the Ryde Council was held on Friday. Present: The Mayor. (Alderman J. Kelly), Aldermen Summer-hayes, Fitzroy, Whitfield, Sutton…

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Council Amenities

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 8

Alderman Douglass: I signed the guarantee for this telephone box (in Mitchell-street) some time ago, but so fur it has not materialised. We should write and…

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Penrith Council

Nepean Times · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 2

At the ordinary meeting of the Penrith Municipal Council on Wednesday evening of last week there were present. The Mayor (Ald D. Fitch)…

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Ex-Mayor Johnson's Impressions. The Filth of Cairo

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 12

Writing, under date March 6, from Egypt to an Auburn friend, Corp, W. J. Johnson (ex-MAyor_ says:—"I am alive among the multitude, and so…

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The Council and the Press

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 2

We are pleased to be able to state that the attitude of the Granville Council, so far as the treatment of the Press at the council meetings is concerned, is swinging…

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W.A. Legislative Council[?] Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 14

The following nominations have been received for the Legislative Council:— West Province[?] Sir Henry Briggs and F. A. Balin Metropolitan Province, W. E. Kingsmill…

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Not Frightened. The Mayor Breaks Away to Reward a Good Officer. Sherwood Shaw's Salary

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 3

At the Prospect and Sherwood Council meeting on Tuesday, the Mayor (Alderman R. Donnelly) moved that the salary of the town clerk (Mr. Shaw) be…

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Victorian Labour Council. Annual Conference. Conscription Opposed. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 13

The annual conference of the Political Labour Council of Victoria was opened to-day at the Trades Hall. Owing to the death of the president (Mr. L. Cohen), Mr. E. J…

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Scene in Council. "I'll Give You a Smack in Chops!"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 5

The usual peaceful calm that has reigned for years in Liverpool Council was broken at this week's meeting, when an alderman leaned over the…

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In Family Council the Care of the Hands How to Enhance Their Beauty Some Practical Advice

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 20

So white, so soft, so delicate, so sleek, As she had work a lily for a glove Nothing is more graceful, more comely, more truly the mark of the patrician, than a…

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