Municipal Activity
The activity in the Upper Hunter Shire should certainly prove an effectual spur to some of the more slothful districts around Sydney. Not only has the Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1918
2,738 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 137
Botany Council Employees
At the request of the town clerk of Botany, Mr. Patterson, of tho Commonwealth Bank, to-day addressed the employees of the council and explained the system of war savings…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queensland Farmers' Union. South Downs Council
At the quarterly meeting of the South Downs Council of the (Queensland Formers' Union, held at Warwick (Q.) last week, delegates were present from Gooinburra, Jnuabee Loch Lomond,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Carmichael's Own Shire and Municipal Help Rivalry of Country Towns
"We need every ounce of strength in the months ahead of supreme trial."--London "Times." YOUR strength is being wasted…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Red Cross Day. Lord Mayor's Appeal
The Lord Mayor (Ald. J. Joynton Smith, M.L.C.) supports the appeal for the Australian Red Cross Day Fund: -- The Red Cross is an emblem which stands…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Ryde Council
This council met on Friday, when there were present Mayor Kelly, Aldermen Lawson, Skinner, Whitfield, Baxter, Anderson, Redshaw and Stewart…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hornsby Council
This council met on Thursday. Present: President P. A. James, Councillors Ramsay, Best, Morris, Moore, Hellmrich, Higgins, Chapman and Crittendon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mayor Wants to Enlist Moss Vale
The Mayor, Alderman A. J. S. Lindsay, stated last night that he intended to go to Sydney to try to join Carmichael's Thousand…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newtown Council's Attitude
When the circular letter in reference to Captain Carmichael's scheme to raise 1000 men or more, suggesting that each municipality or shire should send five men or more…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Unsatisfactory Tram Service. City Council Action
The works committee of the City Council yesterday discussed a communication front the general secretary of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association (Mr. Claude…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Town Clerk's Salary. Blayney Council Grants an Increase
The Town Clerk of Blayney has had his salary increased from £234 to £230. Some few months ago the Town Clerk asked for an increase from £4 to £5 per Week, but his was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Hoist on Whose Petard "Slaughter of the Innocents" at Parramatta Council. Those "Barbed" Motions for Adjournment
It may seem funny to some aldermen, in some councils, to play the selfish game, and to hang up a mass of public business whilst they, by way of motions for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Medals for Soldiers' Mothers. Manly Council's Motion
At the last meeting of the Manly Council, aldermen discussed the following motion, moved by Alderman [?] "That a letter be written to the Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.s.w. Labor Council. One Big Union Proposed. Preamble Adopted
At its meeting on the 4th inst., the Labor Council of New South Wales had under consideration a report by the special committee previously appointed to draft…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Shire and Municipal Help
A keen rivalry is springing up among the shire and municipal councils in their endeavours to obtain the highest number of recruits. Already several towns have issued…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Redfern's Quota Mayor Obtains Three Recruits
Members of the Redfern Council last night expressed themselves in warm accord with Captain Carmichael's scheme to obtain five soldiers in each local governing area in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"We Have No Say" a Mayor's Protest
When the Redfern Council received last night from the Commonwealth Department of Works and Railways the plans of a storehouse in Marian-street, Redfern, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Moving Picture Show The Lord Mayor's Blarney
The Lord Mayor of Sydney is rapidly acquiring a reputation for blarney, but he appears to be wielding the trowel with his tongue in his cheek. In turn he has called…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Labour Council and Ireland
At last night's meeting of the Sydney Labour Council it was unanimously decided to forward the following cable message to Mr. Lloyd George, Prime Minister of England, relative…
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