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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1918

2,738 stories in Sydney's papers · page 50 of 137

Returned Men and City Council

The Sun · Monday 22 April 1918 · page 6

The City Council will, at to-morrow night's meeting, discuss the advisability of appointing disabled returned soldiers to take charge of the lifts at the Queen Victoria Markets…

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Municipalities' Efforts. Only Two Fail

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 April 1918 · page 6

Only two municipalities--Broken Hill and Quirindi--have failed so far to show any practical result in response to the appeal. The Mayor of Petersham has agreed to…

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An Alderman's Opinion. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 April 1918 · page 11

"This might be the last chance you have of offering your services voluntarily, for at any time now so serious is the crisis. Britain may issue a proclamation,…

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Another Wild Night with Allen's Cow. The Law and Jaw of Parramatta Aldermen. Parramatta Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1918 · page 1

The regular meeting of the Parramatta Council was held on Monday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman J. W. Hill) and Aldermen Bartlett, Smith, De Lew…

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Kuringai Shire Vacancy

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 April 1918 · page 5

Yesterday at noon the returning officer for the Kuringai Shire (Mr. J. A. Gilroy, shire clerk) officially declared Mr. Arthur Ernest Hough, wharf manager, returned unopposed for…

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City Council and Boxing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 April 1918 · page 12

At the meeting of the City Council last night details were furnished of the conditions under which permission had been given to Messers. Wirth Brothers to hold mixed boxing,…

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Rise for Council Staff

Evening News · Wednesday 24 April 1918 · page 2

The meeting of Mo[?]man Council last night was particularly interesting to the office staff. as most of them receive an increase in salary. On the recommendation of the finance…

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Defence Council. First Meeting Held

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 April 1918 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- The newly-constituted Council of Defence, which was created with the object of co-ordinating the work of the Defence Department more completely with…

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Insufficient Trams. City Council Deputation

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 April 1918 · page 13

At the meeting of the City Council last night, it was decided to send deputation to the object of securing improved tramway facilities…

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Fresh Tenders. City Council's Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 April 1918 · page 13

The City Council last night, on the motion of Ald. Farrell, rescinded the resolution passed on March 30, accepting the tender of the North Bulli Company for the supply of coal for the…

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City Council's Finance. Change of Banks

Evening News · Wednesday 24 April 1918 · page 6

In reply to a series of questions by Alderman Richards, the Lord Mayor (Alderman Joynton Smith, M.L.C.) stated at the City Council meeting on Tuesday that the council's…

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W.a. Elections. Nominations for Council

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 April 1918 · page 7

PERTH, Tuesday. -- Nominations closed today for the biennial elections in the Legislative Council. One-third of the members retire, representing one from each of ton provinces. The…

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City Council Accounts. Transfer to Commonwealth Bank

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 April 1918 · page 5

At last night's meeting of the City Council, Ald. Richards was informed that the following accidents had been transferred from the Bank of New South Wales to the…

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Electric Light for Mainland. Council or Gas Company?

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 24 April 1918 · page 13

At last week's meeting of the West Maitland Municipal Council the question of lighting the town with electricity was raised. The Mayor (Alderman Thompson) submitted the…

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Diary of the War Great Decisions at Versailles How the Leaders Work Supreme United Council London, February 12

The Sun · Wednesday 24 April 1918 · page 4

One of the earliest Allied war agreements was that France should dominate land operations, and Britain those on the sea. It is no new or strange thing,…

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Autumn Dahlias. Hyde Park, Sydney, just now is in high favour. The City Council's dahlia display has made good, drawing crowds of people daily

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 24 April 1918 · page 13

ON southern side of the Park and Elizabethstreet corner the plants are growing in big, nicely-arranged beds, where the visitor has every opportunity of meeting the flowers face to…

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Unionists and Governor. Lord Mayor's Invitation

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 April 1918 · page 4

The offer of the Lord Mayor to unions to arrange for a number of members to meet the State Governor has been received favorably in some cases, but unfavorably in others. Among…

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Won't Meet Governor Labor Aldermen's Decision Too Near the Elections

Evening News · Thursday 25 April 1918 · page 7

Apparently the olive branch of political harmony which was [?]lanted at the Recruiting Conference has not yet spread so far as to cast its grateful shade over the barron waste…

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Mayor Enlists, But Is Rejected ARMIDALE

The Sun · Thursday 25 April 1918 · page 6

Alderman Roberts, Mayor of Uralla, and Alderman Batger, of the same town, enlisted to-day, but were rejected…

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Conscription of Ireland. Sydney Labour Council's Opposition

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 April 1918 · page 27

The question of conscription in Ireland mine before the Sydney Labour Council this week. Mr. E. E. Judd (Municipal Employees)…

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