Dundas [?] The Back Blocks Council Chambers To the Editor
Sir,- It does not speak much for representative government in our municipalities that the Dundas Council should persist in their [?] like scheme of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1918
2,738 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 137
£200,000 for War Loan Industrial Council's Protest BRISBANE
The Industrial Council has protested against t[?] investment of £200,000 from the State Savings Bank funds in the war loan. The Treasurer (Mr. E. G. Theodore)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bugle and Drum Queensland State Schools Industrial Council Protest BRISBANE
The Brisbane Industrial Council is reviving its agitation against the use of the bugle and drum at State schools. A letter written to the Parliamentary…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bexley Municipal Election
Mr. Francis Greatrex, of Station-street West Kogarah, announces that he is a candidate for the vacancy in Bexley Council, caused by the resignation of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"A Contemptible Skunk" Alderman's Rejoinder Sham Fight at Drummoyne
To point an accusing finger at a man and proceed to revile him as a conscienceless shirker without taking the trouble to make inquiries is a risky thing, as a member of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Route-march on Wednesday Luncheon by Lord Mayor
There is to he a route-march through the city on Wednesday of the men who have responded to Captain Carmichael's call. It has been no small task to raise 1000 men in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Silence in Cudgegong Council Follows Recruit-getting Proposal
In the matter of recruiting enthusiasm, or the lack of it, the Gudgegong Council has earned itself some unenviable distinction. The Mudgee Guardian of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Alderman Enlists. Gulgong
At a recruiting meeting held in Gu[?]gong on Friday night, eight men offered to enlist in Carmichael's Thousand, including Alderman D[?] H. Spring, who is a married man with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lord Mayor's Views
"I have already given my opinion on the question or insurance of recruits," said the Lord Mayor this morning, "but in my statement to 'The Sun' I did not make one point…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Meat and Gas Supplies. Lord Mayor's Scheme
The Lord Mayor (Ald. Joynton Smith), in announcing his "policy" last night, foreshadowed municipal reform in the direction of handling meat and gas supplies…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Drummoyne Council Scene
In the heated scene at a recent meeting of the Drummoyne Council, described in yesterday's issue of "The Sun," the epithet, "You're nothing but a contemptible skunk, and not fit…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Meat and Gas. Proposed Civic Control. Lord Mayor's Schemes
The Lord Mayor of Sydney, Alderman [?]. Joynton Smith, M.L.C., made the following official statement on Saturday:— "I have two proposais that I regard as…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Trial by Domain Ordeal for Mr. John Storey He Has Been Before Council Angry Sunday Meeting
Mr. John Storey, leader of the Labor Party in the State Parliament, is suspect. There are many unionists who gravely doubt whether he is a seagreen incorruptible. At…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Roads in Manning Shire. a Verdict for the Council
In the Banco Court at Sydney on Thursday, the action brought by the council of the Manning shire against James F. Falls, came on for hearing,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Rating of Land. Municipal and Shire Claims
A striking- instance of the difference between municipal and shire rating is given by a farmer on the Lower Richmond River (N.S.W.). He is a holder of land,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Financial. the Lord Mayor's Proposals
In considering the proposals of the Lord Mayor for taking over the business of supplying gas to the citizens and for opening butchers' shops certain facts and opinions…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Meat Trade Menaged. City Council Butts In Making for Municipal Monopoly
The Lord Mayor of Sydney, Alderman J. Joynton Smith, M.L.C., made the following official statement on Saturday:…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The "True Blues." and the Lord Mayor's Reception. Objection to [?] "Bogus" Unionists
The secretary of the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Naval Council. Inter-allied Decisions. London
The Inter-Allied Naval Council has arrived at important decisions which will ensure closer collaboration and the Intensification of naval action…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →City Council Coal Supply. to the Editor
Sir,--The extraordinary proceedings of the council, of which I am a member, have been of such a nature that it warrants the facts being placed before the ralepayers and the public…
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