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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1918

2,738 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 137

Election of Lord Mayor by Citizens

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 May 1918 · page 1

The City Council on Tuesday night is to discuss a motion by Aid. Addison that the election of the Lord Mayor should be by the whole of the electors. He…

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School or Hotel? Mayor Makes Comparisons Harden

The Sun · Sunday 5 May 1918 · page 8

The condition of the playground and tho surroundings generally of the superior public school has been the subject of a deal of correspondence between the Parents and…

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"Lest We Forget" Move to Recognise Returned Men Lord Mayor Calls Meeting

The Sun · Sunday 5 May 1918 · page 4

More and more is public opinion becoming firm upon one aspect of the war in its relation to Australian soldiers. Briefly, it is a deeper appreciation of the services of the…

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Supreme War Council Fifth Session Ended LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 5 May 1918 · page 1

The Prime Minister (Mr. Lloyd George) and Lord Milner (Secretary for War) have returned from France, where they attended meetings of the fifth session of the Supreme…

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Great Leaders Meet in Supreme War Council London. Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 May 1918 · page 1

The Press Bureau announces that Mr. Lloyd George and Lord Milner have retutncd from France, where they attended meetings of the fifth session of the…

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The Men Who Went. Lord Mayor Convenes Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 May 1918 · page 4

A public demand is growing for a more widespread recognition of the debt Australia owes the returned soldier. This has been affirmed by a number of…

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Allied War Council. Gen. Foch's Powers. London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 May 1918 · page 5

The Press Bureau states that Mr. Lloyd George and Lord Milner have returned from Franco, where they attended the meetings of the fifth session of the Supreme War Council…

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No Pessimists at the Front. Supreme War Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 May 1918 · page 7

The Press Bureau states that Mr. Lloyd George and Lord Milner have returned from France, where they attended meetings of the fifth session of the Supreme War Council…

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For Unity. Ministers and Labour Council. C0nference with Executive

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 May 1918 · page 6

The executive of the New South Wales Trades and Labour Council will meet Mr. Holman (Premier) and Mr. Beeby (Minister for Labour and Industry) in conference this…

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Recruiting Position. Conference with Labor Council. Mr. Holman and Mr. Beeby

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 May 1918 · page 5

Mr. Holman (Premier) and Mr. Beeby (Minister for Labor and Industry) have arranged to confer with the executive of the Sydney Labor Council this afternoon, with a view to securing…

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Federal Finance Council

Evening News · Tuesday 7 May 1918 · page 3

The Federal Council of Fiance which was recently established is to consist of the Treasury Mr.[?] coll[?] the Department [?] of the…

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Care of the Horse Deputation to Lord Mayor

The Sun · Tuesday 7 May 1918 · page 3

A deputation comprising officials of 'the Animals' Protection Society waited upon the Lord Mayor (Alderman Joynton Smith) this morning, and urged his assistance…

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District Court. (Before Judge Docker.) Subdivision Specifications. Todman v Randwick Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 May 1918 · page 4

This was an appeal against a decision of the Randwick Council respecting the specification of roadways to be made through the subdivision of an estate. Mr. Campbell,…

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Overstrained Horses. Basking Into Laneways. Deputation to Lord Mayor

Evening News · Tuesday 7 May 1918 · page 5

The [?] specialist on the City footways of a ho[?]te or pair of [?] struggling to on a [?]avily [?] into a lord alive[?]. the induce the Au[?] to…

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Federal Finance Council. Personnel Announced

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 May 1918 · page 4

MELBOURNE. Monday.--The Federal Council of Finance, recently created, is to consist of the Treasurer (Mr. Watt, chairman), the Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Collins), the…

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Federal Finance Council. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 May 1918 · page 6

In was announced to-day by the Acting Prime Minster Mr. Watt, that a Federal Finance Council had been established. It will consist of the Federal Treasurer (Mr. Watt),…

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Union Harmony. Ministers Meet Labour Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 May 1918 · page 6

In furtherance of the State Government's desire to bring about harmony among the industrial organisations, the Premier, Mr. Holman, and the Minister for Labour and…

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Queensland Farmers' Union. Central Downs District Council

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 7 May 1918 · page 5

The Central Downs District Council of the Queensland Farmers' Union was held at Toowoomba last week, the president, Mr. Cecil Roberts, presiding over a large attendance. The…

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Industrial Harmony. Ministers and Labor Council. Initiatory Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 May 1918 · page 4

Mr. Holman (Premier) and Mr. Beeby (Minister for Labor and Industry) yesterday conferred with the executive of the Sydney Labor Council at the Treasury with a view to…

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Fruit-growers Meet F.A. Executive Council Important Problems of the Moment

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 7 May 1918 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the executive council of the N.S.W. Fruit-growers' Association was held in Sydney on Saturday afternoon. The president (Mr. J…

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