Union and Labour Council. Broken Hill
At a meeting of the Barrier Miner Ranges Certificated Enginedrivers. Firemen, and Motor Drivers' Association, a lively discussion ensued through the attitude of the Trades…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1918
2,738 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 137
Governor As Navvy Can Build Roads and Bridges Value of Shire Councils
"I know something about the work you are engaged in," said the Governor, Sir Walter Davidson, addressing the conference of shire councillors in the King's Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Jo'burg Strike Settled Council Gives In CAPETOWN, Monday Night
The Johannesburg Town Council, in committee, agreed to the men's demands by 14 votes to 13. The decision requires the confirmation of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lane Cove Ferry Service. Council and Ferry Company Disagree. Business v. Convenience
A matter of considerable importance to the residents of Lane Cove up for consideration at the local council meeting last night. It was in connection with the rive ferry service, which has recently…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Land for Anzacs Shire Council's Aid Abandonment of Rates
The Shire Councils Conference, sitting at the King's Hall, resumed discussion to-day on the subject of settling returned soldiers on the land…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hornsby Council
The council met on Thursday. Present: President P. A. James, Councillors Moore, Higgins, Chapman, Ramsay, Best, Morris and Crittendon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →After Revenue Shire Councils' Decisions
The shire councils are going to make determined efforts to get increased revenue. They are prepared to forego rates from soldiers who have done, and are doing, their duty;but…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"If I Were Premier." Manly Alderman's Aspiration. A.I.F. Pay and Allowances
"Australian soldiers on the battlefield in France are receiving 25 to 100 per cent less wages than the men who are staying at home." This declaration was made by Alderman…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Domestic Legislators. Shire Councillors Confer. Speech by State Governor
From Adjungbilly to Yarrowlumla--and all the places in between--came one hundred and thirty of the men upon whom devolves the business of straightening out the rough places of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Rooking" Soldiers Land Agents Accused Minister and Shire Councillors
The Minister for Lands, Mr. Ashford, who has charge of the Soldiers' Settlement, attended the Shire Councils' Conference this afternoon to answer certain criticisms which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Battle of Matches Wax Vestas to Go Shire Councillors Decide
The question as to what kind of matches should be used was fought out at the Shires' Conference to-day. There were two motions on the business sheet. Timbrebongie asked…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldier Settlements Blunders of the Past. Shire Councils Want to Advise
Timbrebongie Shire Council was yesterday responsible for securing the assent of the Shires' Association to a proposal that the State Lands Department should, in buying land…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Johannesburg Strike. Council Committee Concedes Demands. CAPETOWN, Tuesday Evenning
By a [?]jurity of one the Johannesburg Council Committee has conceded the full demands of the engineers, who went on strike because the [?] will not agree to requests, which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Municipal Conference
The first Conference of the Councils of the Northern Suburbs was held in the Mosman Council Chambers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Lord Mayor's Silence. and Alderman Barlow's Charges
A letter which Alderman Barlow addressed to the Town Clerk of Sydney, passing certain strictures on the conduct of the Lord Mayor in connection with the election of…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →A Protest. Alderman Barlow and the Water Board Elections. the Council Receives an Interesting Letter
When the City Council met on Tuesday night of last week, the following letter was read from Alderman T. H Barlow in regard to the election for the City Council representatives…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Cowper Federal Council
On May 4 last, a meeting was held at Bellingen (N.S.W.) to form a Federal Electoral Council. Seven leagues were represented. The following officers were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Graziers' Association. Council Election
As illustrating the increased interest which members of the Grazier's Association are talking in its work it is significant that for the first time many years,elections have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tasmania. Legislative Council Elections
Stafford Bird, the retiring member for the Huon district, was re-eleced by a two-one majority over Dan Ryan. Very litlle interest was manifested in the election…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →To the Labor Council. an Appeal
As one who has fought in the forefront of the Labor movement, and participated in all its vicissitudes from the days of its early insignificance till it became the governing force in…
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