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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1919

2,821 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 142

City Council Employees Cost of Increased Wages

Evening News · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 5

[?] of the City Council, an [?] next adopting the recomment[?] committee to grant [?] week to all…

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Law Report. Full Court. (Before Sir Wm. Cullen, C.J., Mr. Justice Pring, and Mr. Justice Sly.) Municipal Rating Question. Bankstown Municipal Council v Fripp

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 5

Judgment was delivered in a special case stated under the Common Law Procedure Act of 1899 arising out of an action by the Council of the Municipality of Bankstown against…

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Fish Markets. Offer by State Government. City Council Refuses £25,000

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 4

The State Government has offered the City Council £25,000 for the Municipal Fish Markets, at present being run at an annual loss of £2000…

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Shire and Municipality. Council News. Alderman Trading with Council

The Land · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 6

At the Central Police Court lust week, Mr. M'Kensey gave his reserved decision in the case in which Henry Clarke, of Varna-street, Randwick, was proceeded…

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Mayor Fined

The Land · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 6

At the local police Court, Ald. F. Hynes (Mayor of Broken Hill), was fined 10s and 6s costs on four charges—£3 4s in all— for allowing his cows to stray…

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Broken Hill Mayor

The Land · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 6

Alderman J. Wicks has been elected Mayor of Broken Hill for the coming 12 months. He is a member of the Independent Party, a contractor, and the…

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Municipal Fish Council Wants Monopoly, An Alleged Boycott

Evening News · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 4

Alderman W. H. Lambert, chairman of the finance committee of the City Council, this morning referred to the offer of £26,000 by the N.S.W…

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Labour Council. New President

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 6

At last night's meeting of the New South Wales Labour Council Mr. J. Howle, delegate from the Coopers' Union was elected president. The other nominees were Messrs. W…

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Government Refusal to Assist Council

The Land · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 6

The Under-Secretary for Local Government has 'written to Adj[?]ngbully Shire Council re Hillas' Creek bridge, stating that if the council were to…

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Peace Celebrations. Newcastle Labor Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 6

The voluntary workers Association has received a letter from the secretary of the Newcastle Labor Council, stating that the council is willing to co-operate in the association's…

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Association Doings. Liverpool Plains District Council

The Land · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 2

The farmers' smoke social arranged by the District Council of the Liverpool Plains, and organised by Messrs. Young and Heath, took place in the School of Arts grounds on…

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Farmers & Settlers' Association. Murrumbidgee Distdict Council. Delegates at Yanco

The Land · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 13

A number of delegates of the Murrumbidgee District Council met at Leeton on thursday last week, when the quarterly meeting was held. The visitors were enter…

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N.s.w. Labor Council. Mr. J. Howie, President

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 6

The half-yearly meeting of the New South Wales Labor Council, which had been adjourned from January 30 as a consequence of the Government's influenza restrictions, was held last…

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Foxy Lenin Tricking the Entente Dramatic Council of War LONDON, Thursday Evening

Evening News · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 1

The "Daily Chronicle [?] remarkable story from [?] details of the dramatic [?] War at the Kremlin. [?]…

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£62,530 a Year More in City Council Wages Minimum Will be £3 12s

Evening News · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 4

The Finance Committee's decision to grant an all-round increase of 10s. per week to the council's employees will cost…

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Proposed Blackheath Municipality. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 7

It is understood that an offficer of the Local Government Department will, at an early date, hold a public inquiry regarding the proposal for a municipality at Blackheath. The…

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The Land. "Nations may battle and the world rock with revolution, but the land will care for him who cares for it." Address:? O'Council Street, Sydney. Telephones: 1521 City; Works, SSO Redfern. Telegrams:"The Land," Sydney. Friday, March 7, 1919. Opposition to the Wheat Pool

The Land · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 8

Many letters are still being published which criticise and condemn the wheat Pool, and, by implication at least, urge that it should not be continued. In view of the experience of the past few years it is not surprising that this should be so. For a considerable time the farmers were given no voice in the management of…

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Hornsby Shire Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 8

Hornsby Shire Council met on Thursday Present Councillor P. A. James (President) Councillor Best Chapman Higgins Moore Morris Ramsay Letter…

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Shire Council Meeting

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 8

The regular meeting of the Baulkham Hills Shire Council was held on Tuesday. Present Councillor A. Whitling (present), and Councillors Filth, Cranston…

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See-saw Aldermen

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 2

On Tuesday, at Granville Council meeting, a letter was considered from Hugh, Wormald Department of Health, inviting the council to review and reverse its…

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