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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1919

2,821 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 142

City Council Freeholds £19 Per Foot for Surry Hills

The Sun · Monday 24 March 1919 · page 7

A sale of city freeholds, which have been resumed by the Sydney Municipal Council, was conducted to-day by Richardson and Wrench, Ltd., before…

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Loan of £80,000 Municipal Works at Marrickville New Town Hall

Evening News · Monday 24 March 1919 · page 6

The Mayor (Alderman Richards) at a special meeting of the Marrickville Council [?] before his [?] a proposal to raise a loan of [?]…

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Council and Doctor Marrickville Alderman's Complaint Authorities Charged with Laxity

Evening News · Tuesday 25 March 1919 · page 6

Alderman Ness, at the meeting of the Marrickville Council last night. complaint of the laxity of the health authorities with regard to pneumonic…

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City Council Property Sold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 March 1919 · page 5

Messrs. Richardson and Wrench, Ltd. in conjunction with Messrs. Raine and Horne, sold at auction yesterday, on account of the City Municipal Council, nine portions of the…

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NO. 2 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Ferguson and jury.) NAYLOR v Granville Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 March 1919 · page 5

This case remains part heard…

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Golf Moore Park Links City Council's Chance

The Sun · Tuesday 25 March 1919 · page 4

The City Council has an opportunity to popularise golf. Now that the doings of the various clubs are being freely reported in the…

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Albury Camp Council's Significant Reminder ALBURY

The Sun · Tuesday 25 March 1919 · page 8

Mr. Dore, town clerk, under instructions from the Mayor, Alderman Waugh, has written to the Attorney General, reminding him that the time…

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N.S.W. Craziers' Association. Quarterly Meeting of the Council

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 25 March 1919 · page 6

At the quarterly meeting of the council of the Graziers' Association of New South Wales in Sydney last week a report was submitted with regard to the price to be charged to…

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A Returned Man's Initiative Cava Himself a Job on the Council

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 25 March 1919 · page 2

The president of the Kuring-gai (N.S.W.) Shire Council (Mr. W. K. Fitzsimons) tells an interesting story of the initiative of a returned soldier,…

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Karl to Escape Council's Lenient View Tried to Bring Peace PARIS, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 25 March 1919 · page 1

The Supreme Council has considered the cases of the former Emperor Karl and the former Empress Zita, and have agreed that Karl tried for months…

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Queanbeyan. Yarrolumla Shire Council

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 26 March 1919 · page 16

At the monthly meeting of the Shire Council, the president, Mr. T. J. Kelly, J.P., was elected to represent the council at the annual Shires' Conference, to…

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The Shire

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 26 March 1919 · page 20

Interest is mainly Victorian, which after all is only natural, and I met people there who have never seen Sydney; they always go to Melbourne,…

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Parramatta Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 26 March 1919 · page 3

The regular meeting of the Parramatta Council was held on Monday. Present The Mayor, and Aldermen Brown, De LOW, Gilbert, Hill, Moss, Astill, Collett, Noller,…

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NO. 2 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Ferguson and Jury.) NAYLOR v Granville Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 March 1919 · page 10

Ten days were occupied in hearing evidence in the case in which Thomas Naylor sued the Council of the Municipality of Granville socking to recover £3000 damages for alleged…

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The Schools. Teachers' Federated Council

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 March 1919 · page 12

The first executive meeting of the council of the Teachers' Federation had a busy morning on Saturday. in addition to local teachers, the representatives from Newcastle and Bowral…

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City Council Increase Motion to Rescind Dropped

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 March 1919 · page 10

Another Interested gathering of City Council employees attended last night's meeting of the council to witness the fate of the motion to rescind a resolution granting an…

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City Council. Taxation and the School Grounds

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 March 1919 · page 12

Alderman R. D, Bramston, who was elected for Belmore Ward in place of the late Alderman John English, took his scat at last night's meeting of the City Council…

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City Council Elections. Motion for Proportional Representation

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 March 1919 · page 10

At last night's meeting of the City Council a motion by Ald. Meagher to institute an inquiry Into the advisableness of applying proportional representation to the city elections was…

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Claim for £3,000 Granville Council Sued Officers and Sanitary Contract Jury Trdict

Evening News · Wednesday 26 March 1919 · page 5

The sull which has been before Mr. Justice Forguson and a jury for some days and in which Thomas Naylor sought to recover form the…

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