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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1919

2,821 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 142

Wire-netting Contracts. Proceedings Against Randwick Aldermen

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 7

After an adjournment extending over a period of five weeks the hearing of evidence in the case in which Ald. Henry Clark, of the Randwick Municipality, was proceeded aganist…

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Federal and Shire Lines

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 13

Argyllshire left U. K. Dec 9 for Australia. Ayrshire at Sydney Jan. 14; thence U.K…

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Mr. Webster's Ode. Its Powerful Appeal. Aldermen Moved to Tears

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 5

ZEEHAN (Tas.), Monday.--Aldermen of the Gormanston Municipal Council were moved to tears and laughter at the reading of Mr. Webster's "Ode to Efficiency''…

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Federal-shire Line Steamers Reported

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 4

Messrs. Birt and Co., Ltd., report that the Federal-Shire liner. Ayrshire, which left Melbourne last Sunday for Sydney, is due here this afternoon, and…

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Election for Council Engineer

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 6

GUNDAGAI, Monday.--Fifty-seven applications were considered at a special meeting of the municipal council last night for the position of water works engineer. The applications…

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Supreme War Council. London

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 5

The Supreme War Council met at Paris on Sunday afternoon, and considered various matters. Marshal Foch raised points in connection…

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The Bolshevist in Our Midst. Labour Council Applauds

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 7

When the two Labor members of the French Mission tried to address the Sydney Labor Council last week, they ware howled down by men who…

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New Judgeships. Mr. Broomfield Declines. Bar Council to Meet

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 4

Mr. Broomfield stated yesterday that he had declined the District Court judgeship which had been offered to him. "I am not taking it," he laconically remarked…

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With France And Against Bolshevism Newcastle Labor Council Newcastle

The Sun · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 2

Mr. Calthorpe, secretary of the Newcastle Labor Council, directed attention at last night's meeting of the council to the hostile demonstration in the…

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Bolshevik Policy Folly Endorsed by the Sydney Labor Council. Australia's Foes

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 4

The Labor members of the French mission to Australia-Messrs. Thomson and Hodee-attempted to address a meeting under the auspices of the…

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Wagga's War Mayor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 5

The nomination of Mr. Hugh Oates as a candidate for the vacancy on the Wagga .Municipal Council; recalls, one of the most remarkable bits of…

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Wire Netting Contracts. Proceedings Against Randwick Alderman

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 8

At the Central Summons Court, yesterday, before Mr. M'Kensey, S.M., the case was continued in which Ald. Henry Clark, of the Randwick municipality, was proceeded against…

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Narrandera. Shire Rates

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 12

The Yanco Shire Council proposes striking a general rate of 1⅓d in the £ on the unimproved capital value of all rateable land in the shire. Last year…

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Baulkham Hills Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 4

The regular meeting of the council was held Tuesday. Present: Councillor A. Whitling (President), and Councillors Cranston, Fifth, Waterworth, Roberts and…

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Absurd Regulations Mosman Mayor Emphatic Local Soldiers' Memorial

Evening News · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 4

The Mayor of Mosman (Alderman Walker) stated last night that he did not instead to allow the Government to [?] with the council's proposal…

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£25 MEMORIAL "Damned Silly" Regulation Mosman Mayor Indignant

The Sun · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 8

"Damned silly" was the description applied by the Mayor (Alderman Walker) at the Mosman Council meeting last night, to a regulation quoted by…

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Submarine Net Mosman Mayor's Proposal Safety for Bathers

Evening News · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 3

The tragedy at little [?] youth was taken by a [?] was mentioned at last [?]…

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Council and Water Supply

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 2

The local Government Association has decided to call a conference of councils interested to discuss the shortage in the Water supply, and to impress upon the…

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Municipal Employees. Increases in Wages

The Sun · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 7

The Municipal Employees' Union has, says Mr. Tyrrell, received substantial increases in wages as a result of appeals to the various councils and shires…

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