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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1919

2,821 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 142

Lord Mayor in Charge. Influenza Restrictions and City Council

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 5

For the next fow weeks the whole of the administrative work of the City Council has been placed in the hands of the Lord Mayor. The usual Easter vacation has to be covered,…

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Council Meetings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 8

As a result of many inquiries, the Minister for Health (Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald) desires it to be known that as all councils throughout the State are primarily health…

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Mayor or Magistrate? Trouble at Armidale Armidale

The Sun · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 2

At the City Council meeting the Mayor said that when the health inspector took cases for breaches of an ordinance into the…

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The Miners. Employees' Council Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 7

A meeting of the council of the Australian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation met at Rawson-chambers yesterday for the purpose of discussing the proposals from the…

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Catholic Federation. Notes. State Council Meetings

The Catholic Press · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 11

State Council and other meetings have been postponed in consequence of prohibition of both open-air and indoor meetings. Notices have been sent to each branch, and…

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Slanders on Ireland. Dublin Council's Resolution

The Catholic Press · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 19

The Dublin Corporation on January 31, on the motion of Mr. P. T. Daly. adopted a protest copies of which were ordered to be forwarded to Mr. Lloyd George and…

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City Council Cooperates. a Misunderstanding Explained

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 6

Every precaution possible is being taken by the City Council to prevent the spread of influenza. That was the statement made yesterday by the Lord Mayor, who assured the…

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The Catholic Federation News From the Branches. State Council Meetings

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 11

State Council and other meetings have been postponed in consequence of prohibition of both open air and indoor meetings. Notices have been sent…

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Legislative Council of N.s.w. Proposals for Abolition. What Might Be Done

The Australian Worker · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 19

For some time past a committee appointed by the New South Wales Branch ot the Australian Labor Party has been at work formulating a scheme for…

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Imperial Bond Lord Milner's Views Permanent Council Preference in Empire London, March 30

The Sun · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 9

An interview with Viscount Milner, Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published in the "Sunday Express." Replying to the interviewer's…

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Labor Council of New South Wales. the Influenza Epidemic. Anomalies in the "Living Wage" Award

The Australian Worker · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 19

There was a smaller attendance of delegates than usual at the usual weekly meeting of the Labor Council of New South Wales, held at the Trades Hall…

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Municipal Markets. Fumigation Ordered

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 9

Mr. J. N. Breden, the manager of the Municipal Markets, has decided, that owing to the seriousness of the pneumonic-influenza epidemic, among fruit and vegetable agents, to…

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Hurstville Council

The Propeller · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 2

At last night's meeting of the Hurstville Council a petition was received from residents of Moons Avenue, Peakhurst, stating that…

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Council and Buildings. Building Without Permission

The Propeller · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 1

At a recent meeting of Hurstville Council Ald. Taylor wanted an advertisement inserted in the "Propeller" warning the public…

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Municipal Progress

The Propeller · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 2

The Illawarra suburban line seems to be coming again into prominence. It has had quite a long rest from land speculators…

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Shire Cierk's Report

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1919 · page 11

Amongst other things the shire clerk (Mr. Croxon) reported as follows to the meeting of the Blacktown Council on Tuesday:—Re fire district for Blacktown: I…

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Council Meeting

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1919 · page 5

The council met on Tuesday Present: The Mayor, (Alderman J. Anthony), Aldermen Paine, Coleman, House, Wood, Downey, Stimson and Friend. All the…

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Council Meeting

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1919 · page 8

The Eastwood Council met on Wednesday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Matthews), Aldermen. Featherstone, Rourke and England. The impounding…

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Labour Council's Protest. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 April 1919 · page 18

At a meeting of the Brisbane Industrial Council several remarkable resolutions were carried. The council emphatically condemned the proposed or threatened dismissal of…

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"Prohibition Thugs" Furious Mayor's Charge "Your Bottle or Your Life" (Published in "The Times") LONDON, April 4

The Sun · Saturday 12 April 1919 · page 5

"The Times" correspondent at New York reports that prohibitionist zeal is menacing the liberties of railway travellers…

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