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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1919

2,821 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 142

Watson's Bay Fares People Take Action Petition to the Council

The Sun · Saturday 12 April 1919 · page 3

The people of Watson's Bay and Vaucluse claim that the ferry service is not adequate, and that the fares are too high. In view of a recent…

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City Council Disabilities

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 April 1919 · page 11

Enquiries made at the Sydney Town Hall were not by any means favorable to the success of the scheme. Mr. Nesbitt, Town Clerk, refused absolutely to…

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"Prohibition Thugs" a Furious Mayor "Your Bottle or Your Life" LONDON, April 4

The Sun · Sunday 13 April 1919 · page 2

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

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Homes for the Masses Britain's Big Scheme—What is Being Done at Matraville. Visit by the Lord Mayor

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 April 1919 · page 28

On Sunday last the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, on the invitation of the committee of the Grain and Produce Merchants, who have been responsible…

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"Hotbeds of Fever " Dapto Doctor's Scathing Letter Council at Penitent Form Dapto

The Sun · Sunday 13 April 1919 · page 22

At the last meeting of the Nowra Council the following scathing letter was read from a local doctor:--"I read in the local paper that the…

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Cheaper Fruit Hand Revived a Suggestion from Bathurst Recalls Forgotten Scheme of City Council BATHURST

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 April 1919 · page 11

The fruit industry, so far as the western district, at any rate, is concerned, is likely to undergo thorough revision before long, in view of the…

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Labor Convention Ratified by Council The Plenary Session LONDON, April 11

The Sun · Monday 14 April 1919 · page 1

The full conclave of the plenipotentiaries ratified the Labor Convention at a special plenary session this afternoon…

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Producers' Central Council Approve Sscheme and Board

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 15 April 1919 · page 4

Mr. J. W. Allen. secretary of the Producers' Associations' Central Council, explained that the Government discussed the scheme with representative…

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Six Thousand Pounds. Central Square Subway. City Council Vote

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 April 1919 · page 4

In discussing various items for the ensuing year's estimates the Works Committee of the City Council yesterday considered a motion by Aid. Bramston to allocate £6000 for the…

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Central Square Subway Will It Be Built? Commissioners and Council Differ

Evening News · Tuesday 15 April 1919 · page 4

Is a subway for pedestrian traffic necessary at Central Squaret. The City Council says [?] but the Railway Commissioners reply in the negative…

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Labor Aldermen

The Sun · Wednesday 16 April 1919 · page 5

The Red fern branch of the A.L.P. is making an effort to capture the Redfern Municipal Council. Nominations, returnable on May 6, are invited from…

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No Grounds for Panic. Mortality One Per Gent. Consultative Council's Opinion

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 April 1919 · page 7

The medical consultative council decided at its last meeting that it was not feasible to isolate country districts from one another. Isolation had been suggested by a number of…

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Waverley Council Again No Quorum

Evening News · Thursday 17 April 1919 · page 2

Only six alderman attended the adjourned meeting of the Waverley Council e[?] for last night which had to be again-postponed. Alderman park…

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The Pope's Council Proposal. to the Editor

Watchman · Thursday 17 April 1919 · page 3

Sir,—A recent cable in the daily press informs us that the Pope is quite willing to inaugurate a council to discuss the subject of church union…

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York-st. Perturbed What's in a Number? Peremptory Council Order

The Sun · Thursday 17 April 1919 · page 5

The calm of York-street has been disturbed by a peremptory mandate from the Sydney City Council, which states that the numbers of the houses…

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A Mayor's Privileges

The Land · Friday 18 April 1919 · page 6

It is not all play being a Mayor of a busy town, as witness the statement of Mayor Collins, of Wagga, who stated in his address, after being re-elected to the…

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City Council and Inspection

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 April 1919 · page 6

Inquiry by means of house-to-house inspection, in respect of the influenza epidemic, recently appealed to the Lord Mayor. The Lord Mayor yesterday said he was in…

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Council News. A Pipe Drain

The Land · Friday 18 April 1919 · page 6

We clip the following from the "Bathurst Times":—"Mr. W. G. Brown has been successful in having an excellent pipe drain…

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City Council Rate. 4¾d RECOMMENDED

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 April 1919 · page 5

The finance committee of the City Council at a special meeting decided to recommend to the council the adoption of a rate of 4[?]d in the £ on the unimproved values, as against…

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