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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1920

3,094 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 155

Blue Mountains Shire

Nepean Times · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 1

At a special meeting of the above council Cr. Green was elected chairman of the provisional council, and the whole of the staff was reappointed at existing…

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Lord, Mayoralty. Election by Citizens. City Alderman's Proposal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 13

Notice of motion has been lodged for the next meeting of the City Council to inaugurate action for the election of Lord Mayor by the citizens' independently of the council. It…

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Council Meeting

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 2

The Auburn Council met on Monday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman R. Lightfoot), Aldermen Perry, Webber, Greeley, Swinfield, Ibbett, Mitchell, Waters and…

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Council Meeting

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 5

The usual fortnightly meeting of the council was held on 22nd Dec. Present: The Mayor (Ald. J. Cook), Aldermen Stimson, Hanbury, Young, McBurney and…

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Council Meeting

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 2

The Granville Council mot on Dec. 19. Present: The Mayor (Ald. Hendon Epps), Aldermen Kirkpatrick, Membrey, Swift, Crouch, Townsend, Willoughby, Neilson,…

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The Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 5

The usual fortnightly meeting of the council was held on Tuesday, 23rd Dec. Present: Aldermen L. A. Ashcroft, Cruickshank, Hull, Beale, Lomax, Everington,…

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The Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 8

This council met on Dec. 18: Present being President P. A. James, Councillors Ramsay, Best, Crittendon, Moore, Hellmrich, Higgins, and Chapman. The…

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Council Meeting

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 2

The Lidcombe Council met on Tuesday. Present: The Mayor (Ald. F. James), Ald. Brown, Wilson, Burke, and Close. After transacting business of an unimportant…

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The Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 11

All the councillors were present at the last meeting of Baulkham Hills Council It was decided to write off only 2½ per cent as the rate of depreciation for the…

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The Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 8

Present at last regular fortnightly meeting were: The Mayor (Alderman B. J. Doe, M.L.A.), and Aldermen Adamson, Hughes, Muir and McLeman. Correspondence was…

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Parramatta Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 4

The regular meeting of the Parramatta Council was held on Monday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman L. A. Simpson), and Aldermen Bartlett, Collett, Smith, Brown,…

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Nepean Shire Preparing for Elections

Nepean Times · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 4

The usual monthly meeting of the Nepean Shire Council was held on Wednesday, 10th inst., in the Council Chambers, Bringelly. There were present:…

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Wild and Wide In Bandicoot Shire

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 17

The old spring-cart went slowly o'er The grass and sticks its bumpy way; My broken leg was hot and sore, Yet sniffing fern and hedge and hay…

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Claim by the Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 2

Some time ago the Auburn Council wrote to the Water and Sewerage Board stating that during the re-construction of Auburn-road, from Queen-street to Beatrice-street,…

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London Letter the Lord Mayor's Show a Jovial Personality Australia's Girl Deputy NOVEMBER 11

Evening News · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 3

One more Lord Mayor of London has been a [?]ded to the seven-century list. It now numbers 764 names, including Dick Whittington's, which appears thrice…

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"Enemy Origin" Council's Strong Protest All Prepared to Resign

The Sun · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 5

The new Local Government Act was liberally criticised at the last meeting of the Bankstown Council, when Aldermen Simmatt and Graf tendered their…

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St. Marys Water Scheme the Council and the Committee. an Alleged Statement Corrected. Is There Antagonism?

Nepean Times · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 3

The position of St. Marys aldermen with regard to the local water supply agitation was discussed at some length at the last meeting of the council (held…

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Dundas. Municipal Candidates

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 8

There promises to be no lack of candidates for the Dundas municipal elections this month. Besides the sitting aldermen, it is stated that Messrs. A…

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One Man and a Barrow. A Progressive Municipality. Sherwood's Possibilities

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 5

At the conclusion of the regular business at Prospect and Sherwood Council meeting on Tuesday, 23rd December, the Mayor (Alderman F. G. T. Jones)…

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New Municipal Law. Some Features of the Act

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 11

All sorts of new things In the municipal arena have been given birth with the advent of the new year. The municipal elections take place on January 31, and the…

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