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Council & local affairs, 1920

3,094 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 155

Injured Shire Employee

The Land · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 4

Mr. D. Moss, an employee of she Rylstone Council, who had the misfortune to injury one of his hands whilst working under the supervision of Mr…

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Council News. Council's Officials

The Land · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 4

Mr. H. O. Ryan, who has been appointed Town Clerk at Coraki, out of six applicants was for a number of years deputy Town Clerk at Goulburn. He is…

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Shire and Municipality. Legal Opinions. Elections. Informal Nomination of Councillor

The Land · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 4

Q.—Thursday last was the day for receiving nominations for the triennial elections. Three nominations were received for C Riding for two vacancies,…

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Mayor and Bushrangers. Aid. Cross Reminiscent

The Propeller · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 2

Ald. T. Cross, the newly-elected Mayor of Hurstville, is an old and well-known resident of Hurstville. He was for many years non-commissioned…

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Hurstville Council

The Propeller · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 1

At the last meeting of Hurstville Council Ald. Bown asked why certain houses in Woodville street had not been connected with the slop water…

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Released From Gaol Dublin's Sinn Fein Mayor LONDON, February 17

The Sun · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 6

Tom Kelly, the Sinn Fein Mayor of Dublin, has been released from Wormwood Serubbs on the ground of illness, but has been warned not to return to…

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Association Doings. Ashburnham District Council

The Land · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 6

A meeting of the Ashburnham Pisirict Council was hold at Peak Hill on January 2S. Mr. E. Skinner (president) occupied the chair and called the roll as follows:—…

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Privy Council Appeal. London, Feb. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 7

The Privy Council dismissed, with costs, the appeal of the New South Wales Commissioners of Taxation v the English, Scottish, and Australian Bank…

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Producers' Associations. Council Annual Meeting. Next Wool Clip

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 11

The annual meeting of the Producers' Associations' Central Council, held on Wednesday at the offices of the Graziers' Association, was attended by Messrs. e…

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Queen State Labor "Swamping" the Council. Unfettered Socialism

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 2

Mr. Lennon has not been licutenant-governor of Queensland for more than three weeks, but already he has set his seal to a measure that may possibly…

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Supreme Council. the Turkish Treaty. London, Feb. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 7

The Supreme Council has appointed three commissions to consider respectively the boundaries of the new Armenian republic, the Turkish debt to the Allies, and Greece's…

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Producers' Central Council. the Year's Good Work. Secretary's Report

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 5

Mr. J. W. Allen, Secretary of the Producers' Association Central Council in his second annual report says it is satisfactory to record a continuance of…

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Redfern Council Protests Against Mr. Hughes' Action "Wilful Blow to Labor"

Evening News · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 5

The marine engineers' strike occupied the attention of the Redfern Council last night, Alderman Bolton moved "That this council enters an emphatic…

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Peace Treaty. Dominion Votes on League Council. New York, Feb. l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 7

A message from Ottawa says the Acting-Secretary, of State and External Affairs, Mr. N. W. Rowell, in the course of a speech, said that if the United States Senate adopted the…

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The Producers' Association's Central Council. Second Annual Report of Proceedings: February, 1920

The Land · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 5

A meeting of the Producers' Associations' Central Council was held at the office of the Graziers' Association of New South Wales on Wednesday…

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Map of Europe. Making New Frontiers. Problems Before Supreme Council. London, February 18

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 5

The Supreme Council has appointed three commissions to consider respectively the boundaries of the new Armenian Republic, the Turkish debt to the Allies, and Greece's…

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WILSON'S 4000 WORDS Allied Points Answered Adheres to Former Decision Council's Conciliatory Note Vancouver

The Sun · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 1

It is announced that President Wilson has despatched 4000 words answering the Allies point for point, and adhering to the position set forth in his cable of February 10, in which he declared that Flume must not be given to Italy, but must be made…

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The Proclamation. Manifesto by the Labor Council. Attack on the Federal Government. Support for Engineers Urged

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 5

The New South Wales Labor Council last night adopted a manifesto in reply to the Prime Minister's proclamation issued in connection, with the engineers' strike…

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Blacktown Shire Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1920 · page 6

The council met on February 10. Present: Crs. Angns, Moorehesd, Pye, G. A. Laler, Page, W. A. Labor. The allowance for the President was fixed at…

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Eastwood Council. Ald. England Elected Mayor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1920 · page 6

The first meeting of the new Eastwood Council was held on the 11th inst., when an interested gathering of ratepayers witnessed the proceedings. Aid. Matthews…

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