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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1921

3,959 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 198

Kuring-gai Shire. Not to Be Divided. Hopes for Municipalisation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 14

Considerable interest has been aroused in Kuring-gai by the Government officer's report against both the proposal to change Kuring-gai Shire into a municipality and the…

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Parramatta Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 6

The Council met on Monday evening, the Mayor, Aid. L. A. Simpson, presiding. Also present, Aid. Smith, E. J. Brown, Moss, R. J. Brown, Gilbert, Prudames…

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Council Meeting

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 2

The Auburn Council met on Monday. Present: The Mayor (Aid. T. Cheetham). Aid. Long, Swinfield, Somerville, Baxter, Rigby, Marshall, Keighery, Briggs,…

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Council Meeting

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 2

The Lidcombe Council met on Wednesday. Present: The Mayor (Aid. W. Brown), Aid. Maunder, Whiting, Burke, Wyatt, James, Byers, and Larcombe. A statement…

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Blue Mountains Shire the Clerk's Suspension

Nepean Times · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 4

There was a full attendance at the last meeting of the Blue Mountains Shire Council, presided over by Cr. Savage (president)…

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Labour Council. New Executive. Extremist Majority

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 14

The ballot for the election of the new executive of the New South Wales Labour Council was declared yesterday. The following were elected:—Messrs. J. Howie (president), J…

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Labor Council Executive. Disputes Committee Elected

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 15

It was announced yesterday by Mr. Garden, secretary of the Labor Council of N.S.W,, that the election of the executive bad resulted as follows: Messrs. J. Kilburn, F. Roels, P…

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Manly's Indignation City Council and Soldiers

The Sun · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 7

The Manly sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League has passed a resolution expressing its indignation at the "anti-returned soldier attitude…

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City Council and Soldiers Protest From Manly

Evening News · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 1

A resolution has been passed [?] Mains sub-branch of the [?] Soldiers League expressing [?] at the ant-re[?]…

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High Jinks in Kogarah Council. Chapter Ii

The St George Call · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 5

The trouble between the Deputy Town Clerk and Aid. Matthews was advanced another step on Monday evening, when high explosions again took place. As…

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Presidential Report Blacktown Council's Operations for the Past Year

Nepean Times · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 5

At Tuesday aftornoon's meeting of Blacktown Shire Council a report by Cr. Page (last year's president) on the year's operations was read and…

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Fire Brigades Board Ald. Alf. Reid Nominated by Penrith Council

Nepean Times · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 1

A special meeting of Penrith Council was held on Friday evening of Inst week for the purpose of considering the matter of nominating a candidate…

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Ryde Municipal Inspection

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 8

On Thursday of last week the Works Committee of Ryde Council made a tour of a large proportion of the municipality. A motor car was requisitioned for the…

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Municipal Works

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 6

At the parramatta Council meeting on Monday the following report from the overseer of works was received and adopted:— Repairs have been effected in the…

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Glebe Municipal Carnival. Children's Hospital Receives £1600

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 9

(The Mayor of the Glebe (Alderman S. L. Cole), at a social evening held recently in the local Town Hall, presented a cheque for £1600 to Mr. Moss, secretary of the Children's…

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Mixed Marriages Old Papal Law Not Recognised by Privy Council

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 February 1921 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has finally disposed of the seven-years-old case, Despatie versus Temblay, in which…

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Manly Electric Light Alderman Wants Facts

Evening News · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 3

When Ald. Holmes said at the latest meeting of Manly Council that healthy chicken could not be experted from a rotten egg, be is understood to have…

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The Law Real Estate, Industrial and Otherwise Aldermen Shunning Responsibilities

Construction and Local Government Journal · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 10

Bondi (N.S.W.) desires to have pride of place as a seaside resort, and a Company with a capital of £50,000 proposes to erect buildings under the supervision of the Council, and spend…

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Conspiracy Charge City Council Case

The Sun · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 6

After a hearing which lasted two days Acting Judge Mocatta summed up at Darlinghurst Sessions this afternoon in the case in which two City…

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Charge of Conspiracy City Council Case

Evening News · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 5

The hearing of the charge of conspiracy against Thomas William Baker and Percy John Jupp. which was opened on Friday, was continued to-day at the…

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