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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1921

3,959 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 198

A Shire Clerk's Suspension Inquiry at Lawson

Nepean Times · Saturday 19 February 1921 · page 3

A Departmental inquiry into the suspension of Shire Clork Daley opened at Lnwaon on Tuesday and Wednesday of Inst week, before Mr. A. O. Butler,…

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Railway Employees. Suggested Political Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 February 1921 · page 13

A list of motions adopted by the branches of the Australian Railways Union will be discussed at the annual conference which will be commenced at the Sydney Trades Hall on…

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Anzac Day. Why the Town Hall Was Refused. Lord Mayor Resents Criticism

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 February 1921 · page 14

"The bitter attacks of the Returned Soldiers' League and other alleged friends of soldiers on the Labour aldermen, from personal motives and for sordid ends, are…

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Mr. Dooley Won't Resign Laughs at Labor Council

Evening News · Saturday 19 February 1921 · page 6

"This asking people to resign has been quite a fashionable business for quite a long time," said Mr. Dooley, in reply to the Labor Council's request that he should…

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Penrith Council Kingswood Pound. Outstanding Rates. the Grader Again

Nepean Times · Saturday 19 February 1921 · page 5

The regular monthly meeting of Penrith Council was held on Monday evening, when there were present:—The Mayor (Ald. J. Adams) and Ald. Jolley,…

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Hungry Bill Wins Council Victory That Will Mean Unemployment Downing the Worker £80,000 Job Blocked

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 19 February 1921 · page 1

In the news column of the daily press last week it was announced that Hill, Clark & Co., Ltd., stock and station agents, had sold their business out to the Australian Mercantile, Land & Finance Co., Ltd…

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Light, More Light Big Municipal Scheme

Evening News · Saturday 19 February 1921 · page 3

The proposal to inst[?] a municipal [?] light and power system for the [?] of St George was adv[?] stage last evening when details…

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Municipal Dairy. Also a Restaurant. Two New Proposals

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 February 1921 · page 12

The Minister for Health and Motherhood (Mr. M'Girr) and the Lord Mayor have been consulting with regard to the municipalisation of certain industries…

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"Cancer on Municipality" Alexandria's Chinatown Emanuel Myerson As a Landlord

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 19 February 1921 · page 3

The Alexandria Council has decided to make a determined effort to clean up the insanitary Chinese quarters of the suburb. "I visited the whole of the Chinese residences in and around Retreat…

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Municipal Eating House

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 February 1921 · page 15

There were a number of aldermen in the City Council, the Lord Mayor said yesterday, who were in favor of the establishment by the council of a restaurant, perhaps in the…

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Late Alderman Williamson

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 February 1921 · page 2

Alderman Williamson, ex-Mayor of Vaucluse, whose death took place re-cently, while returning to his home after a long voyage taken for the benefit of…

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Cheap Homes Two-thirds of Present Cost Guilds for Workers Alderman's Elaborate Scheme

The Sun · Sunday 20 February 1921 · page 4

A novel and elaborately-planned scheme for workers' self-built homes at about two-thirds of the present costs has been devised by Alderman…

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Digging Their Own Graves Labor Council's Leaders

The Sun · Sunday 20 February 1921 · page 2

While the leaders are manoeuvring for an advantage, the community is suffering, and the list of the unemployed is growing as rapidly as a…

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Nine Times Mayor. Ald. Forsyth Honoured. Well-governed Municipality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 February 1921 · page 7

"A well-deserved tribute to a worthy man," said Sir Joseph Cook, Federal Treasurer, at the Town Hall, Chatswood, on Saturday evening, in addressing a largo gathering of the…

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The Lord Mayor "Protests Too Much" Brisbane As a Model

The Sun · Monday 21 February 1921 · page 8

Mr. Norman Campbell, general secretary of the Citizens' Reform Association of Sydney, hits back:-- "Like the Player Queen in 'Hamlet' the…

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APPRENTICESHIP Forming a Council Board of Trade Action

The Sun · Monday 21 February 1921 · page 8

Judge Beeby, President of the Board of Trade, this morning took preliminary steps to form a joint council of employers and employees to assist the…

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Apprenticeship Council Employers and Employees Assisting Board of Trade

Evening News · Monday 21 February 1921 · page 1

The question of forming a council of apprent[?] on which both employers and employees would be represented, and which would…

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Path of Learning Guardians of the Gate the Municipal Library

The Sun · Monday 21 February 1921 · page 2

Sydney has a Labor Lord Mayor and other advanced municipal features. But it does not open its municipal leanding library to the proletariat in the…

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Municipal Control. Lord Mayor's Proposal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 8

The Lord Mayor suggested yesterday, in view of the present milk shortage, that the milk supply of Sydney, and possibly of the whole metropolitan area, should be…

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Municipalising Milk. Lord Mayor's Scheme. Simplifying Delivery

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 5

Following upon the proposal to establish a municipal eating-house the Lord Mayor has worked out the details of a scheme for the municipalisation of the milk supply of the…

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