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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1921

3,959 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 198

Local Manufacture. City Council Preference. Letters of Protest

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 8

The decision of the electric lighting committee of the City Council to recommend the purchase of a transformer of local manufacture at a price some 20 per cent, in advance of…

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Australian Goods. City Council's Preference. British Agents' Protest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 11

The British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers' Association wrote to the City Council last evening protesting against the giving of 20 per cent. preference to an Australian…

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Soldier Preference. City Council Motions. Rushed Through Without Discussion

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 8

The Lord Mayor is already noted for tho speed with which ho can put through business. But he never went so fast as last night, when, among the motions at the end of the business…

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"That Bauble" a Labor Cromwell Glasgow Council's Mace LONDON, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 1

A Cromwellian gesture by a Labor member led to an uproar at the meeting of the Glasgow Town Council yesterday, at which a motion in favor of…

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Murrumbidgee. £3,000,000 to Be Written Off. Local Council to Be Created

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 10

An outline of the scheme of reorganisation of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation area has been announced, It is proposed to write off £3,000,000 of…

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All Nations Equal American View of Mandates Note to League Council Allies Framing Amicable Reply Vancouver

The Sun · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 1

It is announced that the American Government has communicated directly to the League of Nations Council its view on the mandates question,…

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Municipal Markets Attitude of Leichhardt

The Sun · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 10

The suggestion of the Attorney-General (Mr. McTiernan) for the establishment of suburban public markets was supported by Alderman Blackmore, of…

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Council Scenes. Expulsion Threat. Civic Reform Aldermen's Views

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 February 1921 · page 10

The threat to expel Alderman Arthur M'Elhone from the City Council, made by the Lord Mayor at Tuesday evening's meeting, was, in the opinion of a number of…

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Pay for Aldermen. State Cabinet Decision

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 February 1921 · page 4

"The state Cabinet has given authority to Mr. Mutch (Minister for Local Government) to include in an amending bill, to be introduced next session, a provision giving aldermen and…

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Mayor's Sudden Death

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 February 1921 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The Mayor of Ithaca, Ald. Hampson, died suddenly this morning. He presided at Monday eight's fortnightly meeting of the council when the agenda paper…

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No Preference. for Soldiers. Labour Aldermen's Objections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 February 1921 · page 10

The Lord Mayor, without debate, rushed through the City. Couneil on Tuesday evening two motions the object of which is to block, if possible, preference to soldiers seeking…

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Paid Aldermen. Ministry's Policy. Bill to Be Introduced

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 February 1921 · page 8

Recent prognostications that the Labour party would shortly endorse the suggestion that all members of municipal and shire councils should be paid for their services in that…

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Manly Town Hall Row Mayor's Vigorous Meeting

Evening News · Thursday 24 February 1921 · page 7

The case for the Manly Town Hall proposal won argued by the Mayor (A[?]man Reid M.L.A) in his shirt [?] for three hours last night Manly tu[?]…

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Labor Council League's Condemnation'

Evening News · Thursday 24 February 1921 · page 8

At a meeting of the Balmain Labor League the following resolution was [?]—That were resent the attitude [?] by the Trades and Labor Council in…

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The Soldlers. Protest Against City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 February 1921 · page 10

The executive of the North Sydney branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League decided by a unanimous vote, on Monday last, to request the State executive of the…

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Labor Council View Will Fight Employers

The Sun · Thursday 24 February 1921 · page 7

Mr.J.S. Gardan, referring to the decisions of conference from which he returned this morning, said:-- "It is one the most sensible moves…

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Lord Mayor O'callaghan Before the American Commission: His Dramatic Evidence. (Official Summary.)

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 24 February 1921 · page 14

Washington, January, 13.— From Lord Mayor Donal O'Callaghan, of Cork, the American Commission on Conditions in Ireland received to-day…

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The Soil Producers' Interests Central Council's Work

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 February 1921 · page 8

The annual meeting of the Producers' Associations' Central Council was presided over by Mr. E. P. Simpson. There were also present:-- Messrs. C. Binnie, D. Carson, J. B. Cramsie,…

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Asked to Resign. Mr. Dooley and Labor Council

The Australian Worker · Thursday 24 February 1921 · page 7

Referring to a motion carried last Thursday night by, the New South Wales Labor Council that he resign his position in Parliament, Mr. Dobley, Acting Premier,…

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