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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1921

3,959 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 198

Unemployed. Lord Mayor Opens a Fund. Attack on Employees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1921 · page 13

The Lord Mayor, Alderman Lambert, announced yesterday that he had decided to open a fund for the relief of urgent cases of distress brought about by unemployment. He…

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Tammany in Sydney Ward Bosses on the Warpath Hungry Bill's Methods Aldermen "Elected" for Slaughter

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 March 1921 · page 4

"Hungry Bill" Lambert is planning to get a complete stranglehold of municipal Labour for the next three years. His present grip on the Lord Mayoralty is weak. He got it through pressure by the A.L.P. Execeutive; but it is not at all certain that the Executive…

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Question Time at Kogarah Council

The St George Call · Saturday 5 March 1921 · page 2

One way of wasting time at Kogarah Council is given thus : Aid. WaLsh in control of the floor…

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"Fifty-fifty, Please!" Ferry Company and Manly Aldermen Profiteer in Wharf Lease Why Manly Fares Go Up

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 March 1921 · page 16

The single fare to Manly beach has increased fifty per cent, in the last eighteen months. The "rake-off" was shared by the Port Jackson Ferry…

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"Not Justified" City Council Report Allegations Against Abattoirs

The Sun · Saturday 5 March 1921 · page 6

The health and bylaws committee of the City Council has received a report from the city health officer enclosing a report from Mr. Cornwall, meat…

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Law Report. Full Court. (Before Mr. Justice Pring, Mr. Justice Ferguson, and Mr. Justice Wade.) to Ascertain Unimproved Value. Glebe Municipal Council v Howard Smith, Ltd. Same v Sydney Coal Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1921 · page 9

These were special cases stated by his Honor Judge Cohen for the determination of the Full Court of questions relating to the practice to be adopted in ascertaining the unimproved…

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Paying Aldermen "Ruinous to Ratepayers" Protest From Temora TEMORA

The Sun · Sunday 6 March 1921 · page 8

At a meeting of the Narraburra Shire Council this morning a motion was carried protesting against the Minister for Local Government's proposal that…

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A Public Meeting Lord Mayor. Willing to Preside But Needs a Requisition

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 March 1921 · page 2

The Lord Mayor (Alderman Lambert), when told, before leaving for Wollongong yesterday morning, that the Sun-day Times and other donors were…

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Diseased Meat Allegations "Not Justified" City Council Report

The Sun · Sunday 6 March 1921 · page 4

The city health officer has forwarded to the City Council a report from an inspector regarding the allegations that diseased meat was being issued from…

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Housing Problem in England Government Aiding Municipal' and Private Building

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 March 1921 · page 19

Lord Astor, explaining the British Government's scheme of coping with the shortage of houses in England, are announces that the providing of home…

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MILK-OH. The Crisis in the City. How Private Enterprise Has Failed. The Question of Municipal or State Control. Problems of the Future and How They Must be Faced

Truth · Sunday 6 March 1921 · page 4

Sydney's milk supply has not quite "go[?] to the dogs". It would be inaccurate to say so. What does, however, seem to be the case is that milk…

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Unpaid Rates. Shire Council's Trouble. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 8

The Mitchell Shire Council finds itself in a critical financial position owing to the accumulation of unpaid rates. The shire clerk, Mr. J. F. Cooper, laid before the councillors…

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Lord Mayor at Wollongong. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 10

The Lord Mayor of Sydney, Alderman Lambert, attended a luncheon to-day at the annual picnic of the Metalliferous Workers. During his remarks he spoke in favour of the One…

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Lord Mayor's Motor New One Wanted Something Out of the Box What Kind of a car is suitable for the Lord Mayor's Use

Evening News · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 4

[?] is already a Lord Mayor motor car at the Town Hall, but it is nor branded. The City Council to-morrow night will…

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The Dismissals. Council Demands an Inquiry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 8

The recent dismissal of two school teachers from the service for alleged interference with qualifying certificate examination papers formed the subject of discussion at…

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Poisoned by Fumes Council's Dilemma Young

The Sun · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 4

The Young Municipal Council is puzzled regarding the attitude it should adopt towards an employee who fell sick as a result of inhaling poison…

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Main Road Traffic. Farmers v. Council. Cowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 8

The municipal council recently passed a resolution preventing laden waggons drawn by more than four horses or bullocks from using the main street, which is metalled and…

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City Council. Labour Caucus. Looking to Next Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 8

Many matters of the utmost importance are at present being debated by the municipal Labour party in the caucus room. Some of the schemes have been…

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City Council and Returned Soldiers. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 11

Sir,—Referring to the case of Mr. E. G. Holdsworth, licensed surveyor, whose application for the postion of surveyor was turned down recently by the City Council because…

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Allied Unity German Intrigues Feared Week-end Council Meeting Nervousness of French Press London

The Sun · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 5

Important weekend conversations between Dr. von Simons, M. Briand and Mr. Lloyd George. resulted in Mr. Lloyd George motoring up from The…

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