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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1921

3,959 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 198

Parramatta Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 5

The council met on Monday evening, the Mayor, Ald. L. A. Simpson, presiding. Also present were Ald. Smith, Noller, Drummond, R. J. Brown. Prudames, Bird, Moss,…

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Sherwood Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 3

The meeting on the 1st March was attended by a full council, the Mayor (Ald. F. G. T. Jones) presiding. The town clerk (Mr. Hume) reported…

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Dundas Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 2

The meeting held on March 5th was attended by the Mayor (Ald. H. Greenwood), and Ald. Spurway, Catt, Cook, Fraser, Hickling, Tunks and McCosker…

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Liverpool Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 5

The Mayor (Ald. L. J. Ashcroft) presided at the last meeting of the council. Also present were Ald. Beale, Suttor, Hull Cruickshank, Webster, Lomax,…

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Municipal Depot Randwick Council Action For Humanitarian Motives

The Sun · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 7

Randwick Council intends to take the lead and establish a municipal milk depot. By a unanimous vote this course was agreed to by the local…

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Baulkham Hills Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 2

The council met on March 1, Cr. Whitling presiding. Also present were Crs. Firth, Lowe, Bowes, Waterworth and Cranston…

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City Council Appointment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 13

The City Council last evening without discussion, and by nine votes to eight, decided not to rescind a resolution refusing to appoint Mr. E. G. Holdsworth, a returned…

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Cabra-vale Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 2

Mayor J. Cook. presided at the usual meeting of the Cabra-Vale Council, held on March 1. Also present were Ald. Young, McBurnie, Bate, Hawkins, Lunn,…

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Lord Mayor's Car. New One to Be Purchased

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 12

The City Council last evening decided that the Lord Mayor's motor car, now seven years in use, should be replaced by a new car at a cost of £995. The present car, on the…

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Financial. City Council Insurance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 14

A correspondent, who is a ratepayer of the City Council, points out the frenzied finance of that body in regard to the insurance of its property. First of all he quotes the…

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Limerick Murders. Mayor Shot Dead. Cold-blooded Outrage. London, March 7

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 9

Mr. O'Donoghue, a well-known citizen, has been murdered at Limerick. At 1 o'clock in the morning, armed and masked men woke Callaghan, shouting, "Come…

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Vote of Censure On Labor Council

The Sun · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 10

Apparently all the Labor adherents are by no means impressed by the manner in which the unemployed are endeavoring to get work--or by the…

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Unemployment. the Food Promise. Work on Tumut Roads. Lord Mayor and a Loan

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 9

Mr. George Waite, assistant secretary of the United Laborers' Protective Society, who has taken a large part in the campaign against the Labor Government, on behalf of the…

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Electricity Prices. Council's Application. Commission Sits Today

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 10

Mr. Justice Wade will this morning open an inquiry into the application of the City Council for permission to increase the price of electricity. Under the Act recently passed, the…

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Who Is Responsible? Council or Harbor Trust?

The Sun · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 9

Access to the metal wharf at the foot of Avenue-road, Mosman, has been obstructed for some time by the shoaling of the bay at that particular point…

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Cockatoo Island. City Council Contract. Indignation Meeting Held

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 14

To express indignation at the refusal of the Naval Board to allow Cockatoo Dockyard to tender for the supply of £600,000 worth of machinery required by the City Council, a…

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City Council Loan. Local Flotation. London Proposal Deferred

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 8

It has been known for several days past that the City Council did not intend immediately to consider the offer made by a Melbourne firm to underwrite in London a loan of £1,000,000 on…

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Parks and Politics Protest in the City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 13

Alderman Gilpin, at the City Council last evening, protested against the use of Camperdown Park by the Newtown-Erskineville branch of the A.L.P. for the purpose of raising…

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Coogee Beach Council and Carnivals "Imperial Soldiers Destitute"

The Sun · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 9

The Randwick Council intends to adhere to the principle of saving Coogee beach from being the scene of further carnivals. This decision was…

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