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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1921

3,959 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 198

City Council Depot

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 9

The Lord Mayor stated yesterday that he had directed the City Surveyor and the Controller of Assets to prepare a detailed report showing the cost and organisation required…

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Riverina Electorate Council

The Land · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 12

There wan a large and representative gathering of delegates from the various branches of the Farmers and Settlers' Association throughout the Riverina at the…

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Council News. Urban Committee

The Land · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 15

Mr. Gibbs, shire clerk, Coolamon, reported at last meeting of the Council that since the previous meeting three nominations to the…

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Association Doings Murrumbidgee District Council

The Land · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 12

A meeting of the Murrumbidgee District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at the Mechanics' Institute on 25th February, there being present…

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Hungry Spirits. Lord Mayor As Medium. Rappings at Town Hall. 200 Spirit Chickens

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 5

A follower of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle must have been delighted had he attended the civic seance at the Town Hall yesterday. The light in the Lord Mayor's refreshment room…

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Carnivals and Gambling. Hurstville Council and Mugs

The Propeller · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 2

At last night's meeting of Hurstville, Council a letter was received from the Hurstville Band asking permission to hold a carnival in Railway Square in…

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Producers In Politics Electorate Council. Formed in Riverina

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 5

There was a large and representative meeting of delegates from the various brunches of the Farmers and Settlers' Association throughout the Riverina…

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No Amalgamation! INDIGNANT S.A. FARMERS. Council Scheme Rejected

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 2

In South Australia, the central council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association recently decided to amalgamate with the Nationalists to form a…

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Half a Million City Council Scheme Hope for Unemployed

The Sun · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 6

A deputation from the unemployed, led by Mr. Joe Warner, waited on Aid. Bridges, chairman of the Works Committee of the City Council, at the…

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Naval Dockyard Dismissal of Men Conference Called Labor Council's Circular

The Sun · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 5

Evidently the protests of Labor members of Parliament and others have been of no avail, for no further advioes from the Naval Board…

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£500,000 to Renew City Streets City Council's Proposal to Absorb Unemployed

Evening News · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 7

Labor aldermen are considering another big scheme: they propose to spend £500,000 at once on renewing the city streets, incidentally absorbing the unemployed. The matter of re-building many of the…

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Communist Activity in the East. the Council of Action of the Eastern Peoples. Moscow, December, 1920

The Australian Communist · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 7

Comrade Pavlovitch submitted his report on the activity of the Council of Action of the Eastern Peoples at a meeting of Executive Committee of the Communist…

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Municipal Home Rule

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 6

American towns are clamouring for what they call municipal home rule. It is a counterpart of the cry that is raised at conferences in this State when resolutions are passed…

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Local Government. America's' Latest Municipal Charter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 6

On the 1st July next the City of Sacramento, the capital of Californa, will start municipal business under a new charter. It is claimed that it approximates the American idea of…

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Municipality of Hurstville. Proposed Loan of £100,000. Notice Is Hereby Given in

The Propeller · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 4

cordance with the provisions of the Local Government Act, 1919 (as amended) that the Council of the Municipality of Hurstville proposes to borrow a sum of…

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Municipalisation Considering the Cost

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 5

The Lord Mayor said yesterday that he was having thorough inquiries made with regard to the proposal to municipalise the city milk supply…

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Blacktown Shire Council

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

The council met on Tuesday, the President Cr. G. Lalor, presiding. Also present were Crs. W. A. Lalor, Page, Pye, Cable and Moorehead…

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Payment to Aldermen

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

MR. MUTCH, the Minister for Local Government, made an extraordinary mistake recently when he said that N.S.W. aldermen are agitating for payment for…

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Mayor's Recommendations

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

At the meeting of the Lidcombe Council on Wednesday the Mayor (Ald. W. Brown) presented the following minute: "In view of the growing necessity for…

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Blacktown Shire Council Departmental Profiteering. Urging Water Extensions

Nepean Times · Saturday 12 March 1921 · page 1

The regular fortnightly meeting of Blacktown Shire Council was held on Tuesday afternoon when there were present:—The President (Cr. G. Lalor)…

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