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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1921

3,959 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 198

Kogarah Municipal Bans

The St George Call · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 2

The Kogarah Municipal Band will render a programme of high class music in Kogarah Park on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. A collection…

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Scottish Shire Line

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 7 May 1921 · page 4

Messrs. Turnbull, Martin & Co. report the following movements of their steamers:— The Ayrshire wirelessed that she…

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Blacktown Shire Council Residential Area for Blacktown. the Ratability of a Home

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 May 1921 · page 1

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

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Claim Against Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 7 May 1921 · page 5

A Sydney solicitor wrote to the Fairfield Council stating that Mrs. Lawrence, of Canley-street, Fairfield, had complained that the council's employees went upon…

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Hitting the Council Hard

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 7 May 1921 · page 6

The agreement between municipal councils and general laborers regarding wages expired on 1st inst. The Conciliation Committee is now considering at fresh agreement and councils have been…

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Campbelltown Council Campbelltown

The Sun · Saturday 7 May 1921 · page 6

The following motion of loyalty was unanimously carried at the Campbelltown Council meeting last night:-- "That this council deplores the…

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£50,000 WANTE Blue Mountains Shire DAWSON

The Sun · Saturday 7 May 1921 · page 3

The Blue Mountains Shire has adopted a comprehensive scheme for improvements in the various centres, and at a meeting of the shire held…

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Progress Associations. District Council Formed

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 7 May 1921 · page 5

No less than twelve Progress Associations were represented at a meeting of the Progress Associations between Granville and Liverpool, held in the Guildford…

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Council of Ambassadors. New York, May 5

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 May 1921 · page 12

The "New York Times'" Washington correspondent states that it is expected that the United States will not accept the Allies' invitation to send representatives to the Council…

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Is it Parochialism? Discussion in the Parramatta Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 7 May 1921 · page 6

At the regular meeting of the Parramatta Council on Monday evening, that parochial feeling, to which we referred some time back, obtruded itself just a…

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Expelled. Member of Labour Council. Criticism Not Tolerated

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 May 1921 · page 13

The New South Wales Labour Council has expelled Mr. G. Waite for having criticised certain of its decisions. Mr. Waite is the assistant secretary of the…

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The Road Towards Deficit The Example as Set by the City Council

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 May 1921 · page 4

Once more the Government is supposed to be turning an eye to the railways with a desire to bring control of the Railway Department into the hands of politicians…

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Late Alderman Pritchard

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 May 1921 · page 8

The funeral of Alderman Arthur F. Pritchard, who was formerly president of the Institute of Architects, took place on Saturday afternoon at Rookwood…

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Sydney City Council Matters

Construction and Local Government Journal · Monday 9 May 1921 · page 17

Tenders are being called for the annual supplies of the Sydney (N.S.VV.) City Council commencing 1st July. The widening of Elizabeth Street from…

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Manly Alderman's Resignation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 May 1921 · page 7

The resignation of Alderman Holmes was received at a meeting of the Manly Council last night on the ground that he had unconsciously contravened a section of the Local…

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Burning the Flag Loyal Motion Discarded Paddington Aldermen's Views

Evening News · Tuesday 10 May 1921 · page 6

At Paddington Council last night Alderman J. Marsh moved the following resolution: "This Council deplores the disloyal…

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Manly Council Protests

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 May 1921 · page 8

At a meeting of the Manly Council last night the Deputy Mayor, Alderman Railton, moved:—"That this council enter an emphatic protest against the Sydney Domain being…

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Electricity. City Council's Big Loss

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 May 1921 · page 6

The town clerk reported to the electricity committee yesterday that the Royal Commissioner (Mr. Justice Wade) had again adjourned generally the application of the City…

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UNREPENTANT Mr. Waite and Labor Council Will Fight White Ants

The Sun · Tuesday 10 May 1921 · page 10

The United Laborers' Union has refused point blank to withdraw Mr. George Waite as its delegate to the Labor Council…

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An Unbuilt Town Hall Architect Claims £400 Manly Council Demurs

Evening News · Tuesday 10 May 1921 · page 6

Mr. H. R. Mead, architect for the Manly Town Hall, [?] by the [?] payers, has presented his account to the council-a little matter of £100…

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