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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1921

3,959 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 198

Auburn Municipal Election

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 6

An election has been rendered necessary in the West Ward of the Auburn municipality through the resignation of Ald. Ashton, who is leaving the district. Nomination of candidates to fill the vacancy…

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The Lost Street Alderman Demands Map LITHGOW

The Sun · Sunday 16 January 1921 · page 2

Lithgow Council has awakened to the fact that one of the side streets of the municipality seems to nave disappeared. At the request of Alderman…

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National Research Council

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 January 1921 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Saturday.-The general council of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science passed the necessary resolution to-day to…

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Sydney's Electric System Quite. Safe Lord Mayor's Emphatic Statement

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 January 1921 · page 5

The alarm as to the inability of the City Council to supply light and motive power throughout the year is not shared by the executive of the municipality…

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"Rude Ratepayers" Rockdale's Jubilee First Council Meeting

The Sun · Sunday 16 January 1921 · page 4

Thursday was the 50th anniversary of the incorporation of Rockdale (formerly West Botany) Municipality, an occasion which will be celebrated by a…

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City Council's Suggested Coalmine Statements of "Graft" Authoratively Denied

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 January 1921 · page 1

Alderman Lambert, the Lord Mayor of Sydney, spoke definitely to a Sunday Times representative yesterday about the allegations concerning the project of…

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Research Council Australia and Science Move by Association Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 16 January 1921 · page 1

The General Council of the Australian Association for the Advancement of Science to-day passed the necessary resolution which will create on…

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More About Those A.W.U. BALLOTS Lord Mayor's Denial of Political Corruption Challenged-What Mr. Cullinan Says

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 January 1921 · page 1

There is something more to be said about the statement published in the Sunday Times last week concerning allegations as to faked ballot papers in the…

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Empty Garbage Tins Before Studying Art Another Municipal Burlesque in Woollahra

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 January 1921 · page 2

The policy of the Woollahra Municipal Council is not unlike that of the barrow merchant who believes in putting the best iruit on top of the pile and serving…

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The Price of Peace in Labor Ranks Mr. Storey to Go to London, Ten Labor Men to the Legislative Council Statement by Mr. Lambert

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 January 1921 · page 1

The Immediate outcome of the secret conferences between the Exe-cutive of the Australian Labor Party and the Premier of the State is that Mr. Storey will go to London as arranged, and that no attempt will be made during his absence for six months to undermine the…

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Sheisms. Vice-regal Doings—calling on the Lord Mayor—john Stor[?]y's Busy Week—cut[?] Cupid Working Overtime— Psycho-analysis, England's Latest C[?]aze—monsignor O'haran O.k.— Motherhood Endowment Meeting at Town Hall—returned Travellers and Their Tales—fall in Prices and Furs for the Asking—the Halls Back—davie and Legal Redress—conan Doyle and Melbourne—bakers, Bread and Boodle

Truth · Sunday 16 January 1921 · page 8

Governor and Dame Margaret Davidson left the sylvan joys of Hillside, Moss Vale, with its weekly exclusive cricket match, for a brief space this…

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City Council. Private Deputations. Lord Mayor Makes an Innovation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1921 · page 7

Deputations on municipal matters received by the Lord Mayor have hitherto been open to the reporters, but on Saturday morning Alderman Lambert introduced the precedent of…

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The Law Sydney Aldermen at an Electrical Conference

Construction and Local Government Journal · Monday 17 January 1921 · page 10

The aldermen of Sydney, New South Wales, or at least the majority of them, are practicing the labor paradox of "Jack being as good as his master" in quite a number of ways; the…

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Council's Machinery. Local Manufacture Desired

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 January 1921 · page 3

A deputation representing the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, the Boilermakers' Union, and the Ironworkers' Union waited on the Lord Mayor, for the purpose of advocating…

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Cost of Electricity City Council's Way

The Sun · Monday 17 January 1921 · page 6

"There will be no profiteering on electric light supplied by the City Council while the Labor aldermen have a majority," said the Lord Mayor this…

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Science Congress. Research Council Formed. Conservation of Forests. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1921 · page 6

At the final meeting of the general council of the Australian Association for the Advancement of Science, held on Saturday, it was decided to form an Australian National…

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"Safe As Gold Coin." City Council Loan Six Per Cent. Debentures

The Sun · Monday 17 January 1921 · page 6

"From the date of my assuming office," said the Lord Mayor (Alderman Lambert), this morning, "I have been met from several sources with…

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Municipal Reciprocity. the Future of Menai

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 January 1921 · page 7

The Sutherland and Hurstville Councils have been in conference in regard to the area belonging to the Hurstville Council, on the southern side of George's River, known as…

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Touchy Aldermen Methods at Manly

Evening News · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 6

Manly council is comprised of a touchy set of alderman. Little things said in the intensity of debate that might easily be passed, lead to points of order…

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Manly Ferry Fares Row in Tee Council Mayor Demands Apology

Evening News · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 6

At the command of the Mayor of Manly (Alderman Reld, M.L.A.), the Health Inspector advanced to the council table last night to remove Alderman…

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