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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1922

3,738 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 187

Soldiers Angry' Want Mayor's Resignation HAY

The Sun · Sunday 1 January 1922 · page 5

The Mayor of Hay refused to call a public meeting In response to a petition by a number of ratepayers and others, to protest against the action of…

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North Sydney Council To Start the Year Well

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 January 1922 · page 4

The North Sydney Council will start the new year in great style. The work of concreting the whole of the roadways in the municipality, which proposal was…

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The Trades and Labor Council. a Futile and Dangerous Parody on Trade-Unionism. To the Editor

Truth · Sunday 1 January 1922 · page 9

Sir.—The wide city and country circulation of your valuable journal coupled with a desire to remove an erroneous impression regarding the…

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Australasian Bowling Council. Tour of Britain Arranged. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 8

Important matters, including a proposal to send a team to Canada and arrangements for the ensuing tour of Australian bowlers in England, were discussed at a meeting of the Australasian Bowling…

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City Council. End of Caucus Rule. Lord Mayor's Aims

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 6

The Lord Mayor (Alderman W. P. McElhone) was a speaker at the annual luncheon of the New South Wales Highland Society. Alderman McElhone explained that he was not of…

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Found the Key Manly Alderman's House Entered

Evening News · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 9

The residence of [?] A. T Feale, of Manly. was [?] during [?] of january [?] but as the [?] were away at the time the [?] was…

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Caucus Government System "Must Cease" New Lord Mayor's Policy

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 4

"From to-day the damnable system of caucus Government in the City Council will cease."--The Lord Mayor. Aid. W. P. M'Elhone, Sydney's new Lord…

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Day by Day Municipal Caucus Rule Ends

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 4

The energetic words of Sydney's new Lord Mayor reminds us that the rule of the Caucus in the City Council has ended. It has been ended because the city voters…

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Lord Mayor's Callers

Evening News · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 6

The new Lord Mayor, Alderman W. P. M'Elbone, to-day received a number of prominent citizens, who came to offer him their congratulations…

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Shire Presidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 13

JEMALONG.—[?] Sweeney. [?]EPKAN.—[?] T. G. (re-elected). BLACKTOWN.—[?] (re-elected)…

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Busy Lord Mayor Visitors Received

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 2

From 9 a.m. until mid-day to-day the Lord Mayor (Alderman McElhone) did little else but receive visitors. In the course of a hurried chat he…

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The New Lord Mayor Starts Tn

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 6

ALD. W. P. McELHONE OCCUPYING THE MAYORAL CHAIR FOR THE FIRS T TIME YESTERDAY…

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"Cleaning Up." Lord Mayor's Task. Work Ahead

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 11

The Lord Mayor of Sydney (Alderman W. P. M'Elhone), who entered upon his duties at the Town Hall yesterday morning, was welcomed by the officers of the City Council…

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Subdivision Sales Effect on Shire Finances

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 9

Recent sales of subdivided properties in the vicinity of Jervis Bay have had the effect of improving the financial position of the local shire (Clyde)…

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New Lord Mayor Takes Up Reins of Office Many Callers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 6

The new Lord Mayor, All. W. P. M'Elhone. stepped into the chair at the Town Hall at 9 o'clock yesterday morning. Ald, M'Elhone is a demon for work. But he…

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Increased Costs Particulars Wanted Council and Company

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 4

The Australian Gaslight Company is about to raise the price of tar by a halfpenny a gallon. The reason, so a letter received by the Annandale…

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Cleansing the Augean Stables The Herculean Task of the Sydney City Council

Construction and Local Government Journal · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 7

There can be no doubt that the doings of the democratic demagogues equivalent to our "labor" patriots were suppressed from ancient history, and there is less…

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On Trial Supreme Council at Cannes Will It Live or Die? London, Monday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 5

The correspondent of "The Times" at Cannes, says that the Supreme Council is assembling under the fairest of natural auspices -- azure skies…

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Lord Mayor's Callers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 6

The Town Hall, under the new regime, has assumed quite a different atmosphere, Yesterday over 300 callers signed their names in the Lord Mayor's book. Amongst thorn were:…

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