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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1922

3,738 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 187

Council and Footballers Was a Promise Kept?

Evening News · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 3

Hunter's Hill Council received a "deputation last night [?] the local Rugby League Football Club which claimed the use of Boroma Park, Hunter's Hill,…

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Another Big Loan For Waverley's Beaches Wasteful, Says Alderman

Evening News · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 7

Waverley Council last night discussed the £ 45,000 scheme for improving the [?] which did not escape scathing criticism by Alderman Rogers…

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Dundas Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 4

Present at the meeting held on 15th inst. were: The Mayor (Ald. J. S. Fraser), Ald. Auchterlonie, Mobbs, Hickling, H. Catt, J. R. Tunks, Greenwood, Cook and…

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Sherwood Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 3

The Mayor (Ald. J. H. Shaw) presided at last Tuesday's meeting of the Prospect and Sherwood Council. Also present were: Ald. J. Wiliams. S. Davison,…

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"As You Like It" Aldermen Vote at Pleasure Ald. Gilpin Wins

Evening News · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 5

Alderman of the City Council [?] their way towards the Town Hall today as it suited their convenience. Each day them as he reached the precints of…

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Baulkham Hills Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 3

The usual meeting of the Baulkham Hills Council was hold on March 14th, Cr. Whitling presiding over a full board. The President was elected delegate to…

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Incapables in Council

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 3

D. G. GORDON, President of the Associated Chambers of Commerce, which are holding a big pow-wow at Hobart, is very much afraid of German competition…

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City Council Gipps Ward Seat

The Sun · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 9

The poll for the election of an alderman for Gipps Ward in the City Council. caused by the retirement or Alderman O'Connor, is taking place to-day…

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Coal Miners Special Meeting of Council

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 6

A special meeting of the council of the Mining Department of the Australasian Workers' Association (the Coal and Shale Minors) was held yesterday, to consider the letter recently…

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Rand Revolt. Labour Council's Defence. "Employers Responsible."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 15

An official statement issued by the Trades and Labour Council yesterday says:—"The 'Sydney Morning Herald' is attempting to placate public opinion against the bombing and…

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Rand Strikers Sydney Sympathy Labor Council's Justification

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 9

Mr. J. S. Garden, secretary of the Labor Council of New South Wales, yesterday referred to what he regarded as attempts to placate public opinion against "the bombing and…

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Coogee Surf Shark=proof Fence Recommendation to Council

The Sun · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 6

It is hoped that before next summer a scheme to make the Coogee surf "shark proof" will have been brought into effect…

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Shark Barrier at Coogee Council Moves Conference Coming

Evening News · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 1

"That this committee is of opinion, having exhaustively considered the various schemes submitted for the safety of surf bathers at Coogee Beach,…

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Bookbinding. to Be Done by Contract. City Council Decision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 14

The City Council last evening, by 13 votes to seven, on a party divison, decided that the bookbinding for the Municipal Library be done by contract, instead of by day…

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Clean City City Council Efforts Magistrate's Remarks Many Fines Inflicted

The Sun · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 9

"It is particularly necessary, whits we are threatened with bubonic plague, that the cleanliness of the city should be looked after…

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Free Speech North Sydney Council Threatened Mr. A. A. C. Cocks to Be Prosecuted

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 10

There was a threatened invasion of North Sydney Council Chambers last night. The council has passed a decree prohibiting…

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Municipal Holiday

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 2

Next Thursday will be recognised as "Municipal Picnic Day," throughout the County of Cumberland. All municipal employees, except the officers, will have the…

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Land Court. (Before Mr. Justice Pike.) Manly Municipality Valuations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 9

His Honor gave his reserved decisions in the objections to valuations in the municipal district of Manly. In the case of John W. Pawley, the…

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Alderman Goldstein's Candidature

The Australian Jewish Chronicle · Thursday 23 March 1922 · page 6

During the last week of his political campaign as one of the Nationalist-Progressive candidates for Eastern Suburbs, Alderman H. Goldstein,…

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Miners' Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 March 1922 · page 8

The Council of the Coalminers again met yesterday, and after a lengthy discussion It decided to empower the executive to meet in conference the proprietors "to discuss certain…

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