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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1922

3,738 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 187

City Council and Insurance. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 May 1922 · page 11

Sir,—A letter in to-day's "Herald," signed Frank Grimley," throws a dash of business acumen on a subject that it would hr will for the City Council to note. it appears to…

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'BUSES v. TRAMS Aldermen Object

Evening News · Tuesday 9 May 1922 · page 6

When the Annandale Council was asked last night to approve an application made to the traffic branch of the Police Department by…

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City Employees Powers of Dismissal Lord Mayor's View

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 May 1922 · page 6

In a minute to the City Electricity Supply Committee on the subject of departmental control, the major details of which were published in yesterday's "Daily Telegraph," the…

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Block Boys. Maximum Age Fixed. Lord Mayor's Recommendation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 May 1922 · page 7

The health committee decided yesterday to recommend the City Council to adopt a proposal of the Lord Mayor that in future boys engaged in sweeping the streets during the…

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Melbourne's Lord Mayor Cr. Swanson's Re=election MELBOURNE

The Sun · Tuesday 9 May 1922 · page 3

Though the election for the office of Lord Mayor of Melbourne will not take place until October 9. and the new Lord Mayor will not enter on his term…

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"Let There Be Letters Writ to Every Shire"

The Sun · Tuesday 9 May 1922 · page 1

Mr. Glossop (secretary) and Mr. Missingham, M.L.A. (president), discuss the agenda for to-day's Shires' Conference…

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The Communists. Disloyal Teachings. Denied by Labour Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 May 1922 · page 7

Mr. J. S. Garden, on behalf of the NewSouth Wales Labour Council and the Communist party, denied yesterday that the catechism used in the Communist Sunday schools…

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"A Fair Thing" Workers and Wages Council's Problem

The Sun · Tuesday 9 May 1922 · page 10

"Workers, while seeking higher wages and shorter, hours, are, speaking generally, probably doing less work than ever before."…

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Council of Action Information Bureau Activities of Unions

The Sun · Tuesday 9 May 1922 · page 10

The All- Australian Congress of Trade Unions, at its last gathering, instructed the secretary of the Council of Action (Mr. Willis) to prepare a…

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Anzac Memorial. Cook Park Site. Refused by City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 May 1922 · page 6

Alderman Sir Charles Rosenthal, M.L.A., brought before the parks committee yesterday for approval a proposal by the committee in charge of the proposed Anzac Merorial that…

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The Russians. 20,000,000 Starving. Cable to the Labour Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 May 1922 · page 7

A cable received by the New South Wales Labour Council yesterday from the Russian Soviet Government stated that the famine Situation was grave, and…

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Needy Soldiers. Councils Invited to Help. Lord Mayor's Efforts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 May 1922 · page 12

The Lord Mayor, in accordance with a promise which he made at a meeting at the Town Hall on Monday, has convened a meeting of [?]yors of the metropolitan municipalities to…

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Backs Up Shire Men Angry Newspaper Report

Evening News · Wednesday 10 May 1922 · page 3

Statements in the "Daily [?] graph." that "stamping laughing and shouting [?]…

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Not Larrikins Morning Paper Reports Shire Conference Angry

The Sun · Wednesday 10 May 1922 · page 9

Have seventy-five shire councillors come to Sydney to be branded by the morning press as backblock larrikins, bitterly…

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Not Disloyal Council's Attitude to Street Musicians

Evening News · Wednesday 10 May 1922 · page 3

At a recent meeting the Newtown Council showed strong opposition to street musicians, and talked of getting rid of them all-bands…

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Better Lighting. in Martin-plage. City Council Scheme

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 May 1922 · page 11

The works committee yesterday agreed to recommend the City Council to extend the mass lighting scheme which has been installed in Martin-place, opposite the…

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"Scooters" Racing On Bexley Footpaths Council Calls for Police

The Sun · Wednesday 10 May 1922 · page 8

A ratepayer complained to the Bexley Council last night, regarding scooters" and billycarts being used on the footpath, and contended it…

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Ryde Cancer Hospital Committee Will Build and Ignore Council

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 May 1922 · page 5

Mr. F. Moore, secretary for the New South Wales Home for Incurables, at Ryde, stated yesterday that the controversy which has raged over the proposal to erect a cancer home at…

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Insurance Case Appeal to Privy Council London, May 9

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 May 1922 · page 8

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has reserved Judgment in the appeal from the High Court of the Yorkshire Insurance Company v. Craine…

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Land Court. (Before Mr. Justice Pike.) Railway Commissioners and Petersham Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 May 1922 · page 8

Argument was concluded in the appeal by the New South Wales Railway Commissioners against the assessment by the local municipal council of raliway lands within the…

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