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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1923

3,919 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 196

Clovelly Beach Randwick Council Discussion Ald. Goldstein's Insolence

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 February 1923 · page 1

The lovely Clovelly Beach to going to be improved, and will become a most beautiful resort—but not yet…

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Much Advice For Canterbury Council Hints to Aldermen

Evening News · Monday 26 February 1923 · page 9

It Canterbury aldermen some times make mistakes it is through [?] lack of advice from [?] organisations…

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Willoughby Council Contracts

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 February 1923 · page 4

Sir,--I have just received a big bill from the "Willoughby Council for rates. They are very heavy, but I can quite see that if the present procedure of…

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Jehu Protests Roads Too Slippery Lord Mayor Sympathetic

The Sun · Monday 26 February 1923 · page 8

"The city is full of death-traps. More cruelty is caused in one day to animals owing to the slippery nature of the streets than by drivers in…

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Rack Renting City Council Leases

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 February 1923 · page 6

The City Solicitor advises the City Council finance committee that it may insert a clause in its leases giving it the right to refuse consent to a…

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Holiday Pay Claim on City Council Christmas Relief Work

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 February 1923 · page 5

A vital principle is at stake in the City Council's employment policy as the result of the Municipal and Shire Employees' Union claiming full pay for…

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Missed Bus Council's Share In Balmain Colliery Prices Goes Up

Evening News · Monday 26 February 1923 · page 7

"The city Council her missed the bus badly with regard to the proposed purchase [?] a share in the Balmain Collery."…

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Willoughby. Municipal By-election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 February 1923 · page 8

Voting at the by-eleetion held on Saturday to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Alderman Broomham from Willoughby Council resulted in the election of Mr. Robert…

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Municipal Garage Cheap Motor Rides Ratepayers Foot Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 February 1923 · page 3

The ratepayers of Sydney are apparently footing the bills of rides made by visitors in cars belonging to the City Council's motor garage…

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Alderman Against 'Bus Tax

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 6

At the Annandale Council last night, when a report was submitted of the recent municipal conference regarding future control and regulation of motor…

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Woman's Conquest Lane Cove Aldermen Under the Spell

Evening News · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 3

There is [?] something about the Lane Cove alderman that appeals to the [?] may be the [?]…

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Mayor of Rome Resigns Fascist Ban on Freemasonry LONDON, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 1

As a sequel to the ban placed by the Fascist[?] on Freemasonry, the mayor and aldermen have resigned, says the Rome correspondent of the…

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Balmain Colliery. Offer to City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 9

The proposal that the City Council purchase one-fourth interest in the Balmain Colliery was on the agenda paper of the electricity supply committee of the council…

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"DEAD-HOUSE" Paddington at Night Council Rebuked

Evening News · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 8

"Paddington is like a dead house at night. There are no window displays, yet Darlinghurst is bri[?]iantly illuminated."…

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Council's Seance at Lane Cove Table Rapping

Evening News · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 3

Mans strange things happen when the [?] The opening of the Lane Cove Council meeting last night resembled a…

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Contract or Day Labor Paddington Council Again

The Sun · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 9

Fresh from its encounter with the local branch of the A.L.P. over the question of day labor versus contract, the Paddington Council, with its full…

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At Variance Police and City Council Traffic Control

Evening News · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 8

Could the City Council control Sydney's street traffic if it were given the chance? A member of the traffic Police…

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Control of Streets Council or Police? Traffic Methods Condemned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 4

A move is about to be made by the City Council to re-acquire control of the city footpaths. The council at present only has jurisdiction over the…

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Meat Trade Problems Important Meeting of Council Attitude of South Australia

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 4

Mr. J. B. Cramsie, chairman of the Australian Meat Council, left for Adelaide on Sunday to attend a conference of the South Australian meat…

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Wood Blocks Mystified Aldermen a Sherlock Holmes Suggested

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 February 1923 · page 8

At a meeting of the City Council Works Committee yesterday, the vice-chairman (Ald. Sir Chas. Rosenthal) was bombarded with questions about…

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