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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1923

3,919 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 196

Municipal Employees Claims for Shorter Week

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 March 1923 · page 10

Yesterday the town clerk (Mr. Nesbitt), the general manager of the electric light department (Mr. Forbes Mackay), and the deputy town clerk and…

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Manly Council Noise Exasperates Mayor

Evening News · Thursday 8 March 1923 · page 12

The babel of tongues which assail the Mayor of Manly (Alderman Keirle) at each meeting of the council causes him to raise…

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Ryde Council

The Sun · Thursday 8 March 1923 · page 8

At the meeting of Ryde Council last night a letter was read from the Harbor Trust asking that a life-line and buoy be placed on Ryde wharf. The…

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A City Employee. Alleged Injustice. Lord Mayor's Contention

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 March 1923 · page 9

The Lord Mayor (Aid. Gilpin) has requested the City Council to reopen the paint contract question on the ground that there has been a insearriage of justice in the summary…

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Paint Contracts Case of J. C. Lamy Lord Mayor Dissatisfied

The Sun · Thursday 8 March 1923 · page 8

"I have examined all the papers in the ease of John Charles Lamy, formerly foreman painter of the City Council, an inquiry in connection with…

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Sir Geoge Faudel Phillips Dead. One-time Lord Mayor of London

The Australian Jewish Chronicle · Thursday 8 March 1923 · page 8

The death occurred on December 28th last of Sir George Faudel Phillips, Baronet, G.C.I.E., J.P., D.L., who in 1896-7 was Lord…

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Export Beef. British Preferenfce. Sought by Meat Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 March 1923 · page 8

The precarious state of the meat industry in Australia has been brought under the notice of the British Incorporated Society of Meat Importers, an influential organisation engaged…

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Aldermen Entertain

The Propeller · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 5

On Saturday last the aldermen of Kogarah Council who were returned under the auspices of the Kogarah Municipal Reform Association and Blakohurst…

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Aldermen's Picnic

The St George Call · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 4

On Saturday last the aldermen of Kogarah Council who were returned under the auspices of the Kogarah Municipal Reform Association and…

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Black Xmas Council's Parsimony A Candid Alderman

Evening News · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 11

Declaring that it had no funds, and that it wanted to overhaul its plant, Hurstville Council dismissed the whole of its Port Kembla staff…

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Rockdale Council. Mayor: G. E. Fortescue

The St George Call · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 2

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Rockdale Council was held on Thursday, 1st inst., there being a full attendance of aldermen…

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Kogarah Council. Mayor, Ald. P. A. Tanner

The St George Call · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 2

The ordinary meeting was held on the 5th inst., each of the aldermen were present. CORRESPONDENCE…

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Rockdale Council

The Propeller · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 8

At the last meeting of Rockdale Council Messrs. Cadogan and Stewart were appointed auditors to the council for the ensuing year…

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Kogarah Council

The Propeller · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 5

At Monday night's meeting of Kogarah Council a communication was received from the Railway Commissioners advising, in reply to a request from the…

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County Council

The Propeller · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 4

The usual fortnightly meeting of the St. George County Council was held on Friday evening last in the boardroom of the new council offices in…

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The Meat Council

The Land · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 7

Next month the Australian Meat Council will meet in Melbourne, and delegates will be present from every State to consider the disquieting…

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Labor in Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 6

The Labor Conference at Rockhampton is busy on one of the periodical reviews of Labor's policy, which have provided some amazing results since…

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"Whisperers" Mayor's Demand Resents Bribery Suggestion Hurstville Fuss

Evening News · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 5

Stating that whisperers were busy with his name, alleging that he was guilty of bribery and corruption in connection with the…

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Cook Park and Council

The Propeller · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 1

Rockdale Council made one more step in connection with the Cook Park tangle at its last meeting, when a reply was received from the Local…

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A Farce Compulsory Council Meeting

Evening News · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 7

The alderman of the City Council are evidently tired of meetings. So much so, that the meeting prescribed to-day by the Sydney…

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