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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1923

3,919 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 196

Municipal Salaries Aldermen a "Poor Set of Slaves" North Sydney Opinion

The Sun · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 9

DURING a discussion following on a minute submitted by the Mayor of North Sydney (Alderman G. T. Clarke) in regard to the salaries of…

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No Quorum. Aldermen Attend Circus. Nowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 14

Only one meeting of the Nowra Council has been held during the last five weeks, and there has been no meeting of the finance committee if for a much longer period. A meeting was…

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"Widening Breach" Alderman Annoyed Envoys and Waterloo

The Sun · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 8

The Waterloo Council last night received a letter from the Attorney General's Department about the activities of the Irish envoys. It was…

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Liverpool Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 5

The fortnightly meeting of the Liverpool Council was held on Tuesday, April 24. Present: The Mayor (AId. L. J. Ashcroft), Aldermen Scott, Webster, Lomax,…

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Baulkham Hills Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 4

The usual meeting of the Baulkham Hills Council Was held on April 24, Councillor H. A. Best presiding. Others in attendance were Councillors Purser Black,…

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Claim Against Council

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 6

MUDGEE.--The Cudgegong Council is threatened with a prosecution for an accident that happened from a peculiar cause, when a lady was driving across…

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Slum Areas. a Hundred Houses. Lord Mayor's Scheme

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 13

The Lord Mayor has recommended to the City Council for consideration a proposal for the erection of more than 100 houses for workmen in Dowling-street on a basis which…

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Civic Reform. Lord Mayor's Request. Declined by Mr. Murdoch

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 14

Mr. J. A. Murdoch, president of the Citizens' Reform Association, referring to the request of the Lord Mayor (Alderman Gilpin) to him to convene a meeting of the full association,…

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'Paltry Ambition' Mr. Murdoch on Lord Mayor 'Bartered Civic Reform'

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 10

"The criticism that Aid. Gilpin takes exception to was made in the press, and the press, it must be assumed, is open to him for the statement of his…

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The Moscow Visit. Mr. Garden Addresses Labor Council

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 6

Mr. J. S. Garden, Secretary of the Labor Council of New South Wales, delivered a brief report of his visit to Russia and other European countries at last…

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Looking for Flat Mr. Hughes and Kirribilli Council's Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 6

Ald. E. M. Clark at the North Sydney Council's meeting last night asked the Mayor if, in view of certain reports concerning Kirribilli House and grounds…

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Worker' Flats City Council Scheme £76,000 to be Spent

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 10

The Lord Mayor's proposals for the erection of workers' flats at Way's Terrace, at a cost of £76,000, were carried at last night's meeting of the City…

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North Shore Bridge Cost of Collecting Rates. City Council Protests

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 14

The City Council last night decided to enter a protest against the allowance, suggested by the Government as payment for the collection of the North Shore Bridge rate in the…

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Our Motor 'Buses. The "Parking" Problem. Council Favors Present Site

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 5

What is the most suitable site for the "parking" of the motor buses coming into Parramatta? Parramatta Council, on Monday,…

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Out You Go! Ald. A. M'Elhone Twice Removed City Council "Scene."

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 9

There were ructions at the meeting of the City Council last night. "I must report that Aid. A…

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Ex-melbourne Alderman Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday. George Harvey Parsons, 60, an accountant with a Christchurch firm, and a former City Councillor of Melbourne,…

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Miners' Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 9

A meeting of the council of the Mlners Federation was held subsequent to yesterday morning's conferene, and afterwards Mr. A. C. Willis, general secretary the Miners'…

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Narrabeen Lakes Not Under Shire Control

The Sun · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 6

Some time ago the Warringah Shire Council wrote to the Lands Department inquiring whether the Minister for Lands would receive a deputation…

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Tom Ugly's Punt "News" and Council

Evening News · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 6

A paragraph in the "News" drawing attention to the danger to pedestrians at Tom Ugly's punt, owing to people having to dodge across in…

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Local Government. the Council v the Crown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 5

An instance of how modern procedure can save cpsts in illigation has come to light in the settlement of a dispute between the Lidcombe Council and the Public Health…

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