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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1924

5,225 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250

Illegal Payments Council's Fish Agency Officer's Unlimited Power

The Sun · Thursday 31 January 1924 · page 9

Sharp criticism of the City Council's policy concerning the municipal fish business, and of the management of the markets is contained in the report of…

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Orange District. New Council of S.V.P. SOCIETY

The Catholic Press · Thursday 31 January 1924 · page 40

One hundred and fifty delegates gathered at the Catholic school-hall, Summer-street, Orange on Sunday, when a District Council of the Society of St. Vincent do Paul…

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Queen Victoria Building Proposal to Sell Rejected by City Council Committee

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 January 1924 · page 6

A proposal aiming at the disposal of the freehold of the Queen Victoria Building, which is owned by the City Council, was defeated by the finance…

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The Growing Importance of Orange. Celebrations in Honor of New Ventures. St. Vincent de Paul Diocesan Council Established

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 31 January 1924 · page 19

Important in every way for the betterment and progress of the Church in the Bathurst diocese were the ceremonies held on Saturday and Sunday last in…

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Wagga Municipality. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 January 1924 · page 10

Just now, when there was every prospect of an amicable adjustment of the differences between all parties concerned in the proposed extension of the municipales of Wagga on the…

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Labor News and Views Soldier and Comrade Crosses the Border Death of Captain Nelson Slee--City Council Officer for Years--Footballer and Fighter

The Labor Daily · Thursday 31 January 1924 · page 3

The remains of the Late Captain Nelson-Sleo were laid to rest at the Waverley Cemetery on Monday afternoon, the 28th inst. The funeral was…

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Bexley Council. Mayor’s Minute

The St George Call · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 5

At this week’s meeting of Bexley Council the Mayor (Ald. F. S. Stephen), presented a novel minute outlining the doings of the Council for last year…

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Aldermen Taught By a Ratepayer

Evening News · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 8

Rockdale Council decided recently to loan £500 to St. George County Council, free of interest. The money was to be used in extending the…

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Bathurst Alderman Will Go to the Poll

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 8

BATHURST. Thursday--Aid. H. W. Flanigan, as a result of the scene at the recent meeting of the Bathurst Municipal Council, has tendered his…

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"WINDOW-DRESSING" Alderman Who Walked Out BATHURST

The Sun · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 9

At the last meeting of the Bathurst Council, Alderman Flanagan, when called to order by the Mayor, Alderman Beddie, defied the Chair, and left the…

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Kogarah Council

The St George Call · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 6

At the request of the County Council Kogarah Council has agreed to act as agent in levying and collecting the loan rate for the current year…

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Civic Reform. Lord Mayor's Defence. Association Attacked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 11

The Lord Mayor yesterday made a statement in answer to the report of the exceptive of the Citizens' Reform Association, and also to the statements made by Mr. J. A…

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Storm in Hurstville Council

The St George Call · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 2

Hurstville aldermen met on Monday night to investigate the carrying out of certain road construction by the Council on behalf of the sub-dividers…

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"Budget of Abuse" Mr. Murdoch's Charges Lord Mayor in Reply

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 8

The Lord Mayor (Aid. Gilpin), in replying yesterday to what ho termed "the illogical annual budget of abuse against the five aldermen who refuse…

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The Miners' Council to Help the Bakers

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 6

At the sittings of the Miners' Council yesterday considerable time was devoted considering an appeal from the Sydney Labor Council for financial…

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Labor Council Record Year Claimed Disunity Deplored

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 8

The Labor Council claims a record, 69 unions being affiliated at the beginning of this year. Mr. J. S. Garden, the secretary, states…

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Labour Council. Secretary's Report. Arbitration Court Attacked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 14

That "the misery of the working class is growing daily," that the Arbitration Court is "nothing but a boss's institution" and "a snare and a delusion," and that the "workers…

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Hurstville's Slag Scheme. Council Whiles to Sell Plant

The Propeller · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 2

After a blissful respite during the Christmas vacation the slag proposition came to light against at Hurstville Council on Thursday night, in the engineer's…

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Group Rule For Labor Council Russian Scheme Adopted

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 8

The Labor Council has adopted industrial groups as the basis for electing its executive. Thirteen groups have been defined, and…

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Subdivision. Council's Predicament. Saved by a Technicality. Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 11

A peculiar position has arisen at Katoomba, which is of interest to all local governing bodies in the State Recently an application was made to subdivide certain land…

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