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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1924

5,225 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250

Council Employees Granted Holiday Pay Glebe Council Accepts a Motion to Help its Workmen -- A Long Fight

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 3

After a determined fight dating back over the past four years. Alderman Lewis, of the Glebe Council has been successful in securing holiday-pay for…

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Q.v. Building Not for Sale Council's Decision

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 12

The City Council last night, by an overwhelming majority, rejected the proposal to submit the Queen Victoria Building for sale…

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Soviet Council. Relations with Europe. London, Feb. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 13

It is stated that the Italian Government, having obtained petroleum and coal concessions in Russia, will appoint an Ambas[?]dor at Moscow, and that Russia will send an Ambassador…

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Tenderers. Alleged Collusion. City Contracts. Council Orders Inquiry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 13

The City Council last night unanimously decided that the Lord Mayor, the vicechairman of the electricity supply committee, the Town Clerk, and the City…

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Group System. Instituted by N.S.W. Labor Council

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 8

The Labor Council of New South Wales has adopted the industrial group system as the basis for electing its Executive. Thirteen groups have been defined, and…

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City Council Orders Investigation Into Alleged Malpractices By Tenderers

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 1

The loading of tenders to the City system whereby the amount of such [?]between the unsuccessful tenderers, [?] a special committee appointed by the [?]…

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City Council May Need Site of St. Andrew's Cathedral Civic Extensions Necessary -- Lord Mayor's Minute -- Church Authorities Will Give Reasonable Consideration -- Cathedral Started Four Years After Battle of Waterloo. £250,000 For New Cathedral

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 5

ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL has attracted the attention of the City Council as a site for the extension of the Town Hall. Both the Cathedral and the Town Hall are thought to he quite inadequate in size to meet the present day needs…

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Civic Sensation Talk of "Defrauding Council" Sydney Firms Named Alleged Photographs of Letters

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 9

There was a sensation in the City Council last night, when Ald Charles Bridges produced a number of photographs, which purported to be copies…

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After Math of Vaughan Bowling Council Should Remedy Bias and Testing Troubles: Country-week Events

Referee · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 11

Following upon the Queensland official tester's disclosers [?] last week, Boomerang sheds further light oil the…

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Davis Cup Will Australia Send a Team ? Council to Decide Selection on Thursday ADELAIDE

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 9

Referring to-duy to the statement that Anderson would not be available for the Davis Cup team this year, Mr. T. H. Hicks, secretary of the…

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Paddington Council Does Not Want Slums Statistics to Prove Overcrowding -- Hardships Involved by Enforcement of Ordinances

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 6

A resolution, which, if carried into effect in a thorough manner will be of great benefit to the workers of Sydney, was passed at the last…

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Local Government A Progressive Municipality

Construction and Local Government Journal · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 8

Lane Cove claims to be the most progressive municipality in the State, and one of its most ardent advocates— Ald. A. M. Hyde— points out that outdoors Lane Cove has made…

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Municipal Tenders. Alleged Collusion

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 14

At a meeting of the Sydney' Municipal Council last night, Alderman Bridges caused a sensation by producing a number of photographs of letters alleged to have…

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City Finance. Heavy Burdens. Alderman Brooks Urges Caution

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 9

Alderman William Brooks, M.L.C., complained yesterday that the new city assessment would place serious financial difficulties on city property owners and…

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The Country Motor Road Races Forbidden, Then Allowed Shire Council's Attitude Bathurst

The Sun · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 15

As the result of tho fatality during the recent Sydney to Bathurst and Back Motor Cycle Reliability test, in which a youth, Francis Joseph…

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City Officers. Defended by Lord Mayor. "Irritating Attacks."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 10

The Lord Mayor said yesterday that he keenly resented the personal attacks which were being continually made by certain aldermen on the heads of the…

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Water Supply. Wollondilly Scheme. Proposal by Mr. Keele Lord Mayor Protests

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 10

The Water Board yesterday on a majority vote carried a resolution proposed by Mr. Keele directing Mr. Purvis, chief engineer, to report in regard to the possibility of bringing…

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"Not a Fair Deal" Council Accused

Evening News · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 7

A ratepayer accused the sutherland shire Council last night of careless 44. ministration In the construction and maintenance of roads and cutting of…

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Park Street Decision Will Council Ratify It ?

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 2

The consensus of opinion at the Town Hall yesterday was that the scheme to widen Park Street on the south side is certain to go through…

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Money Squandered Criticism of Council High Assessments

The Sun · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 9

Declaring that there were cases in which money had been "absolutely squandered" by the City Council, Mr. J. A. Murdoch, the president of the…

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