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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1924

5,225 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 250

Enginemen's Council Elects Officers

The Labor Daily · Monday 25 February 1924 · page 6

Officers elected by the State Council of the Engine Drivers and Firemen's Union on Saturday night were. Delegates to the Federal Council:…

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Right of Appeal To Privy Council Big Ship Case

Evening News · Monday 25 February 1924 · page 5

The Limerick Steamship Company, Limited (England), last year obtained a verdict for £19,480 compensation against William Scott…

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Scott Fell Case Setting Aside a Verdict Privy Council Appeal

The Sun · Monday 25 February 1924 · page 7

An application, on behalf of the Limerick Steamship Co., Ltd.. for leaver to appeal to the Privy Council against the decision of the Full Court…

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Municipal and Shires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 February 1924 · page 13

Lane Cove B, 41 and 64, beat Hornsby, 27 and 50, by 28 runs. Ryde [?] and eight for 114. v Lane Cove a, 64. Gordon, nine for 305, closed (Swain not out 103), v…

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Alderman Purcell's Testimonial

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 8

Alderman M. Purcell, for four years Mayor of Paddington, and Councillor for ten years, recently met with a serious accident which has kept him…

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Primitive Ways Labor Aldermen Against Economy

Evening News · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 6

The engineer reported to Paddington Council last night that a metal truck he had tested had done as much work as three and…

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Mayor Enters Fray

The Sun · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 11

Warned by the announcement in "The Sun" that a meeting of the Bellevue Hill Progress Association had been called to consider the…

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Challenge Handicap Mayor v. Mayoress

The Sun · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 9

The Mayoress of Manly (Mrs. A. C. Samuels), while the guest of a well-known resident of Addison-road, Manly, at the…

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Still Labor Katoomba's Mayor KATOOMBA

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 6

At a special meeting of the Katoomba Labor League, the Mayor (Ald. Birney) admitted that he had been approached to join the…

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Randwick Cemetery a Dangerous Spot Complaint From Undertakers' Employees -- Aldermen to be Approached

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 3

Charges relating to the dangerous and neglected condition of the Randwick cemetery are made by members of the Undertakers Assistants and…

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Tram Waiting Seats Power of Council

The Sun · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 11

The right of the Railway Commissioners to place seats on footpaths with or without the approval of councils was questioned at last night's…

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Sydney State Council Will Meet Shortly

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 3

The president of the Sydney State Council, Mr. R. R. Stapleton, desires[?]ches within the [?]council will…

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Progressive Council Reconstitution of Cootamundra Electorate

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 3

At a well-attended meeting, held at Young on the 15th inst., the electorate council, under the auspices of the Progressive Party of N.S.W., was…

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Privy Council Two Big Cases Leave to Appeal

Evening News · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 5

The Full Court (the Chief Justice, Sir William Cullen, Mr. Justice Berguson, and Mr. Justice James) to-day granted have to…

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Live in Hope the Bridge Rate Council & Govt

Evening News · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 6

Lane Cove eldermen were indignant last night when the Public Works Department wrote, making council to pay its outstanding Bridge…

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Expert Inquiry Council's Electricity Will Report be Shelved ?

The Sun · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 10

It has been suggested that the expert to inquire into the technical side of the City Council's electricity supply undertaking should come from…

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ELECTRICITY. City Council Supply. Unsatisfactory Position. Expert to Investigate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 8

The electricity supply committee of the city Council yesterday afternoon unanimously agreed to recommend the City Council to appoint a British electrical expert to report in…

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Overseas Expert Will Inquire Into City Light and Power Whole Undertaking to Be Investigated -- Aldermen Have Fears of Generating Plant -- Unsatisfactory Position at the Power-house -- Enterprise "Too Big for One Man." Mr. Mackay Courts Inquiry

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 5

"IF, as I hope, you get an expert from overseas, who is a man of standing in his profession, I trust you will refer the matter of the present system of charging to him. While I think I am competent to advise you just as well as anyone in Australia on technical matters and on the matter…

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Port Lyttelton Declared Black Protest Against Imprisonment of Port Curtis Men -- Action by the Labor Council. Men's Release Demanded

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 5

The Canadian and Dominion Company's steamer Port Lyttelton, was declared black by the Sydney Labor Council yesterday…

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Cricket. Municipal and Shires Team

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 11

A team selected from the municipal and shires' competition will meet an association team of colts at the Sydney Cricket Ground on february 28 at 1.30 p.m. The team selected to represent the Municipal and Shires…

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