Municipal Rating
Sir.--A correspondent draws timely attention to the extortionate demands of municipal councils on ratepayers, and refers rightly to the methods of…
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Council & local affairs, 1925
4,897 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 245
"You Lie !" Aldermen Become Angry When He Was Mayor
Hot words passed at the Waterloo Council meeting last night, after the Mayor (Alderman Willcocks) had submitted a minute recommending…
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The City Council last night, on a Labour majority vote, carried a resolution giving preference of employment "to financial unionists resident within the city."…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Alderman's Costs
Application was before the State Cabinet yesterday, on behalf of Mr. Cropley and Aldermen Charlton and Shannon, for recoupment of their…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Doings in Councils Personal Canvass Council Appointments Alderman Explains
"This council is not constituted of men who would be false to their oath of office," said Councillor Thistlethwayte, president of the Kurin-Gal…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Stifling Labor" Alderman's Outburst
[?] wiedge of the [?] gang in [?] of the [?] W…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sunday Tennis. In all City Parks. Council's Decision. Reform Aldermen's Protests
Reform aldermen at the City Council last night made a spirited protest against the proposal of the Labour aldermen that Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Coal Contract. Lord Mayor's Decision. Action Rests with Council
Alderman Courtenay, at the City Council last night, asked the Lord Mayor if he would, as he promised [?]o do at the previous meeting of the council, consult the council in regard…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Civic Inquiry. Paying Alderman's Costs
The question of the costs of certain witnesses before the Royal Commission on civic administration was brought forward at a meeting of the Cabinet yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Council and Inspector
At a meeting of Willoughby Council on Tuesday evening a further letter was received from the health inspector (Mr. W. F. Hughes) in regard to the council's decision that the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Manning-chambers. Delay in Reconstruction. Lord Mayor's Investigation
The Lord Mayor, at the City Council meeting last night, promised Alderman Jackson that he would, personally investigate the causes of the delay in reconstructing…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Missing Documents. City Council Action
The City Council last night ordered that Certain papers reported by the Town Clerk to be missing from the ocial file of the municipal fish markets should be restored to…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Council Coal These Contracts Again
THE coil contract, recently entered into by the City Council concerning which a section of the Press…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Civic Motor 'Buses Favored by Lord Mayor Labor Party May Move
A suggestion by Ald. Mostyn (Labor) that the City Council should consider the question of providing a large fleet of motor…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Alleged Graft. Sydney Council Cartage Contracts
The Royal Commission inquiring into the charges of graft in connection with the Sydney Municipal Council cartage contracts resumed its sittings last…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Sydney City Council. Preference to Unionists
At last week's meeting of the Sydney Municipal Council a motion was carried providing preference of employment to financial unionists, subject to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sunday Sport Methodists Protest Council Criticised
At the Methodist Conference to-day, on the motion of Aid. C. Fur-ner, of Goulburn, it was decided to protest against the action of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The City Coal Contracts Question in Council
"If you, or your party, want to make any investigations into tho coal contracts, you are at liberty to do so: but it is not my business, as Lord Mayor, to…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Seamen's Fight Brisbane Labor Council Solid Support
To the Seamen's Union in [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wireless for Workers. Labor Council to Investigate
The Labor Council of New South Wales favors propaganda by radio of workingclass principles At its meeting last Thursday night the Council carried a…
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