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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1925

4,897 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 245

No Election Canterbury Council Full Court Decides

Evening News · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 10

On January 27 last Ald. H. R. Lovejoy resigned from the Canterbury Municipal Council, and his resignation was accepted. An…

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Labour Policy. in City Council. Electrical Union's Protest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 8

The Eloctrical Trades' Union, in a protest against the action of the City Council in giving preference of employment to financial members of the union resident in the city,…

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Money Market Loan Council Large Federal Conversion Issue

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 8

The existing Loan Council agreement expires at the end of June. but there is every probability of its renewal, to meet the loan requirements…

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Coal Supplies. Difference in Price. City Council's Charges

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 9

At the meeting of the City Council electricity suuply committee yesterday, on a report from Mr. Forbes Mackay showing the price of coal to the City Council, and the price for…

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Valuations and Rates. "We Must Have Money" says Mayor Noller. Discussion in Chamber of Commerce

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 1

For over an hour on Thursday evening, the members of the Chamber of Commerce sat patiently and listened to a duet by Messrs. A. J. Saunders and the Mayor of…

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Council Doings for Goods Only Won't Carry Passengers Ministers Attacked

The Sun · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 11

Mr. Ley, Minister for Justice, and Mr., Ball, Minister for Works and Railways, were attacked last night at a public meeting held at North…

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More Municipal Courts Where America Leads

The Sun · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 12

Tennis courts are appearing, like mushrooms all over the city and suburbs, but a still faster pace will have to be attained to keep abreast of the…

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Horatius and the Aldermen

The Sun · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 8

HAS the spirit of Horatius, who so bravely kept the bridge against the foe, descended on the aldermen of Sydney? Aldermen cannot prevent' the North Shore Bridge from being built, and it will be too wide for them to hold it against the advancing hordes from the heights…

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Rescission Motion. Action by Reform Aldermen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 15

Alderman Jackson, acting officially for the Reform aldermen, will submit to the meeting of the City Council on Tuesday night a motion for the rescission of the resolution…

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New Library Hyde Park Proposal Aldermen Interested

The Sun · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 14

A number of city aldermen have become interested in a proposal to erect a fine building in Hyde Park far the housing of the Sydney Municipal…

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Civic Troubles Six Aldermen Resign Bathurst

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 4

At a meeting of the Wellington Municipal Council last night a motion of censure was moved against the Mayor for not attending the civic…

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Preference to Unionists. Decision by Sydney Municipal Council

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 15

At last week's meeting of the Sydney Municipal Council a motion was carried that preference to financial unionists in the Council, subject, of course, to the…

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Country News. Mayor's Action Criticised Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 16

At the municipal council meeting last night a motion of censure was moved against the Mayor (Alderman Walker) for not a attending a civic reception to visiting swimmers from…

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Council of Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 17

At a meeting of the Council of Churches yesterday the following officers were elected:— President, Archdeacon D'Arcy Irvine; vice-president, Dr. Carruthers; hon. secretary, Rev…

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Feelings Hurt Bexley Citizens' League What the Mayor Said

The Sun · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 9

The Bexley Citizens' League has had its feelings hurt by a remark by the Mayor (Alderman Stephens) that about sixty men were trying to run…

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Ignored Council Postal Dept. Censured

Evening News · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 3

Mosman Councils engineer, Mr. Tunkin reported last night that the Postal Department had placed a telephone [?] across Wyong-road and…

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Shortage of Trucks. Council Hampered

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 15

The works committee and the electricity committee have both asked the City Council to protest to the Railway [?]mmissioners against the activities of the city electrical engineer's…

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Sunday Sport. City Council's Action. Churches' Protest. Council Urged to Revoke Decision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 15

The Council of Churches of New South Wales yesterday carried a resolution of protest against the decision of the City Council to…

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Meat Council Chairman's Return Westralian Support

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 8

Mr. Arthur Manning, M.P., chairman of the Australian Meat Council, who returned to Sydney yesterday after a month in West Australia, believes…

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A Quay Garage City Council Refuses Offer

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 1

One of the oldest landmarks near Circular Quay, the seven and eight-storied building of Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., was offered to the City Council yesterday…

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