Huge Piece of Bluff Civic Control by Commission Lord Mayor on Issue "Mind Your Own Business"
WHAT appears like an attempt to find a permanent job for Mr. N. Weekes, late City Surveyor, is the suggestion that the…
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Council & local affairs, 1925
4,897 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 245
Visit to Perth Mr. Manning on Meat Council Business
Mr. Arthur G. Manning, M.P., attended by request the annual meeting of the Pastoralists' Association of Western Australia, held at Perth on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Writ £500 Claim Against Penrith Council. a High Street Accident
Penrith Council has been served with a Supreme Court writ for £500 on account of the accident that occurred in High Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Seven Thousand Loan To Penrith Council Will Facilitate the Continuous Service
The 24-hour electricity service in Penrith should soon be a reality. The first definite step towards its consummation has been reached by the Commercial Banking Company agreeing to lend Council £7,000 at 7 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Land Court. (Before Mr. Justice Pike.) City Council Resumptions. Claim for Compensation
Reserved judgment was delivered on the point raised in the claim on behalf of Brown and Brown, Ltd., against the Municipal Council of Sydney for compensation in respect of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →"16 Suburbs Fete" Municipal Response
The hon. adviser, Mr. Eric N. Birks, four weeks ago was told that he would be lucky if he staffed 12 stalls for the "16 Suburbs' Fete." He publicly…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Control of City Commission or Council ? Oakes to Lord Mayor
Referring yesterday to the adverse comments by the Lord Mayor (Alderman Stokes) regarding the suggestion that the management of the affairs of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →If Occasion Arises, Government Will Step Into City Council Mr. Oakes' Reply to Lord Mayor
"The suggestion that the City of Sydney should be governed for several years by a commission is diametrically opposed to the world-wide tendency…
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Those people who are urging the Government to place the control of the municipal affairs of the city of Sydney under a Commission, thus superseding the authority of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Special Appeal From National Council to Send Delegates to Washington
The executive of the National Council of Women of N.S.W. is making a special appeal for £80 before the end of March to make quite certain the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sunday Tennis Popular City Council's Action Protest by Domain Wowsers
LAST Sunday between the hours of mid-day and 6 p.m. the Kent-street tennis courts were crowded with young people, "chiefly women," to quote the "S.M. Herald." THIS was in accordance with the decision of the City Council to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →City Council Garage Disclosures Do Employees Go Joy-riding in Private Cars at Midnight? Pertinent Questions Which Demand Answers
IF the Government is sincere in its intention of assisting the Civic Commission of inquiry to cleanup the unsavory atmosphere of City Council affairs, let it give Mr. Lamb power to inquire into the Municipal Garage in Palmer-street, City…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another Labor Quarrel Aldermen This Time Split Over Water Board Seats
A bitter fight is taking place between the two factions in the civic Labor party, over which two of three aldermen nominated are to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Civic Control Mr. Oakes and Lord Mayor the Inquiry
Mr. Oakes, Chief Secretary, and Mr. Bavin, Attorney-General, will confer further to-morrow on the question of extending the scope of the Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →City Council. Control by Commission. Government's Attitude
Mr. Cakes (Chief Secretary) stated last night, in reply to the Lord Mayor (Alderman Stokes), that the Government had the power, should the occasion arise, to say whether the affairs…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Trade Conditions Not Railway Awards Queensland Building Trades Council
The Queensland Building Traders Council has determined that the State railway Department must give building trades conditions and not railway…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Electoral Council Federal Seats State Campaign Aid Newcastle
Four nominations were received by the A.L.P. Federal Electorate Council of members for selections to contest the Newcastle Federal seat on behalf…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Protocol. League of Nations. Council Meeting. Paris Press Opinions. LONDON, March 13
Router's correspondent at Geneva says: The Council of the League unanimously adopted a resolution moved by Dr. Benes, referring statements of delegates in regard to the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Country News. Wagga Municipality. Wagga
To-day is the 51st anniversary of the [?] corporation of the Wagga municipality. The[?] first mayor was Mr. George Forsyth, whos[?] name is closely associated with the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Won't Withdraw" Willoughby Row Mayor & Alderman
A row at Willoughby Council last night ended in the Mayor's threatening to prosecute an alderman. While council was discussing the…
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