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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1925

4,897 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 245

City Sanitation Lord Mayor's Promise

Evening News · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 10

A deputation from the women's central organising committee of the Australian Labor Party waited upon the Lord Mayor. Aid. Stokes, to-day, to…

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Sunday Sport Deputation to Lord Mayor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 1

As a result of the City Council's decision to throw open the tennis courts and children's playgrounds for organised sport on Sunday afternoons, the…

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Kogarah Council

The Propeller · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 2

At the last meeting of Kogarah Council, the Mayor (Ald. P. A. Tanner) submitted a minute, which was adopted, setting out the result of a conference…

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Rockdale Council

The Propeller · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 2

The Tramway Department informed the Rockdale Council at its last meeting that the bridge at Sans Souci was, in their opinion, quite safe for all…

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Council Will Persist

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 3

Auburn Council his made persistent representation to the Railway Commissioners regarding the urgent necessity of improvement to the approaches at the…

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"Veiled Attack" on City Engineer Lord Mayor Outspoken

Evening News · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 10

The Lord Mayor is Incensed at a published statement to-day which, he says, is calculated to discredit Mr. Coulson, the acting city…

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City Building Department Division Proposal Lord Mayor's Minute

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 7

The dividing of the city building surveyor's department, as indicated in Wednesday's issue of "The Daily Telegraph," was recommended by the Lord…

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Should Pay Their Rates Cabra-Vale's Mayor Hits Hard

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 4

Lansdowne and Canley Vale Ratepayers' Progress Association wrote to Cabra-Vale Council asking it to erect two dressing sheds, one for males and one for females…

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Noxious Weeds Shire's Drastic Step Inspector's Powers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 10

More than fifty land owners were reported by the noxious weeks inspected at a meeting of the [?] Shire Council for having neglected in take…

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Federal Pact. Farmers' Central Council

The Land · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 13

Practically the whole of the business at the annual conference of the Victorian Farmers' Union in Melbourne was devoted to the…

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Agricultural Bureau. Dowing Sub-district Council

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 12

At a meeting of the Dowling sub district Council of the Agricultural [?] recently, the following [?]ern were elected: President. C. F. F. Day:…

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Council of Jewish Women of N.s.w. Committee Meeting

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 6

Much important business was transacted at a committee meeting of the Council held at the Maccabean Hall on Monday evening, 16th March. Mrs. M. Symonds, acting president…

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The Embargo Lifted Council and the Druids The Damaged Piano

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 1

A deputation waited on the Cabra-Vale Council on Tuesday night, consisting of members of the local branch of the Druids' Lodge, for the purpose of refuting charges of alleged damage to the piano in the Town Hall, which the responsible officer of the council averred. had not been engaged by the Druids…

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New Water Board Four Elected Ald. Green and English for City Council

The Labor Daily · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 5

THE first four members of the new Water Board to be elected were Messrs. Green and English (City), and Keele and Sautelle…

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A.W.U. BODY-SNATCHING Melbourne Trades Hall Council Still “Settling” Yallourn Fight

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 4

The fight between the A.W.U. and the Fuel and Fodder Union over the Yallourn brown coal workers, was advanced another step at the Melbourne Trades Hall Council…

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Almost a Riot At Municipal Picnic a Man Gaoled

Evening News · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 9

Peter ST'Carthy. 18. car[?] was sentenced in a mouth's gaol by Mr. Comphin, S.M. at North Sydney Court today on a charge [?]…

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Worth About £14,000,000 Can'bury and Bankstown Municipalities Present Improved Capital Value of the Land The Progress of the Bankstown Line

The Sun · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 11

THE late President Roosevelt is reported to have said: "To invest in well-selected land in a growing community is the surest means of…

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Higher Wages Barrier' Municipal Employees

The Labor Daily · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 3

The municipal employees union at Broken Hill is expecting to meet on Sunday. It is anticipated a demand will be made to the City Council for…

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Blacktown Shire Council "A Bellowing Calf." Impounding Complaint

Nepean Times · Saturday 21 March 1925 · page 3

The regular monthly meeting of Blacktown Shire Council was held on Tuesday evening, when there were present:—The president (Cr. A…

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