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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1925

4,897 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 245

No Bowsers Council Adamant Motor Men Protest

Evening News · Tuesday 31 March 1925 · page 7

The first protest against a re[?] local governing body to great [?] for the erection of a petrol [?] on the footpath…

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Cabinet Accepts Council Amendment Ne Temere Bill

Country Life Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 31 March 1925 · page 4

Cabinet has accepted the Council amendment to the Marriage Act Amendment Bill, and the Bill will go through this week. A political crisis…

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Local Industries City Council's Support To-night's Meeting

The Sun · Tuesday 31 March 1925 · page 10

Preference to Australian manufactures is one of the principal subjects to be discussed by the City Council tonight…

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Old Clothes Danger Gambling with Disease City Council's Task

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 March 1925 · page 7

Too long has the city been gambling with all' kinds of infectious diseases which are traceable to second-hand clothing, which, after…

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The Foreign Influx Brisbane Labor Council' Protest Capitalist Scheme

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 31 March 1925 · page 3

"That this council records its protest against the continued influx of Southern European and looks upon it as International…

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Won't Let It Slide! Mayor Webb Determined Department Refuses Inquiry Re Goodlet and Smith's Debris

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1925 · page 1

"Why should I sit back now, let the thing slide and say nothing? It's not fair to ask mo to do such a thing!"…

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"Eastwood Rat Circus" Park Tip and Railway Discussion in Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1925 · page 3

"On the western side, not two chains from the railway premises, there exists a garbage or rubbish tip 'conservatory' adjoining the streets. The rate…

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Log Rolling Alleged Alderman Insults Manufacturers Preference Motion City Council Scene

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 5

PREFERENCE to Australian manufacturers wherever possible is the declared policy of the City Council in connection with the…

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Unemployment. Lord Mayor Convenes Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 17

A conference, which has been convened by the Lord Mayor, will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon in the Town Hall, for the purpose of considering the best means of…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 15

After formal business in the Legislative Council yesterday afternoon the President left the chair until a message was received from the Legislative Assembly respecting the…

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Was Lord Mayor Insulted? at Bridge Ceremony

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 8

"Will you draw the attention of the Government to the insult offered to you on the occasion of the laying of the foundation-stone, in not having…

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"Way Open to Graft" Alderman Stephen's Outburst Civic Sensation Preference Question

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 1

A speech by Aid. Milner Stephen (chairman of the Reform Party) caused a sensation at the City Council, meeting last night. He…

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Buses in City "Govt, to Run Them" Alderman Says He Knows

The Sun · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 9

"I happen, to know for a positive fact that the Government is at present engaged in building motor buses,to run in the city, under Government…

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Filming Council's Finances

The Sun · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 9

The Kuring-gai Shire Council has decided upon the novel method of filming a statement of the council's finances for the information of…

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Bridge Ceremony. "Insult to City Council."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 16

On the suggestion of Alderman Mostyn, the City Council last night requested the Lord Mayor and Town Clerk to direct the attention of the Government to the insult offered…

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The City Council Inquire No Extension

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 1

There is to be no extension of Mr. Lamb's Royal Commission of inquiry into City Council affairs. Mr. Oakes (Chief Secretary) and Mr…

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"Rather Notorious" City Council Power Station

The Sun · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 10

Evidence which had been taken on commission in England was read in the High Court to-day at the hearing of the notion in which the City…

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Congested Traffic. City Streets. City Council Blamed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 16

The Lord Mayor, at the City Council meeting last night, promised to confer with the acting city engineer this morning in order to ascertain whether something could be done…

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Rifle Shooting N.R.A. Council Meeting

The Sun · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 5

The council of the N.R.A. will meet tomorrow at 7.16 p.m. at Goldsbrough House, when many important matters concerning the next big prize meeting will be dealt…

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May Day. Melbourne Trades Hall Council's Demonstration

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 15

Sixty meetings, 60,000 leaflets, a mass procession. This is what the Melbourne Movement anticipates in connection with the May Day Celebrations, 1925. And this…

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