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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1925

4,897 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 245

Manly Oval Congratulations to Council

The Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 4

The Manly Council has received a letter from the hon. secretary of the Manly Sporting Union, congratulating the council on the prompt manner in which the raising of…

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Squabble Over Control The Electricity Scheme Lord Mayor Puts His Case

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 8

"All this talk by the Minister for Works (Mr. Ball) about a Statewide scheme for cheapening electricity is moonshine," said the…

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Ambulance Donation Council Discussion Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 6

''what about our local ambulance' asked Councillor Hardy at the meeting of lake Macquarie Shire Council yesterday, when the secretary of…

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War Gun Council and Labor League

The Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 14

"The league is opposed to the extravagance of this act, and enters its emphatic protest against the action of the council in spending so large an…

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What to Do About Electricity Vagueness of Mr. Ball Ld. Mayor's Queries

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 5

THE Lord Mayer CALL [?] yesterday had something to say regarding some carious [?] which the Minister for Works has…

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City Council Coal Tenders Colliery Proprietor Complains

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 7

Mr O. G. S. Lane, proprietor of South Teralba Collieries, Ltd., Fassifern, near Newcastle, writes with reference to the calling for tenders by…

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Electricity Trouble Mention at Council Meeting Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 6

The trouble between Newcastle and Carrington Councils over the electricity charge was brought to light again to night, at the Carrington…

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A Council Breeze Troronto Railway Bridge; Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 6

There was a little ''breeze'' at the meeting of Lake Macquarie Shire Council, yesterday. and it will came about when a general carrier and…

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Power of Veto City Council Scheme Electricity Commission

The Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 16

The Minister for Works (Mr. Ball) is going ahead with his scheme for an Electricity Commission, which will control electric power, through…

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Alleged Graft at Fairfield Sale of Bricks to Council

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 4

Recent allegations that Alderman Coleman, of the Fairfield Council. had been financially interested in a transaction regarding the side of bricks to…

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Five-day Week 44-Hour Scheme For City Council

Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 10

In a minute drafted for submission to the Finance Committee of the City Council, the Lord Mayor foreshadows the immediate…

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Doings in Councils L.G. DEPARTMENT Rumored Abolition Council's Protest

The Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 14

The Mayor of Mascot (Alderman King) reported to last night's meeting of council that presistent reports had been circulated that it was…

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"Labor Daily" Newspaper Declared "Black" by Labor Council of New South Wales

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 9

FOLLOWING on the dismissal of six members of the literary staff the "Labor Daily" newspaper (Sydney.) was declared black by the Labor Council of…

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Not Safe the Bridges at Wallsend Engineers Report Railway v. Council Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 6

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MARTIN-PLACE City Council's Powers Defined Text of Judgment Only Land Required May Be Resumed

The Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 10

The judgment of the Privy Council in what is known to Sydney as "The Martin-place Appeal" is interesting, not only for its effect upon the rights of ratepayers, but for the clarity and conciseness with which Viscount Cave, Lord Blanesburgh, Mr. Justice…

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The Law Real Estate, Industrial and Otherwise More Advice Disregarded Costs Council £12,000 More for Coal

Construction and Local Government Journal · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 6

At Monday's meeting of the Electricity Supply Committee of the City Council, consideration of the general manager's report relative to the supply of approximately…

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The Danger of Greater Sydney Metropolitan Municipalities Be Careful

Construction and Local Government Journal · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 7

"Greater Sydney" sounds good, but it all depends if common sense be used in its making. There is no sense in the way it is proposed to act; that is, by…

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Alderman Green City Council Committee Appointment

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 4

The Labor aldermen yes':-day elected Aid. Frank Green…

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Wharfies March Under Lord Mayor

The Labor Daily · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 3

The Lord Mayor (Alderman Stokes), will preside at a demonstration by the Waterside Workers' Federation, to be held next Sunday in the…

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