Don't Kill It ! City Men and Upper House Elective Council
Many of the leaders of commerce in Sydney think it may be possible to find a mutually satisfactory "middle way" out of the difficulty with the…
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Council & local affairs, 1926
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"Won't Swim in Bondi Baths" Council Allegations Story of a Drain
FRANK CRITICISM marked a discussion at Wa[?] Council, last night regarding the condition of Bondi Baths, in which, [?]…
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SISLEY--Twenty Two THE Premier expressed surprise yesterday at his discovery that but few electors seemed aware of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Council Is Still Defiant Another Government Defeat Upholds Electoral Amendments Eighteen Labor Men Absent
THE GOVERNMENT WAS DEFEATED again in the Legislative Council yesterday by 34 votes to 27 on a motion by Sir Joseph Carruthers to adopt the report of the Committee which had drawn up a statement covering its reasons for disagreeing with the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Government Defeated. in the Legislative Council. Abolition Bill May Be Rejected. Gold Passes Bill Criticised in Assembly
In the Legislative Council yesterday the Government was defeated on the report of the committee appointed to draw up the reasons for the attitude of the Legislative Council towards the Elections Bill. Sir Joseph Carruthers' motion, that the report he adopted, was…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →One Vote May Kill or Save the Legislative Council Test To-day? Willis to Move When House Meets at 4 P.m
Whether the optimism of the Premier (Mr. Lang) and his Ministers concerning the prospects of the early abolition of the Legislative Council is justified will soon be determined. It may be tested late this afternoon…
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In the Upper House yesterday the Abolition Bill was passed through its first stage by 45 votes to 43. In the Lower House the Gold Passes Bill, which…
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At the Chatswood School of Arts to-night an indignation meeting will be held to protest against the recent appointments to and the proposed abolition of the Upper House…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Three Canutes for Botany Mayor Is Hopeful of Saving Homes
FOR YEARS Botany Council has sought to secure a Canute, to order back the waves which threaten to swamp part of the district…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Cessnock Shire. Interim Administration. Ratepayers Divided. Cessnock
There was an attendance of about 1500 at a meeting of the ratepayers of Cessnock Shire in the Empire Theatre last night, to protest against the shire being administered by one…
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The Vice President of the Legislative Council (Mr. Willis) stated today that he had not at any time suggested in the press, agreed or acquiesced in…
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Yesterday's sitting of the Legislative Council is certainly one of the most historic New South Wales has seen. For it was at this sitting that Mr. Willis, the representative of the Lang Government, moved in favor of the abolition of that…
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Whatever the outcome of the Lang Government's present attempt to abolish the Legislative Council, the picture of yesterday's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In the Council. Mr. Willis' Speech
Mr. Willis, Vice-President of the Executive Council, moved that leave be granted to introduce a bill to abolish the Legislative Council…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Daceyvile Land Council Wants It Sold
At last night's meeting of the Botany Council the Mayor (Aid. Siddins) reported that he had asked the Minister for Lands (Mr. Loughlin) to sell…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Legislative Council (To the Editor.)
Sir,--I desire to refer to a statement by Mr. Lang, appearing in your issue this morning, as follows:--"It has been truthfuly said that when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. From the Gallery. the Legislative Council
These are stirring times in the Assembly, when there is a feeling everywhere that anything is more than likely to happen. The audience which crowds the galleries…
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When the Federation Convention framed a Constitution for Australia it preferred the United States model, in which the component States retain all the powers not…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Naremburn Ward. Proposal to Subdivide. Willoughby Council Protests
Recently a deputation representing the Naremburn Progress Association brought under the notice of the Assistant Minister for Local Government (Mr. Fitzgerald) a number…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fate of the Legislative Council Yesterday's Historic Sitting
The Legislative Council in session yesterday afternoon When the Lang Governments plans for abolishing the Council were advanced another stage. Mr. Willis, Vice-President of the Executive Council (seen standing at the table) is moving for leave to introduce the Abolition Bill. Country Week Tennis Championships.--The Goulburn team, which was defeated by Tamworth yesterday in the women's teams' final. Left to right: Miss R. Shoemark, Mrs. H. D. Taylor, Mrs. Martin, and Mrs. Emmerton…
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