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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1926

4,841 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 243

Destruction of St. John's Wort. Gadara Shire's Good Work

The Land · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 20

Mr. Clayton, agricultural instructor recently expressed satisfaction at the efforts made and results obtained by the Gadara Shire Council…

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Council's Deaf Ear To Cricketers' Trouble

Evening News · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 12

Redfern council last night [?] received the appeal of Moore park Cricket Association that council protest emphatically against the…

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Constitutional Labor and Council Reply to Critics

The Labor Daily · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 4

MR. MARK COSLING, M.L.A., chairman of the Parliamentary Labor Party, said last night, that he was not very concerned about the…

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Man in the Street the Blocking Council

The Labor Daily · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 8

Sir.--A capitalistic paper declares that the laws necessary to make this State, what it is often called, "the workman's paradise," have been galned…

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Legislative Council. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 10

Sir,—It is evident that the faint-hearted executioners are haggling over carrying out Dictator Lang's peremptory order concerning the Upper House—"off with its head." I…

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Lithgow Wants Water Council's Plea Minister to Inquire

The Labor Daily · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 6

Lithgow Municipal Council was introduced yesterday to Mr. Flannery, Minister for Works, by Messrs. Dooley and Kelly, Ms.L.A.,…

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Parliament Prorogued. Mr. Lang's Quandary. Legislative Council Still Survives

The Land · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 7

Finding himself unable, even with the aid of his recently appointed 25 new satelites to the Upper House, to force the Abolition Bill through,…

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Retail Trade. Electrical Appliances. Employers' Decision. to Fight City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 10

Mr. N. Phelps-Richards, secretary of the Electrical Employers' Association, said yetterday that his organisation had resolved to fight the City Council upon its decision to…

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"Storm in a Teacup" Council v. Board Disturbance of Roads

Evening News · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 12

REDFERN Council fall foul of the Water Board at a recent meeting, when the Mayor and Aid. Holden. M.L.C., blamed the Board's…

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Australian Meat Council Important Organising Work Scheme for Controlling Exports

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 9

During 1925 the Australian Meat Council was placed on a statutory basis by the gazettal of the Commonwealth Meat industry Encouragement Act. of…

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Iron and Steel Imports Move to Declare "Black" Labor Council Attitude

The Labor Daily · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 1

A REQUEST by the Melbourne Iron Trades Council to declare "black" all importations of iron and stool work by gas and oil…

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Country Party of N.S.W. Annual Meeting of the Council

The Land · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Central Council of the Country Party of N.S.W. was held at the Party's rooms, 15 Bligh Street, on the 27th…

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That 'Lying Rumour' About Fever. Rockdale Council Indignant. Sir Conan Doyle and a Policeman Mentioned

The St George Call · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 5

Last week no end of rumours were circulated that typhoid fever had broken out in our beach district and owing to this, people were prohibited from…

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Political and General News. Alarums and Excursions Attack on the Legislative Council Labor Party Greatly Perturbed

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 2

Many amazing things happen behind the scenes in parliament when a political crisis moves to its culmination—things so incredible that…

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Municipal Jottings

The Propeller · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 3

Hurstville Council has decided to improve the playing area at Peakhurst Park af a cost of £72. Bexley Council has decided to…

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A Protest Municipal Socialism and Electrical Trading

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 6

A keen fight is about to develop between the electrical trade and the City Council over the council's sudden decision to open a retail…

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Municipal Socialism and Electrical Supplies

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 12

THE decision of the Electricity Committee of the Sydney City Council to open showrooms for the sale of electrical household and other appliances involves so gross an act of repudiation on…

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EXPELLED. From Labour Party. ALDERMAN T. HARRINGTON

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 15

The A.L.P, executive last night decided to expel Alderman T. Harrington, late Mayor of Balmain, from membership of the Labour party…

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Mudgee Municipal Council. Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 16

At the regular meeting of the Mudgee Municipal Council the council received the valuer's report, which showed an inciense on the unimproved capital value of £40,192, improved…

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City Power-house. "A Bad Title." Lord Mayor's Admission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 14

The Lord Mayor (Alderman Stokes), referring to the statement by Aiderman Cole in yesterday's "Herald," said he agreed in the main with the contention of Alderma Cole…

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