Abolish the Council
The Executive of the Sydney b[?] of the Bricklayers' Union records its keen appreclation of the efforts of the State Premier to abolish [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1926
4,841 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 243
Expelled From A.l.p. Ex-mayor Harrington
Aid. T. Harrington, ex-Mayor of Balmain, has been expelled from membership of the A charge that Ald. Harrington,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wood Blocks Council's Concession
The City Council will decide tomorrow night to grant an amendment of the specifications in the tender accepted on December 8 for 2,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Council Labor Change Proposed
A proposal that will meet with strong support at the City Council meeting to-morrow night is that by Alderman O'Brien, that each applicant…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →On the Land. Noxious Weeds. Proposed County Council
An important conference of delegates from local shires and municipalities was held at the offices of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →City Council As Retailer Electricity Scheme Employers to Fight
MR. N. PHILPS-RICHARDS, secretary of the Electrical Employers' Association, stated to-day that his organisation had decided to fight…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fruit Barrows and Rent Council's Lament Cant Collect Dues
THE City Council still finds it difficult to keep watch and ward on the fruit barrowmen. To-morrow night authority will be…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Dirty Eating Houses Menace Still Exists Council's Fight for Cleanliness Some Astounding Figures
Although officers of the City Council's Health Department carried out 10,896 inspections of cafes and other food shops in the city of Sydney last year, there are still many, of these that are far below a proper…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Letter Bag What's Wrong with Coogee? Many Things Neglected Visitor to Council To the Editor
SIR,—Randwick eldermen are cutting all sorts of check what is jeured way be[?] they with big figures that they are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Municipal Socialism
Although the decision of the City Council to enter the retail trade in electrical appliances immediately affects only a few hundred tracers, it is a matter of vital and general interest, because it is admittedly a prelude to a wide range of essays in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Political Parasites" Alderman Emphatic
Hunter's Hill Council was approached by letter last night by the New South Wales Constitutional Association, asking the council's…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Would Fight Rail Chiefs Defiant Alderman
THE Railway Commissioners, having declined to provide on entrance to Newtown Railway Station from Erskineville-road…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →City Parks. Alderman's Criticism. High School Site
That the city parks of Sydney cost propertionately much much to maintain than do those of Melbourne, and that the parks of Melbourne are fur belter laid-out and maintained…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"Palm Greasing" Alderman Hints at Bribery Granville Lighting Agreement
Bribery, deception, inefficiency— Discussion at Granville Council upon the municipal lighting agreement took a sensational turn when alderman Stanton hinted that bribery had accompanied the contract between the Coun oil and the Parramatta Electric Light Co…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Stocktaking" Council's Blue Book
Marrickville Council endorsed last night a recommendation by the finance committee that a general "stocktaking" be made of the streets in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ermington and Rydalmere Council
The usual meeting of Ermington and Rydalmere Council was held on Monday evening. There were present: The Mayor (Alderman G. Hughes),…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council's Tribute To Progress Association
Cantey Vale Heights Progress Association, in a letter to Cabra-Vale Council, last night, asked what action had been taken regarding entering a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Marrickville—not Macquarie-streri "You're a Liar!" Mayor Leaves Chair
AS THE RESULT at a [?]argument at St. Pe[?]last night, the Mayor, Aid Bu[?]left the chair. O[?] was [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mr. Mayor Was Not Scared by Typhoid Rumors Still Had His Dip
TIME RECENT typhoid scare failed to scare the Mayor of Kegarah away from Rockdale. "Every morning I had my usual dip…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Prices Too High" Council's Complaint Electrical Apparatus
"The expansion of the Electricity Department in the sale of its commodity is being retarded because many sellers of electrical apparatus are…
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