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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1926

4,841 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 243

Roseville Lots Council Criticised

The Sun · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 7

Apparently the council did not give proper attention to the matter, said Judge Cohen in the District Court to-day; in giving a decision in favor of…

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Shire Affairs A Man of Many Parts

The Land · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 15

Mr. G. E. Bennett, who has been appointed assistant engineer by the Hastings Shire Council, was, at the inception of local…

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Neglected Services Council's Stern Measure

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 6

Eastwood Council has decided to take stern measures to compel its Sanitary Contractor to carry out the service in a proper manner…

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“Lithgow Trades and Labor Council

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 3

“The above working class institution is now nearing completion, insofar as the trade unions are affiliating in real good style. It is reported that the Lithgow Miners’ Lodge…

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Petrol Pumps Ryde Council's Decision

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 6

Ryde Council, acting on the recommendation of its General Purposes Committee, has decided to permit the erection of a maximum of only two petrol…

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£20,000 Loan Lidcombe Council Decides

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 2

Lidcombe Council has decided to raise a loan of £20,000, and is engaged in the preliminary work of deciding how it will be spent…

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Petrol Pumps Importations Black Labor Council Decision

The Sun · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 9

Owing to the number of members of the Boilermakers' and Irontrades Unions out of work, due, it is said, to the importation of petrol pumps, the…

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Council Trading "Highly Improper" Questions in House

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 6

The proposed electricity trading scheme by the City Council was forcibly brought before the Legislative Assembly yesterday in the form of a…

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Council Abolition "Times" Comment London, February 25

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 1

The "Times," commenting on the bill for the abolition of the New South Wales Legislative Council, writes:-- "It is true Mr. Lang threatened that,…

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Strong Criticism of Council Over a Subdivision

Evening News · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 7

"I AM OF opinion that the members of the council did not apply themselves to the consideration of the extraordinary circumstances in…

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Time Payment Consumers' Stoves City Council's Scheme

The Labor Daily · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 4

THE Electrical Employes Association, which is opposed to the City Council's scheme for the sale of electrical apparatus, issued a statement…

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Council Takes Time Despite Governor's Order Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 1

An order from the Governor-in-Council, published in the Government "Gazette," calling upon the Richmond Council to remove its…

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Macquarie Street Premier Defied Council's Lease of Life

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 2

The N.S.W. Legislative Council has emphatically declined to vote itself out of existence. When the Vice-President (Mr. Willis), in his…

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Electrical Trading City Council Project. Private Traders' Protest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 10

"I am not sure whether all our members realise how deeply the move of the City Council to commence trading in electrical appliances is likely to affect them and how…

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Council Stands Out Seamen's Dispute Wharfmen Want End

The Labor Daily · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 5

Sydney Labor Council has decided not to interfere in any way in the present internal trouble in the Seaman's Union, although it…

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Strike of 1917 Mr. Willis Fights Heat in Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 7

Mr. Willis (Vice-President of the Executive Council) stated in the Legislative Council last night that he would "go the whole hog," if…

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To Operate From July 1 Workers' Compensation Council Amends Bill

The Labor Daily · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 4

THE Workers' Compensation Bill will be put into operation on July 1, 1926. A proclamation to this effect will appear in the…

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Council Women to Appear in Synagogue Pulpits. New York City

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 12

The plan for observing Council Sabbath on Friday evening, February. 26th and Saturday morning, February 27th, has just been announced by Mrs. Edwin…

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Bexley Council Unanimous. Kogarah (Proposed) Subway. Agreed to yeas ago

The St George Call · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 2

At Bexley Council last Tuesday night the movement for a pedestrian subway connecting Kogarah and West Kogarah was advanced another…

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Changed Tune Sir Austen Chamberlain Attacked "Smashed Locarno" League Council Extension Controversy

The Sun · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 1

After having so recently acclaimed Sir Austen Chamberlain as the statesman of the era, a section of the British Press has made a complete volte face, and now bitterly attacks the Foreign Minister for a speech at Birmingham, in which he said that he favored the enlargement of the Council of the League of Nations…

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