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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1926

4,841 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 243

Municipality of Penrith. Street-lighting District Year 1926

Nepean Times · Saturday 27 February 1926 · page 2

NOTICE is hereby given that in accordance with the provisions of Section 123 of the Local Government Act, 1919, Council has declined the area…

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Caution Signs. Country Council's Neglect

Truth · Sunday 28 February 1926 · page 8

THE Royal Automobile Club of Australia complains of the wrong placing of road caution sings…

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Council Seats Germany's Confidence London

The Sun · Sunday 28 February 1926 · page 5

Official circles are confident that the League of Nations will admit only Germany to a seat on the Council, says the Berlin correspondent of "The…

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Haven of Recess Lone Hand for Lang Will Council Resist?

The Sun · Sunday 28 February 1926 · page 2

The immediate objective of the State Government is to get into the haven of recess. Latterly, Opposition members have been kept at…

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Impressions of Celebrities in the Upper House "The Genius and the mortal instruments are there in council." Julius Caesar," Act ii., Sc.[?]

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 February 1926 · page 20

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Banish Mosquito City Council Plans

The Sun · Monday 1 March 1926 · page 9

Summer is ending, but before it has gone the mosquito will be singing its "swan song." if the City Council Health Committee has its way…

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Month's Spell Waiting on Leg. Council

The Sun · Monday 1 March 1926 · page 9

The Premier (Mr. Lang) said today that if the Legislative Council had not completed its work by the end of this week he proposed to…

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Petrol Pumps Labor Council's Action Prices Will Rise

The Sun · Monday 1 March 1926 · page 7

The vendetta against, imported petrol pumps by the N.S.W. Labor Council, which has declared them black, is looked upon as rather absurd by people…

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The League. Council Members. Britain's Policy. Definition Wanted. LONDON, Feb. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 March 1926 · page 11

There are signs that the Government is concerned shout the feeling aroused by the attitude of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Austen Chamberlain) on the…

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Arbitration Laws Council and the Unionists Lessons of the 1917 Strike

The Labor Daily · Monday 1 March 1926 · page 1

The debate in the Legislative Council last week on the industrial Arbitration Act amendment Bill, was noteworthy for the speech made by the Vice-President of the Council in defence of the cause of unionists. Herewith are…

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Municipal and Shires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 March 1926 · page 8

Lane Cove A. 178, beat Paddington, 82 and 89; Lane Cove B. 256 and 2-27, beat Petersham, 91 and 187; Ryde, 243 and 2-76, [?] Mosman, 108 and 206; Northern District, 133 and 2-280, closed, beat Lindfield [?]…

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Farewell Dinner to Alderman Hicks

The Sun · Tuesday 2 March 1926 · page 8

Nobody ever went abroad without coming back a better Australian," said Mr. Mutch, Minister for Education, speaking at a farewell dinner…

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Alderman Fears Monopoly in Petrol Pumps Industry Threatened

Evening News · Tuesday 2 March 1926 · page 9

THAT petrol gamps, in every way the equal of the imporied article, and sold at a lower price. are being manufactured in…

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A.l.p. & Alderman Expulsion Threat a Queer Ukase

Evening News · Tuesday 2 March 1926 · page 8

THE A.L.P. has ruled that progress associations which endorse condidantor for loca government [?] ore [?] bodies,…

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Willoughby. the Stevens Report. Mayor's Statement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 March 1926 · page 8

At last evening's meeting of the Willoughby Council, the Mayor (Alderman R. T. Forsyth) explained the delay in making public the report of Mr. B. S. B. Stevens (formerly Director…

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Separate Council

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 March 1926 · page 8

A proposal to make the suburb of Eastwood, which is now divided up between Dundas, Hornsby. Ryde and Eastwood Councils, a self-contained…

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Strong Language Dundas Council Will Fight Adjusting Municipal Boundaries

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1926 · page 8

Supporters of the proposal to alter the boundaries of the municipalities surrounding Eastwood will end bitter opponents in the aldermen of Dundas…

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Immigration Labor Council Views

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 March 1926 · page 7

"The trades-union movement of this country is not opposed to immigration," said Mr. J. S. Garden, speaking by radio last night…

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Brisbane Council Baths. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 March 1926 · page 12

The Brisbane City Council's new swimming ba[?], declared to be the most up-to-date modern pool in the Commonwealth, were officially opened on Saturday. The baths are [?]0 metres long, [?]0 wi[?]e, and contain…

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"Hurry Up!" Govt. to Council

The Sun · Tuesday 2 March 1926 · page 9

Will the Government adjourn Parliament for a month, and then, when the House reassembles, introduce fresh and important legislation…

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