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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1926

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Lawyers and Workers Not to Be Kept Out Industrial Cases Council Has Its Way

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 March 1926 · page 5

WITHIN the space of ten minutes, the Government suffered two defeats in the Industrial Arbitration Amendment Bill in the…

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Glebe Municipality. Proposed Absorption

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1926 · page 16

The finance committee recommended to the City Council at its meeting last night that representatives of the council should be appointed to meet representatives of the Glebe…

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Electrical Trade. Council's Activities. Protest to Lord Mayor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 8

A deputation, representing the electrical trade and citizens of Sydney, organised by the Electrical Employers' Association, waited upon the Lord Mayor (Alderman Stokes)…

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Electrical Traders Council Apparatus Protest to Lord Mayor

The Labor Daily · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 5

Opposition from the electrical traders to the City Council's electricity apparatus retail proposal took further shape yesterday, when the Lord…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 12

In the Legislative Council, a message was received from the Assembly, intimating that the Council's amendment in the Farm Produce Agents' Bill had been accepted…

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Arbitration Bill Back from Council

Evening News · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 11

In less than a quarter of an hour the Legislative Assembly this afternoon got through the single item of business…

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COMPENSATION "Spoiling" of Bill Council Amendments

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 9

Mr. Baddeley (Minister for Labor and Industry) described the attitude of the Government mildly, in the Legislative…

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Labor and Legislative Council To the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 9

Sir,--In your country issue of Wednesday, February 24, the leading article is headed, "Saving the Situation." Your articles in the past in the same…

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Parliament. From the Gallery. Omnipresence of the Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 10

The Legislative Assembly has developed an Upper House complex. Members can talk of nothing but the Council; they can think of nothing but the Council; and every word…

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Coastal Seamen to Enjoy 44 Hours Council Concurs

The Labor Daily · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 5

Coastal seaman trading within New Smith Wales ports will enjoy the provisions of the Forty-four Hours Bill, as the result of amending…

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The League. Council Seats. British Policy. London, March 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 11

The King received Sir Austen Chamberiain in audience yesterday, and it is expected that Mr. Baldwin will make a statement in the House of Commons this afternoon regarding…

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Ryde Wants More Light City Council's Ways Electricity Costs

Evening News · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 13

RYDE ALDERMEN severely criticised the City Council electricity control last night, when council was asked to renew its…

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Single Seats Bill Now Unrecognisable Preferential Vote Council Amendments

The Labor Daily · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 5

AGAIN last night the Government had to submit to defeat in the Legislative Council when the Parliamentary Electorates Bill was…

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Power and Light Council's New Scheme Electrical Trade Protest

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 5

A deputation, representing the electrical utility trade, waited on the Lord Mayor yesterday and asked that the City Council's proposed…

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Rights of Workers Court and Wages Council's Final Blow

The Labor Daily · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 5

THE Legislative Council got in its final blow against the Industrial Arbitration Amendment Bill yesterday afternoon…

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Farm Agents' Control Aliens' Admission the Council's Action Assembly Accepts

The Labor Daily · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 6

UNDER PROTEST, the Minister for Agriculture did not upon the Assembly's disagreement from the Legislative Council's…

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Talk of Bribery H'ville Council About Contract Court Allegations

Evening News · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 11

ALLEGATIONS of bribery, involving a member of Hurstville Council, were made during the hearing of…

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Single Seats "First past the Post" Beaten Close Council Voting

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 5

Ousting votes by the Chairman saved the Government in the Legislative Council last night, enabling it to appoint its own…

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Pope and Church Union. Vatican Plan for 1928 [?]cumenical Council

Watchman · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 8

The Morning Post, December 18th, states:—"The Tribuna, returning to the Roman question, publishes the announcement that there is a Pontifical proposal…

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From Page 1. Willis Gets the Blame Council Defeats Caucus Outspoken

Evening News · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 12

THE MEETING of the Parliamentary, Labor Party, at Parliament House to-day, was remarkable for a strong denunciation of Mr…

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