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Council & local affairs, 1926

4,841 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 243

"Back to Unemployment" Water Supply Scheme Deferred Blacktown Council Criticises Board Cheetham Will Do His Duty

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 6

"We are primary producers here; and we should be encouraged rather than victimised on every occasion."—Councillor Cable. "The legislators are not looking ahead at all. They are driving the people back to the city—back to unempoyment."—Councillor Simpson…

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Politicians Fail—Workers Prepare to Take Action Direct Action Only Hope Against Crimes Act Labor Council’s Manieesto Unions Called Upon to Act

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 1

The Labor Council, acting in conjunction with the Special Conference held the Unions to consider matters in relation to the A.L.P. are…

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Roads Policy. Marrickville Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1926 · page 18

At a special meeting yesterday, the Marrickville Council decided, upon the motion of Alderman B. S. Stevens (formerly State Director of Finance) to appoint a special…

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Council to Buy Land

The Sun · Saturday 6 March 1926 · page 2

The construction of the railway siding at Bunnerong Power Station, connecting with the Botany railway, requires the acquisition of certain land,…

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"Public Anxious" League Council Seats London

The Sun · Saturday 6 March 1926 · page 1

The debate on British policy regarding the extension of the League of Nations Council has not satisfied the newspapers, which point out that…

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Country News. Clarence River County Council. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1926 · page 16

Meetings of the constituent councils to the Clarence River County Council were held on Tuesday for the election of representatives to that body. The result was the re-election of…

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Council Scene "Arduous Session" Ends Tributes to Mr. Willis

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 March 1926 · page 20

The "breaking-up" of the Legislative Council was marked by a wordy interchange between the Vice-President of the Executive…

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Legislative Council. the Closing Scene. Mr. Willis and Mr. Farrar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1926 · page 16

In the Legislative Council yesterday the President (Mr. Flowers) reported the receipt from the Legislative Assembly of messages intimating that the Council's amendments in…

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Dr. Evatt's Doubts Leg. Council Substitute Referendum and Recall Hobart

The Sun · Saturday 6 March 1926 · page 3

Dr. H. V. Evatt, of Sydney, is in Hobart, as passenger by the Otranto, en route to England. Talking on the political situation in N.S.W., he said…

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League of Nations Council. Membership Question. Delegales to Preserve Open Minds

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1926 · page 15

The promised statement of the British Government's attitude towards the proposals to increase the permanent membership of the League of Nations Council was made in the House of Commons on Thursday by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs…

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Lessons of the Session Assembly Triumphs Poor Tory Record People and the Council

The Labor Daily · Saturday 6 March 1926 · page 5

WITH the end of the special session and the prorogation of Parliament yesterday, members will have a few months to devote to…

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British Cabinet Gets Its Own Way Admissions to League Council Labor and Liberal Criticism Majority of Hundred Votes

The Labor Daily · Saturday 6 March 1926 · page 1

WHAT WAS PRACTICALLY a majority vole of 100 was obtained by the British Government in the House of Commons on its attitude toward the Geneva Conference and Germany's position. LABOR AND LIBERAL votes numbered 121, Messrs. Ramsay…

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Municipal Library. Open on Saturdays

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1926 · page 14

To-day and on all succeeding Saturdays the municipal library in the Queen Victoria Building will be open from ten o'clock a.m. until 1 p.m…

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Municipal Library Saturday Opening

The Labor Daily · Saturday 6 March 1926 · page 7

On and from to-day, the Municipal Library in Queen Victoria Buildings would be open for the conduct of public business on a Saturday, from…

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League of Nations More Council Seats? Poland Favorite Geneva

The Sun · Sunday 7 March 1926 · page 1

There is a feeling in some quarters that a committee will be appointed to examine applications tor seats in connection with the proposed…

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The Greater St. George Plan Revived After 20 Years of Agitation Union of Municipalities Now is Likely

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 March 1926 · page 3

Discussion of a union of Rockdale, Kogarah, Hurstville, and Bexley municipalities, which has been agitating the minds of the officials and residents of…

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Milk Expert Here Municipal Control

The Sun · Sunday 7 March 1926 · page 4

The general manager of the Municipal Milk Dept., of Wellington, N.Z. (Mr. R. E. Herron), who arrived by the Niagara yesterday, is on his way…

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Municipal and Shire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 March 1926 · page 7

Petersham, 62 (Cook 7-37), v Ryde, 231 (Cook 95); Lindfield B, [?] (Neville 62), v Lane Cove B, 8-239 (Brodie not out 37); Northern District, 111 and 1-107 (Burdon not out 70), v Gordon, 65 (Chapman 6-30);…

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Hurstville Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 March 1926 · page 12

In a letter to the Editor of the "Herald," Mr. Wallace Collier, who was Mayor of the Hurstville municipality from December, 1924, to December, 1925, refers to the recent case…

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The Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 March 1926 · page 12

Canon Archdall, headmaster of the Armidale School, writes to the Editor in reply to Mr. Mark Gosling (chairman of the State Labour party):…

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