Flats Approved. Glebe Council's Decision
The Glebe Municipal Council has declined to co-operate with the Vaucluse Council in an appeal to the Government to amend the Local Government Act with a view to giving…
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Council & local affairs, 1926
4,841 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 243
Five-day Week Shire Staff's Wish Under Consideration Cessnock
The clerical staff of the Cessnock Shire Council made a request to the administrator, Mr. J. Brown, to work the 44 hours within five…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Government Proposes But Council Will Dispose the Upper House Issue Lang May Find Himself "Left"
Cahinet's decision to abolish the Upper House in the coming short session may prove to be all right so far as a mere decision goes. The trouble Mr. Lang may encounter is that this is a matter for the Upper House…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wants a Wife Queensland Farmer Mayor of Bath's Assistance LONDON
Alderman Chivers, Mayor of Bath, announces that he has found a Queensland farmer with 12,000 acres and an honest face, who, looking out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Firendly Socities of N.S.W. A Weekly Record of their Aims and Activities. the Lord Mayor of Sydney
The prominent part played by the Friendly Societies in the life of the citizens of Australia is not sufficiently realised. The good they do is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Municipal Reform
NO one who has given any serious thought to the general principles of local government will deny that there is substantial room for improvement. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Difference of £17,500 City Council Decides to Pay £30,000 for Site Valued at £12,500 Enquiry by Royal Commission Needed
BETWEEN the price which the Sydney City Council has decided to pay for a power-house site at Lower Botany and the Government valuation there is a difference of about £17,500…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wagga Reservoir. Alderman's Allegations. Wagga
Serious allegations have been made concerning the reservoirs for the Wagga water supply. There are two large reservoirs, and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Modern Touch at Hurstville Mayor's Proposal for New Town Hall
THE MAYOR of Hurstville, Ald, binder Wants his council to spend £40,000 of its proposed £100,000 loan in building a new…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Carnivals Charity and or [?]Sers Council Dubious
'It is time to put a stop to professional organisers getting up these shows in the name of charity," said Alderman Marks, at the City Council…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Legislative Council. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The State Ministry is proposing, by way of a bribe, to grant members of the Upper House, in the event of their voting for their own abolition, their gold passes and the title…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wallsend Dilemma Council and 44 Hours Newcastle
At the last meeting of the William more and Council twelve employer made application for the observation of the 44 hours week by working the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The [?]ney Morning Herald. Monday, January 11, 1020. the Legislative Council
Another act in the pitiful political farce which has centred round the Legislative Council for some months past is to be played this week. If the avowed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Municipal Bands Why Not Sydney?
The tenders for the band performances in Hyde Park and other open spaces under the control of the City Council were reported on to the Health…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Alderman Henden Epps
(Granville), Soccer enthusiast and all-round sport…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alderman W. Stimson
(Fairfield), has served the municipality for 28 years…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Life of Councils Aldermen Will Fight Marshalling Forces
Aldermen have hardly had time to recover from the shock of Mr, Lang's bombshell regarding the proposal to terminate the life of present councils…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Labour Rule. Civic Administration. Party Interests First. Alderman Jackson's Criticism
The domination of the civic administration by the Labour caucus was the subject of trenchant criticism by Alderman Jackson, M.L.A., at the first meeting of the newly-appointed…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Council and People
THE show of simulated indignation with which the plutish Press comments upon the State Government's proposal to abolish the Legislative Council is interesting and instructive. Of course, all that the capitalist Press is disturbed about is that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Power-house Site. Leasehold Title. Lord Mayor Negotiating
Reform aldermen at the City Council electricity supply committee yesterday entered a vigorous protest against the City Council spending from £3,000,000 to £5,000,000 on the…
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