Head Severed Alderman's Death MULLUMBIMBY
The body of a well-known identity, Aid. Michael Stapleton, was found with the head severed on the railway line, about 500 yards from the railway…
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Council & local affairs, 1927
5,295 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 250
Lord Mayor Answers Labor's Unscrupulous Critics Says: "Give Credit Where It Is Due" Aldermen's Clean Record in City Council Administration Full Confidence of the People
THE NEW LORD MAYOR, Ald. Mostyn, yesterday attacked the "Herald's" leading article of Monday last. He took it up point by point in order to show how flagrantly the paper had strayed from the paths of veracity…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ex-mayor's Black Eye
With his right eye badly discolored, Ralph Unwin, ex-mayor of Hunter's Hill, charged Arthur James Reynolds and Harry Hones at the local court…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Lord Mayor's Watchword
THE opening gesture of Alderman Mostyn's year as Lord Mayor exhibits something which would be admirable in any administration. His aim, he declares, is a civic service both economical and efficient, and, with all respect to the many conscientious, and efficient officers in…
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A meeting was held yesterday afternoon at the Hotel Australia by the committee organising the dinner dance [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Municipal Tenders Sydney Municipal Council
Air and water washing machine for motor vehicles, supply of one (Spec. No. 726). January 12. Ash handling plant, supply, delivery,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alderman Killed. Body on Railway Line. Mullumbimby
When a fettler named D. Giles was on his way to work at 6 o'clock this morning, he discovered the body of Alderman Michael Stapleton ou the railway line not far from the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Located To-day Lord Mayor's Reception
For a full half-hour today Takaishi remained in the one position, and for once it wasn't hard to find him. The occasion was the civic reception…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Must Have Efficiency. Sydney's Lord Mayor is Outspoken
Alderman Mostyn, the recently-elected Labor Lord Mayor of Sydney, was officially sworn in at the N.S.W. Supreme Court yesterday. Later the Lord Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →A Lean Year Lord Mayor's Plans Slow Spending
A policy for the year calling for the highest efficiency from the City Council staff and economy in the administration was enunciated…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Alderman's Body Decapitated Found on Railway Struck by Mail Train Byron Bay
A sensation was caused to-day when it was learned that the body of Ald. M. Stapleton, of Mullimbimby, was found on the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Glad Hand New Lord Mayor Host of Callers
Heralded as Sydney's youngest Lord Mayor, Aid. Mostyn, 34 years of ago, and once an employee of the City Council, was yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Direct Access Shire's Big Job Reducing Distance
Using the major portion of 100,000 cubic yards of spoil from the excavation for the Killara reservoir, Kuringgai Shire Council is successfully…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Town Hall. Lord Mayor's Order. to Officials. "No More Indonlence."
The administration or Alderman Mostyn as Lord Mayor of Sydney, which commenced officially yesterday, was marked by the issue of definite instructions to the heads of the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Manly Ferry War Hit Back If Boats Are Overcrowded Aldermen's Fiat Company in Right But Action Resented
A THREAT to take kgal action against the Port Jackson and Manly S.S. Company if it overcrowded its boats, was made by…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New Lord Mayor Gives Staff Advice "Efficiency First" Politics Barred No Increase in Rates
THE Lord Mayor gave heads of departments of the City Council some strong advice when he look over office yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Council's Problem Dead Whale on Beach BRISBANE
Many shire councils have been said to have had the problem of dealing with a dead horse, but the council at Burleigh has been hard put to it these…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Is Cemetery a Menace? Gordon Perturbed Council to Act
Residents of the North Shore suburb of Gordon consider St. John's Cemetery a. menace to health. All round the old burial ground…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →What Next? Manly Fares. War Retaliation? Council Holds Its Hand
Any action by the Manly Council in the ferry fares war has been deferred to the next meeting of the council…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Municipal Buses. Broken Hill Proposal
At a meeting of the Broken Hill Municipal Council, called to discuss the stoppage of steam trams, it was decided that the Town Clerk and Mayor should make…
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