Challenge to Mayor. Grafton
Mr. C. Braithwaite, who resigned his office as an alderman of the Grafton Council as a protest against the inaction of the council in regard to the request of a public meeting…
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Council & local affairs, 1927
5,295 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 250
Electricity for Neighbors A Penrith Alderman's Opposition "Review Charges for Power"
"That this Council no longer considers the question of supply of electric current to adjacent municipalities, and that charges for power be reviewed within the municipal by as an inducement to householders to take supply."…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →N.Z. Tour Addresses for Duke Wives of Aldermen Wellington (N.z.)
What the Duke of York will do with the addresses of welcome received during his tour should furnish a problem difficult of solution…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ca[?]creagh Council Clerk
MR D. LEITCH, of Castlereagh Road, Penrith, has been appointed clerk to Castlereagh council in succession of Mr A. F. Devlin, resigned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mostyn's "Double" Emblem of Glebe Mistaken for Lord Mayor
"Some are born to greatness, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them." Alderman C. Emblem, who will be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Garage Inquiry. Move for Privacy. Opposed by Deputy Lord Mayor
The Deputy-Lord Mayor (Alderman Green), said yesterday that it was his intention to preside at the opening of the inquiry into the administration of the civic garage on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →"Carry Your Swag, Sir?" Alderman's Offer Declined Vice-royalty's 53-Mile Tramp Ends Hobart
The Governor-General, Lord Stonehaven, insisted on humping his swag to the end of his 53-mile tramp, declining the polite offer of a local alderman to carry it over the final mile…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mountain Road Council and Board
A special meeting of the Blue Mountains Shire Council was held at Lawson recently, to consider the proposals of the Main Roads Board…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unusual Motion in a Town Council
An unusual motion, tabled at Edinburgh Town Council, has been rejected by the Lord Provost's Committee as being incompetent. It was moved by Councillor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Metal Quarry. Council Ownership. City Engineer's Support
The city engineer (Mr. Coulson), in a report to the works committee of the City Council, recommends that a metal quarry should be purchased and worked by the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →As You Were Loan Council's Bulletin MELBOURNE
The Loan Council, which concluded its sitting this afternoon, sent out a bulletin that for the present the States will continue to issue Steele over the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Loss of Rates. Railway Resumptions. City Council Penalised
The City Council has lost in rates during the past five years the sum of £27,214, that being the amount that would have been collected from owners of properties resumed under the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Metal Combine Against Council Engineer Reports City-owned Quarry Wanted
THE purchase of a blue metal quarry by the City Council is recommended by Mr. E. W. Coulson, City Engineer and City Survoyor, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Unclaimed Money. in City Council Coffers. Double Payments of Rates
Generally, the majority of persons are somewhat dilatory in paying their rates and taxes, but it seems that there are a number of city ratepayers who have actually paid…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Loan Council Meets Lays Down Terms for State Bonds Melbourne
The Australian Loan Council, which eat in Melbourne yesterday and to-day. bus decided that tho terms for tho safe of State securities over the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Please, License Us" Greengrocers' Request to Council Want Protection Against the Casual Hawker
Greengrocers of Penrith want Council to license people engaged in that trade, as a means of protection for them against the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Awaiting Decision of the Prime Minister Tribunal for Coal Mines Crisis : Aggregate Meetings on Monday Miners' Central Council Deliberates
THE Minister for Mines. Mr. Baddley stated last night that Mr. G. C. knowles, of the Federal Crown Law Department, and Mr. F.. W. Kitcihing. of the local Department of Labor and Industry, would leave at once for Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Council's Loss Defalcations, £1985 All Square Now Windsor
After an investigation of the affairs of Windsor Council, the Local Government Department has reported a total of 124 misappropriations, involving…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Main Roads. Board's Requirements. Complaint of Kyeamba Shire. Wagga
Recently the Kyeamba Shire submitted to the Main Roads Board a list of work proposed to be carried out this year. The programme embraced the maintenance of 100 miles of…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →From Gaol Cell Mayor Will Govern Popular Rum-runner Edgewater (New Jersey)
ARRANGEMENTS are being made to enable Mayor Wishel, who has been sentenced to one year's imprisonment for rum-running, to…
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