Pyrmont Bridge. Aldermen Oppose Removal
The city engineer who will represent the City Council at the conference convened by the Works Department to consider the advisability of removing Pyrmont Bridge, has…
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Council & local affairs, 1927
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City Streets Melbourne's Example Aldermen Critical
"Deplorable" was the description applied to some Sydney streets, including main ones, by Ald. O'Dea, at a meeting of the works committee of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Pretty Lights Dazzle Aldermen North Shore Signs
"WE have done everything we can to make North Sydney shoddy and cheap," said Ald, seamen at the local council last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Betting. Alderman's Plea. for Legislation. Lithgow
At a meeting of the Lithgow Municipal Council, Alderman Ashley moved:—That as an avenue for raising additional funds for the upkeep of hospitals and ambulances, the State…
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In the Legislative Council, the President (Mr. Flowers) reported that the Governor had assented to the Supreme Court and Circuit Courts (Amendment) Bill and the Pistol…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Moving Picture Show a Mayor's Sin
Many St. Peters aldermen disapprove strongly of Sunday picnics for children, but the request of the local Sunshine Club for the loan of six chairs for such…
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The Loan Bill passed all its stages, the Standing Orders being suspended for the purpose. The readings were carried on the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Inconsistent" Goodin on Council
Mr. Goodin, M.L.A., commenting to-day on the attitude of the Legislative Council, said:-- "It should be borne in mind that no…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Unacceptable? Council's Amendment Electoral Bill
The present disposition of the Government is not to accent the Legislative Council's proposed amendment to the Electoral Bill, providing for a…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Manly Town Hall Council Gets Busy
THE subject of a new Town Hall for Manly was again discussed at the local council last night when Ald Reld moved that a sub-committee of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →City Council Quarry Testing the Market
The works committee of the Cry Council resolved yesterday [?] call tenders for the purchase of a metal quarry, in order to test the market…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War on Rats Plague Prevention City Council's Work
THE health committee of the City Council has congratulated the Chief City Health Officer, Mr. W. Vogwell, on his activity with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Endowment Bill's Fate Will Council Reject? Nationalists Support Measure
Despite the fact that the second reading of the Family Endowment Bill was carried by 51 votes to 28 in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, fears were expressed in the lobbies at Parliament House that it will…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Betting Tax Lithgow Council in Favor to Help Hospitals Ltthgow
In order to provide additional funds for the upkeep of hospitals and ambulances, Ald. Ashley moved, at a meeting of the local municipal council, that…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Rejected by Council 38 to 28 Electoral Bill Clause Quota for Country
THE Government offered defeat in the Legislative Council last night when a vital clause in the Electoral Act Amendment Bill was rejected by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lease of P.w.p. Shire Council's Action Condemned
FORBES.—The following lengthy resolution was carried by the Forbes Labour League, after being moved by Mr. W. M. Webster:— That this branch draws the attention of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Moving Picture Show The Artistic Alderman
Alderman Newlands (North Sydney) protected against another alderman's description of electric signs as hasty, paltry, cheap, lacking in taste, hideous…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Coronation Hotel. Minahan Land Deal. Criticised by Alderman
It was stated at the finance committee of the City Council yesterday that the council was losing £200 a week rent from the new site for the Coronation Hotel in Park-street, as…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Coolamon Shire. Wagga
A movement is in progress to eliminate a large area from the Coolamon Shire lying south of the South-wesrern railway, and attach it to the Mitchell Shire. with headquarters at…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Legislative Council
In the Legislative Council, the Oil in Navigible Waters Bill was received from the Legislative Assembly. The second leading was made an order of the day for next sitting day…
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