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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1927

5,295 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 250

William-street. New Post-office Building. Not Approved by City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 March 1927 · page 19

Alderman Courtenay, at the works committee of the City Council yesterday stated that he had ascertained that the Federal Government did not submit plans of the new…

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Five' or Six-day Week Municipal Employees

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 16 March 1927 · page 5

Municipal and Shire Councils throughout the State are being naked by the Local Government Conciliation Committee, which is now sitting,…

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Angry Aldermen Deprived of Rates

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 8

Repeated refusals by Mr. Lang to receive a deputation from the City Council to protest against the exemption of Government property…

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Under Big Rock Alderman's Plight Severe Injuries [?]

Evening News · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 11

PASS, Thursday PINNED to the ground by a large boulder which crashed on him on his Rockwood property. Ald. J…

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"Pay First" : to Hospital Later Ambulance Charges Alderman's Fears

Evening News · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 11

ALD. MORGAN said at Botany Council last night that if effect were given to enfield Council's proposal to empower ambulances…

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School and Hall. Opened by the Mayor

The Australian Jewish Chronicle · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 12

Despite the inclement weather, a large number of the Jewish community assembled at Deshon St., South Brisbane, when the Mayor…

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Hankow Control (British Official Wireless) Chinese Municipal Council London, Wednesday Night

The Sun · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 1

The agreement reached with the Nationalist Government regarding the British concession at Hankow came into operation yesterday, when the…

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Jews on Labor Council

The Australian Jewish Chronicle · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 7

Three Jews have been appointed members of the High Council of Labor at the Hague, a body which advises various…

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£180,000 Loan Kuring-gai Shire Works

The Sun · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 15

The Local Government Department has approved of the raising by the Kurin-gai Shire Council of a special loan of £180,000 for road and general…

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Katoomba Council. Auditors' Criticism. KATOOMBA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 11

Last night's meeting of the Katoomba Council was of a stormy nature. On the advent of Alderman Russell Hawke to the Mayoral chair, new auditors were appointed, and they…

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Kuring-gai Shire. £180,000 Works Loan. Modern Central Depot

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 13

Members of the Kuring-gal Shire Council hope to make the shere a model residential area, and to that end have embarked on an extensive programme of road and footpath…

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Rates Exemption. Rallway Commissioners. City Council Protest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 13

It was decided at the finance committee of the City Council yesterday that each member of the Legislative Assembly be circularised by the Lord Mayor and Town Clerk pointing out…

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"INEFFICIENCY" Auditors' Report Katoomba Council Katoomba

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 1

"Glaring inefficiency and muddle" is rife in the organisation and administration of Katoomba civic affairs, according to an auditors'…

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Park Dump Thousands of Tons Council Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 5

How 4366 loads of clay from excavations in Pitt Street came to be dumped in Hyde Park, and ultimately cost the City Council £1000 to remove, was…

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Council's Confidence Katoomba Town Clerk Katoomba

Evening News · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 10

KATOOMBA Council has carried a vote of confidence in the town clerk Mr. T. N. Ayling. The auditor, MR. R. H. Truman, who been…

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Clay Dump. In Hyde Park. City Council Inquiry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 12

By order of the City Council an inquiry was opened yesterday morning in the council chamber into the placing of a clay dump in Hyde Park, by the firm of Murtagh Brothers,…

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Labour Council. A.W.U. Representation. Mr. Garden's Comments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 11

Mr. J. S. Garden, secretary of the Labour Council, yesterday commented on the proposal of the recent A.W.U. convention to withdraw affiliation from the Labour Council…

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Moreton Bay Trees. in University Park. Council's Definite Action

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 12

The works committee of the City Council has unanimously approved of a scheme for widening Parramatta-road to 110 feet at the nortion opposite University Park, and for…

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Council of Peace Judge Beeby's Proposal Settling Grievances Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 6

THE mutual establishment by employees and employers of a Council of Peace as a Tribunal to which grievances could be…

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