Blows Struck at Uproarious Trades Hall Meeting Ex-lord Mayor Rolls Down Stairs Mixed Up in Tangled Mass of Arms and Legs; Sparks Fly Among Electrical Workers Civic Robes Feud Revived
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 3
Blows were struck at the Trades Hall last night at a wildly stormy meeting of the electrical trades workers. The ex-Lord Mayor (Mr. Mostyn) was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Move for Night Tennis on Municipal Courts Cessnock
The Labor Daily · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 2
Tennis players-- and there are the best part of one thousand in the Cessnock district--are hopefull that the Cessnock Municipal Council will look favorable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grand Council Combination of Forces Ex-Mayor Bowden's Scheme
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 2
Above all else ex-Mayor Bowden, of Granville, had the welfare of his mundeipality at heart and throughout his long and useful career as the chief citizen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Presidents
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 15
BLUE MOUNTAINS.—Councillor Perby Wilson, of Hazelbrook…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →"Fool Drivers" And Danger Spot Alderman Benson Emphatic
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 6
The Main Roads Board is oh the warpath, and councils are being asked to forward their "halfpenny in the £" contributions…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ryde Council
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 6
Alderman George Greenwood Preaided for the first time as Mayor at the meeting of the Ryde Council on Wednesday. 4th inst., and was supported by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rockdale Council
The Propeller · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 4
At last night's meeting of Rockdale Council a combined rate of 6 1-3d was agreed upon for this year. This rate is made up of a general rate of 5d in…
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The Propeller · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 2
At this week's meeting of Kogarah Council the Town Clerk (Mr. Leighton) reported that for 1927 each ward received £878128 from the profits of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Exit Lord Mayor. Sydney Governed by Commission
The Land · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 1
Almost complete indifference marked the attitude of the people of Sydney towards the suspension of the Sydney City Council, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unauthorised Gate. Refer to Shire Engineer
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 18
Naughton's Gap wants to know how to remove a gate across a road erected by a neighbor without permission of the local land board or the shire…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Draining the Land. Shire Councils' Powers
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 18
Nana Glen asks whether the local shire council can compel the land owner to put a flood gate across a water course on his property that…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Another Phone Council Helps
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 3
Lidcombe Council has agreed to provide the necessary guarantee to the P.M:G's. Department to provide for the construction of a public phone at the corner of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shire Endowment Increased Colonel Bruxner's £300,000 Christmas Box
The Land · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 4
"The Government, through the Local Government Department, has increased the endowment for shires from £150,000 to £250,000 for the next triennial period," stated the Minister for Local Government, Col. Bruxner, in the course of an interview with "The Land…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Long Wait Fairfield Council's Way Midnight Deliberations
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 2
After a lengthy discussion as to Whether the Fairfield Council meeting set down for Tuesday night last was legally called, the Mayor gave his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Circus Arrives Complaint in Council Wandering Horses
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 3
"Under what conditions does a circus operate In Lidombe?" Caked Alderman Calf at a meeting of the Lidcombe Council on Wednesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Evasive Replies Charge Against Council Association Annoyed
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 3
Association Annoyed At the last meeting of the N. Lidcombe Progress Association the members showed their disapproval of council methods by refusing to "receive" a letter from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kogarah Council. Gleanings daring discussion on the Estimates
The St George Call · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 2
Aid. Tanner at Kogarah Council on Tuesday evening, during the consideration for the estimates for this year, stated that it was always a popular cry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destitute Farmers Council to Rescue Funds Run Out
The Sun · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 9
A gloomy picture of the condition of small farmers in the Mudgee district was painted by a deputation from the Cudgegong Shire Council which came…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Was It Legal ? Fairfield Council Meets Tuesday's Farce
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 7
Was the meeting of the Fairfield Council held on Tuesday night legal? This question was asked in many quarters at the Council Chambers, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A.W.U. and Labor Council Breakaways Officially Recognised
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 2
The Trades and Labor Council last night carried a resolution that may have the effect of driving the A.W.U. out of affiliation with the council…
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