Council Sensation Alderman Resigns "A Huge Joke"
That it was tile biggest joke he had ever listened to was how Alderman Wilson referred to the town hall committee's report, read at Lidcombe Council last…
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Council & local affairs, 1929
4,700 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 235
Smart Work Aldermen's Testimony
Accidents and defects will occur in electric lighting systems, and people are often sadly inconvenienced when "the light goes out."…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Rather Embrace Them" Fairfield's Aldermen
At its meeting on Tuesday night, Fairfield Council received a letter from Mr. (better Known as "Sir") Donald Campbell, of Fairfield-street. Old Guildford…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Traffic Problem Alderman Offers Solution
Alderman Crosswell, at this week's meeting of the Parramatta Council submitted the plan of a scheme by which he thought the traffic problem at the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Alderman Wants to Dodge Jury
"IT'S taken me long enough to get off the Jury, and that would place me right on It," said Ald. Dyer at Leichhardt Council, when it was suggested that…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Ex. Alderman Calf Death Last Night
Ex-alderman Edwin John Calf, of Lidcombe, died last night at his residence in Joseph-street, Lidcombe. He was 71 years of age…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Municipal and Shire Teams for
The following team has been selected for the "Daily Telegraph" match against Northern suburbs on Anniversary Day. January 26, on the Parramatta Oval,…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Lost Seat in Council Bribery Talk About Ex-mayor a Kogarah Tangle
EXTRAORDINARY [?] to the [?] Ald. Maithews nomina[?] municipal elections were [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Former Alderman Mr. S. J. Calf's Death
THE [?] at his residence, [?] Lidcombe, yesterday, [?] Calf, one of the oldest and [?] of the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Lidcombe Veteran's Death Ex-alderman E. J. Calf
Mr. Edward J. Calf, who had lived in Lidcombe for 65 years, and was one of the best known figures in the outer Western Suburbs, died at his…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Why the Mystery? Footway Over Bridge "Alderman's Bluff"
In urging the necessity for a footway over Mona-street bridge, the secretary stated, at the monthly meeting of the Auburn West Progress Association, that…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Extra Lights Mayor's Casting Vote
The lighting problem is a big. one-in all suburban municipalities, and Fairfield Council has, yet to solve it. Fairfield West Progress Association wrote…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£15,000 Loan Mayor's Proposal
Mayor Collett, at this week's meeting of the Parramatta Council, announced his intention to submit a proposal to borrow £15,000, to be expended over a period of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hornsby Council
At the regular meeting of the Hornsby Shire Council on 10th instant, Councillor parker was the only absentee, he being away out of the slate…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Eastwood Council
The first meeting of the year was held on Wednesday, 9th instant, when the Mayor, Alderman S. G. Small, presided, and was supported by Aldermen R. J…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mayor and the Chairs "Setting Up Autocracy"
"They're in a dilapidated and disgraceful condition, and my idea is a get rid of them—every bally one of them." Mayor Collett, on Monday, referred…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →"What's Our Profit? £200,000 or £300,000 Alderman's Ironical Question
For several years past, the prices Charged for electrical current to industrial concerns by Holroyd Council have been the subject of many questions by…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mild Messages on Matters of Moment Alderman R. J. Brown, Parramatta
Parramatta. Sir,— Your attitude on the hoarding question is refreshing if only because of its firmness. You believe these structures are determental to the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →New Shire Chamber. Byron Bay
The shire council has accepted the tender of Messrs. Holland and Thorne for £3100 for the construction of a new shire chamber to replace the one lately destroyed by fire. Local…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Around the Councils Liverpool Council
The mayor (Alderman Bratchell) presided at the fortnightly meeting of the Liverpool Council on Tuesday, 8th instant There were present also Aldermen…
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