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Council & local affairs, 1929

4,700 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 235

Labor Council Last Night. Attacks and Counter Attacks Garden and Jefferey Peace Conference Report Resumption To-night

The Labor Daily · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 5

BY A LARGE majority the Sydney Labor Council last night refused to withdraw its delegates from the Industrial Pence Conference. A report from Messrs. Roels and Garden on the progress of the conference was adopted after heated discussion…

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Slave Conditions at Balmain Collective Contract Brings Wage Cuts, Speed Up and Neglect of Safety Challenge to Miners’ Central Council

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 4

The Miners’ Council, meeting at a time when all miners are faced with the owners’ demand for lower wages and worsened conditions, has contented itself with declaring that everything is peaches down in Balmain and Catamaran, the collective…

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Granville Municipal Council

The Biz · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 8

The Granville Council met on tendings: Tuesday night, the full Council atCORRESPONDENCE…

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Holroyd Municipal Council. Tuesday Night's Meeting

The Biz · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 7

Ald. Bacon (Mayor), Ald Brett, Smith, Duke, Jones, Warnock, Maunder, Rainbow and Shaw were present at Tuesday night's meeting…

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Liverpool Council

The Biz · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 4

The Liverpool Council met on Tuesday night In attendance were: Aid. Bratchell (Mayor), Aid. Freeman. Bill, Bird, Watson, O'Grady,…

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Shire Rating Inquiry at Blacktown

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 2

Mr E. W. Downey, a Commissioner appointed to inquire into the proposed increase of [?] in the General Rate asked for by the Blacktown Shire Council,…

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Faulty Work. Previous Council Criticised

The Biz · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 7

J. G. King again asked Holroyd Council on Tuesday night to continue the storm water pipe running from Station-street through Lewis…

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Central Council May Return South

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 6

It is expected that the central council of the A.C.T.U., which has been in Sydney attending the Industrial Peace Conference, will leave for Melbourne…

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Council and Blue Metal Co

The Biz · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 6

The Mayor (Ald. Clancy), at the last meeting of Fairfield Council, tabled the following minute:-"On the 7th instant I interviewed…

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Electricity Charges Holrold Council's Schedule

The Biz · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 1

In response to an instruction from the aldermen, Mr. Dunstan, Holroyd council's engineer, submitted the following schedule of charges to…

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Prosecution Failed. Cost Council £4/12

The Biz · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 2

Referring to a recent case of prosecution of a ratepayer by Holroyd Council for alleged damage to an electric light meter, the inspector,…

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[?] ENGINEER Penrith Council's Position Previous Decision Amended

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 1

Penrith Council's resolution of January last that a consulting engineer be employed to propare all specifications and supervise and…

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Penrith Council "Deplorable Backyards" Use of Hoses

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 6

Penrith Council met on Tuesday evening to conclude the business of the monthly meeting begun on the previous Tuesday. There were present:—The…

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Water Mains Alternative Schemes Penrith Council's Decision

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 1

Alternative schemes for providing new water mains for High Street were considered by Penrith Council on Tuesday evening, following the…

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Labor's "Peace" Representatives Decide on War Break-down Feared Council Delegates Withdrawn "Red Flag" Sung

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 2

COLLAPSE of the Industrial Peace Conference seems inevitable, following upon the decision by the N.S.W. Labor Council…

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The Nepean Times SATURDAY, 23rd FEBRUARY, 1929 Municipal Sanitation

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 4

CERTAIN matters a ffeeting health and cleanliness of the municipality that have again come before Penrith Council of late point to the necessity…

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Trades Council Last Night. Dove of Peace Flies Out of the Window Leaves the Conference "Employers Were Not Sincere" Stern Fight Ahead

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 5

THE Sydney Trades and Labor Council last night withdrew its delegates the Industrial Peace Conference which will now mean that the conference cannot continue. Mr. J. S. Garden expressed the opinion that the employers were…

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A Political History of Australia The Great Strike of 1917 -- The Consultative Council -- 100,000 Involved in Strike -- Strikers Ask for Royal Commission -- "The Doctrine of Black" and How it Worked -- Its Use Against the Strikers -- The "Firmness" of Fuller -- Hughes-Cook Government Takes Action. Chapter [?]Xxxviii. the Strike of ' 17

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 8

The circumstances of the Great Strike of [?]were so peculiar that there is justice [?]suspecting that the [?]organised workers were…

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Broken Glass Danger Unheeded by Council Employee

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 February 1929 · page 14

Maintaining the vigorous campaign for the suppression of the practice of glass-scattering on roadways, the N.R.M.A. has brought to the notice of…

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Chippy Talk on Current Topics Labor Council is Consistently Stupid Theodore's Challenge to Latham Government Should Reopen Johnson Trial Labour Council True to Form

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 February 1929 · page 2

The Labor Council has pulled its representatives out of the. Peace Conference. That was the action of a gang of…

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