Alderman Explains
At Newtown Council last night, the ex-Mayor, Ald, Newnham, referring to the statement he made of the previous meeting concerning…
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Council & local affairs, 1934
4,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 212
Requests by Kearsley Shire Council
A deputation from Kearsley Shire Council to the Acting-Under-Secretary of the Department of Labor, Mr. W. Wurth, yesterday requesten…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aldermen Stage Swimming Race
A party of North Sydney aldermen visited Enfield swimming pool on Monday night, and a race over 50 metres was staged. It resulted…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Alderman's Resignation. Hay
At last night's meeting of the Hay Municipal Council a letter was read from Ernest Western Wilkinson, resigning his position as alderman. The Mayor (Alderman J. Spence), in moving…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Obituary. Alderman W. J. Howe
Alderman William Joseph Howe, Mayor of Waverley, died early yesterday morning at Waverley, aged 60 years. He was elected Mayor after only two years' service as an…
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The Mayor of Waverley (Ald. W. J. Howe) died yesterday following a short illness, at the age of 60 years. The late Ald. Howe was an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →City Council Endorses Cuts Enforcing Reduction in Wages Labor Aldermen Fight All The Way Parker's Vote
AT the conclusion of an scrimonious debate, during which personalities were repeatedly dragged in, the City Council yesterday…
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THE Mayor of North Sydney, Ald. Hongson, advised council last night that he was arranging for a public…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Answer Was the Lord Mayor's Reply
WHEN an alderman raised questions yesterday about the conduct of the Lord-Mayoral election, the Lord Mayor (Ald…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lord Mayor with Labor Against Wage Cut
AT his first Council meeting yesterday, the Lord Mayor (Ald. Parker) dropped a sudden surprise by giving his…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sympathy Motions by Council
Newtown Council last night passed a vote of sympathy with the relatives of the late Ald. Burgess, of Darlington. It was decided to write…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lord Mayor Votes with Opposition. Debate on Wage Reductions
The Lord Mayor (Alderman Parker), at a special meeting of the City Council yesterday, voted with the opposition on a question affecting the new municipal award…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Greater County Council. Grafton
The Clarence River County Council received an inquiry from the Local Government Department as to the movement for the establishment of a Greater County Council to…
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For holding a midnight dance on January 1 for which permission had been refused, Mowbray Park Surr Life-saving Club has had its…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Abandoning Dole Work Council's Big Loss
CLAIMING that the Stevens Government Emergency Relief Scheme had proved an added burden on the ratepayers and resulted in the unnecessary expenditure of council's own funds to the extent of over £3000, the Bulli Shire Council will abandon…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lang Praised by Council Trams on Sound Basis
"There is no doubt that the man responsible for putting the trams in Sydney on a sound financial basis is Mr. Lang," said Ald Hardy, at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Financial Emergency Legislation. Conflict Between W.A. Labor Government end Legislative Council
The conflict between the Western Australian Labor Government and the W.A. legislative Council over the Financial Emergency Bill was advanced a step…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Glimpses of Country Life Building Municipal Baths at Young, New South Wales
It is a splendid sign of the times that many country centres are building baths, where the youth of the district may learn to swim and young and old may enjoy the luxury of open-air bathing in the hot summer days. At Young the work is being done with money from the Unemployment Relief Fund…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Municipal Assessments. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I would advise municipal ratepayers to examine the assessments now being issued by the various councils, particularly in cases where the unimproved capital values have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Unemployed Camps. Municipalities' Concern. Suggested Government. Settlement
The problem of unemployed camps is worrying certain municipalitles, especially those of Randwick, Rockdale, and Manly. The lastnamed is concerned about the camp at…
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