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Sydney · Council & local affairs
4,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 212
ARE the provisions of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Act a dead letter? Is that section of the Local Government Act which specifically provides for preference to returned men, "all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"FANTASTIC" stories come from Saintes-Maries de la Mer, the picturesque village on the Riviera, whose youthful Communist Mayor, the seven councillors, the municipal grave-digger, secretary, typist and six fishermen, are…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The usual meeting of the Blacktown Council was held last Thursday, councillor J. C. Page presiding. Others in attendance were Councillors Moore. Francis, Lalor,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The regular meeting of the above council was held on Wednesday, the Mayor (Alderman G. Harley) presiding OVERSEER'S REPORT…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"A full, detailed reply to every section of the report has been drafted, and will be forwarded to the Minister after it has been confirmed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The above council met last Monday, the Mayor (Alderman A. E. Maling) occupying the chair. All the aldermen were present…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five aldermen were absent from Eastwood Council at the time set for Wednesday night's meeting, and the meeting was adjourned until next…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →COMING to the court in Aix- Ia-Provence with a large, decorated charabanc to take their friends away in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE operations of a local books maker are a source of great anxiety to members of the Cottingham Urban District Council…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The election to fill the extraordinary vacancy in the Yanko Council resulted:—Everard J. V. Martin (Colinroobie), 290 votes; Cornelius W. Foley (Barellan), 136…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bankstown municipal sanitary contract has been let to Messrs. E. Coleman and Co., the existing contractors, according to an announcement…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Moree's Labor alderman, Ald. E. F. Cummins, accompanied by Ald. A. T. McEihone, scored a tactical advantage at last meeting of Moree…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Marrickville Council last night carried a resolution moved by Ald. Wright, "that the constituent councils be asked to approve the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A complaint that will find an echo in the hearts of all those who have sought for the houses of friends in the suburbs at night was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. W. Orr, general secretary of the Miners' Federation, stated yesterday that the Victorian Railway Commissioners had refused to meet…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In the course of an address at Brewarrina, Mr. M. A. Davidson, M.L A., declared that votes were bought during the recent election of members of the Legislative Council, for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →An invitation from Bishop Wilton to Kuring-gai aldermen to attend a civic service at St. Thomas's Church, North Sydney, at 11 a.m. on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A motion of no confidence in the Mayor of Waverley (Alderman Hunter), who was recently appointed by the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Spooner), was submitted at…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Some city aldermen would like to know what inspired M. Francois Sicard, the French sculptor, in his creation of the Hyde Park Archibald…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Drummoyne Council has framed its reply to the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Spooner), following the report of a departmental…
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