Aldermen On 'Strike' Refuse to Meet on Loan Plan Will Not Borrow for "Outsiders"
FIVE aldermen of the Drummoyne Council staged a strike last night, refusing to attend a special council…
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Council & local affairs, 1937
4,411 stories in Sydney's papers · page 65 of 221
Spooner Plan Deadlock Drummoyne Council Divided
MR. SPOONER'S loan scheme has caused a deadlock in the Drummoyne Municipal Council. Following the action of the council recently in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Candidate for St. Peters Vacancy in Council
"RESIDENTS of St. Peters have a double opportunity of showing their appreciation of the work of Mr. W. Hogan, who recently retired after…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Causes in No. 4 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Halse Rogers and jury.) Damage to Garden Alleged. Tinyou v Council of Municipality of Kuring-gai
Th[?] action is part heard…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Say Prices Are Excessive Protest by County Council
A definite protest was voiced by the Sydney County Council yesterday against what it described as a price agreement among manufacturers of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Coal Jetty. County Council's Proposal. Estimate of £140,250
The proposal to construct a jetty at Bunnerong power station, Botany Bay, was again discussed by Sydney County Council yesterday. Action was deferred…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Call-up of Workless Positions Vacant. Government Labor Exchanges. Municipalities of Waverley Randwick Vaucluse and Woollahra
LABORERS,--Those Returned Soldiers and Sailors as defined in the Returned Soldiers and Sailor' Employment Act, 1919. with the above qualifications, at present registered,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Nepean Shire Council. Matters of District Interest
The monthy meeting of Nepean Shire Council was held in the Council Chambers, Bringelly, on Thursday last. WithCr. Hewitt (president), were Crs. Scott…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alderman A. B. Blackmore
Alderman Alfred Banfield Blackmore, who died suddenly at his home, Norton-street, Leichhardt, yesterday morning, aged 65 years, h[?] been a member of the Leichhardt…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coronation Day Question of Celebration Aldermen Discuss
Introducing the question of celebrating the Coronation, Alderman trophy, at Granville Council on Tuesday, said that something should be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Water Rate
As a result of Government assistance to the Water Board, a reduction has been made in the water rate in Sutherland Shire from 16 to 10½d…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Nepean Shire Councii
The monthly meeting of Nepean Shire Council was held on 15th inst., when the President (Cr. W. S. Hewitt) and Councillors Blaikie, Scott,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Straightforward" Tribute to Ex-mayor
"He was particularly straightforward and did not worry what others thought of his opinions." Such was the tribute paid by…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"WINDBAG" One Alderman to Another "Jabbering at Me"
A breeze that might have developed into a storm but for the calming influence of the Mayor (Ald. J. S. Fielding), and the restraint…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stoneware Pipes. Water Board Tender. Alderman Alleges a "Monopoly."
Alderman Campbell, at a meeting of the Water Board yesterday, objected to the acceptance of a tender for the supply of stoneware pipes from what…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Council's Sympathy
Auburn Council on Monday carried a motion of sympathy with the relatives of the late Mrs. Kelly, mother of Mr. J. M. Kelly, the council's solicitor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Auburn-lidcombe News Ratepayer Says Alderman Took Soil Away "Infernal Impudence"
That a member of Auburn Council had removed soil from the footpath at the side of his house, and used it for his own purposes, was stated by Mr. A. J. Lovett,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →St. Marys Council
The monthly meeting of St. Marys Council was held on Monday evening. The Mayor (Ald. L. A. Muscio) and Aldermen W. C. Gibson, J. Cook, H. P…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ermington-Rydalmere Council
The Mayor (Ald. Bartlett) presided at Ermington-Rydalmere Council on Monday. Present were Aldermen Pearce, Ashcroft, and Dorahy…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Celebration Scheme Abandoned Council and the Coronation "Let the Municipality Down"
Although at the inaugural meeting six aldermen of Holroyd Council—including the Mayor (Ald. Tucker Jones), who presided, evinced the utmost enthusiasm in the proposals to celebrate the Coronation in a fitting manner in the municipality, the council, at its last meeting, declined to advance 35 for…
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