COUNCIL CONTRACTS
V/RJT AGAINST SYDNEY CORPORATION ISSUED BY ATTORNEY-GENERAL. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Press Association. , SYDNEY, August 3. (Deceived August 3, at 9.20 a.m.) The Federal Attorney-General (Me J. G. Latham) has issued out of the High Court a writ against the Sydney City Council ;and the Commonwealth Shipping Board to restrain the council from giving certain contracts to the Shipping Board and to restrain the boarcT from accepting the contracts. The most important aspect of the matter from the citizens’ viewpoint is the investigation by the highest tribunal in Australia into tho circumstances under which two of tho most important contracts,, involving £765,438 lor the equipment of the new power-house, were decided by a majority in the City Council. ■
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Evening Star, Issue 19318, 3 August 1926, Page 5
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122COUNCIL CONTRACTS Evening Star, Issue 19318, 3 August 1926, Page 5
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