CIVIC REFORM.
SYDNEY CITY COUNCIL COMMISSION SYSTEM ENDING; ■t : (From Cue Own Correspondent.) ' SYDNEY, February 13. There had been hopes that the Civic Commission would be allowed to rule the destinies of'the city of Sydney for a few more years but, under the law introduced by its sponsors, the Bavin Government, it will Cease to exist nextJune. The Labour Party, out to dominate once more the civic govern, ment of Sydney, has already marshalled its forces for the forthcoming election for the re-organised City Council, and is quietly confident of an overwhelming triumph. Labour’s, opponents in this domain, the Civic Reformers, appear to be hanging off for the defining of the new .ward boundaries before making a big move, but if they are not careful they will be caught napping,.. Labour, on the contrary, has already mapped out its of battle.
The generalissimo of the Civic Reformers, Sir James Murdoch,’ a selfmade man who has done much for the advancement of the city, and whose big emporium is one of its landmarks, is tireless in his activity,.but.if his party and its sympathisers wish to have any substantia] voice in the new City Council and to free, the city from the shackles of Labour’s extreme wing, then. they “ must strike the blo'w,’* in Byronic phrase, and strike it early.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20958, 22 February 1930, Page 7
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