CIVIC REFORM
SYDNEY CITY COUNCIL
COMMISSION SYSTEM ENDING
(From "The Post's" Representative.) SYDNEY, lath I'ebruary.
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 next June. The Labour Party, out to. dominate once more the civic government of Sydney,- has already marshalled its forces for the forthcoming election for the reorganised 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. Labourj on the contrary, has already mapped out its plan of battle. ".
The generalissimo of the Civic. 'Reformers,-' Sir James Murdoch, a selfmado man who has done much for the advancement of the city, and whose big- emporium is ono of its landmarks, is tireless in his activity, but if Ms party and its sympathisers wish to have any substantial voice in the new City Council; and to free'the. city from the- shackles.of Labour's extreme wing, then they "must strike the blow," in Byronic phrase, and strike it early.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 42, 19 February 1930, Page 10
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219CIVIC REFORM Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 42, 19 February 1930, Page 10
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