SYDNEY'S LORD MAYOR
LABOR DOMINATES ELECTION T By Teleiraph.—Press Assn.—CopytUjj#- ' " Received Dec. 9* 9.35 p.m. , t"a Sydney, Dec. Unwonted ■ interest was taken in M- $ election of Lord Mayor to l»v.J fact that for the fl'wt time In the cif ra - J* history the selection was_ 4owin&ted I >y, an outsi&f 1 body, namely, thfl »ÜBtral Labor Party, as labor holds',the bala eO-V of power in the Council. la of party issued a mandate that the 88 e» - ; tion must be left in its handi. J IX J of the thirteen labor alderpen fibje« »d, s to interference but strong meiiiliria w , taken to crush the revolt, and #fte) • heated meeting the'y, by seven to i ix, ■ voted in" favor of party overlordiWj r „ ,< An hour before the council .met 46 choose the Lord Mayor the AttKtnlUn Labor Party executive met and selected its candidate, Alderman Lambert. £. malcontents fell into line and when t&e - s council took a vote. Lambert watt cbo«en o Lord Mayor by 14 votes to 12. ' man Meagher supported Labor, 'i wise it was purely a party vote./ .
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 December 1920, Page 5
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