Council To Get Meter Tester
In a special report submitted to the City Council last night Mr. E. Tweddell, electricat engineer, recommended that the Council…
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Council & local affairs, 1949
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Mr. J. T. Travers Council Auditor
In a mayoral minute, Alderman [?]diford recommended that Mr. John T. Travers. present auditor, be appointed to carry out audits of Council's accounts…
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The Town Clerk (Mr. C. Crowley) reported to Council last night on the finances. He said: "It will not be noticed that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council Grants Bus Fare Increase Adoption Of Transport Officer's Recommendation
The City Council last night agreed to increased fares on all bus routes, except to South Broken Hill and mine buses, and the restoring of sections. These increases were recommended by the Department of Road Transport following on Mr. Walsh's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Imprisonment Of Protestant Clergymen Council Of Churches Alleges Communist Secret Orders
London, February 24.—The British Council of Churches has released what it describes as secret orders issued from the Communist central headquarters in Sofia to promote a campaign against Evangelical Churches in Bulgaria. The Council states…
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The decision for the increase at bus fares arrived at by the City Council on Thursday night was dealt with by a meeting of the Omnibus Proprietors…
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The deputy Mayor (Alderman [?] commenced duties yesterday in the absence of the Mayor (Alderman W. Riddiford) who is at present in Sydney. It…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Municipal Holidays Plan by Labor Men
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A committee formed to an into ways of recognising the service of Mr. H. P. O'Neill will meet at the Trades Hall at 4.15 this afternoon…
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Although the steel frame of the first Council house has been erected, it will be some weeks before it is completed owing to difficulty in obtaining exterior and…
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Work on the reconstruction of Williams St., between Oxide and Chloride Streets, will be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Nationalisation of Private Banks Chief Points for Privy Council
London, March 14.—Eight reasons are given by the Commonwealth in seeking a reversal by the Privy Council of the decision of the High Court of Australia in invalidating section 46 of the Banking Act of 1947, which nationalises…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ex-New York Detective Indicted Plot Against Mayor
New York, March 15. -The Grand Jury has indicted Kenneth Ryan, former New York city detective, on charges of plotting to tap telephone wires of New…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bank Act Before Privy Council
London, March 15.—The fact that five or six Australian High Court judges held the view that section 46 of the Commonwealth Bank Act of 1947 was a severable…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Garden Wobbles Under Cross-examination Altered Evidence To Suit, Says Council
Sydney, March 15.—When put back on the witness stand at the Royal Commission into the New Guinea timber deal today, J. S. (Jock) Garden said he always understood that the Minister for External Territories (Mr. Ward) was giving…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →B.i.c. Meets City Council Today
The B.I.C. and M.E.U. executives will meet the City Council this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. They will discuss the lawn mower dispute…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Special Meeting Council Considers Electricity Supply
A special meeting of the Municipal Council, presided over by the Mayor, Alderman G. Lawrence, was held in the early part of the week to consider representations made to the Council by the Provincial Electric Supply Company Ltd., as the result…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dr. Evatt Argues Before Privy Council
London, March 21.—Dr. Evatt continued his fifth day before the Privy Council today arguing the preliminary point reserved to the respondents as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Labor Council Action Over Sharkey Unlikely
Sydney. It is forecast that the N.S.W. Labor Council will rule against industrial stoppage as a protest against prosecution of the Communist leader, L. L. Sharkey, when it meets tomorrow…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Federal Council of the Flying Doctor Service 12th Annual Conference Opened Yesterday
The city was yesterday honored with the official opening of the twelfth annual conference of the Federal Council of the Flying Doctor Service of Australia at the Town Hall. A civic reception was accorded the various delegates by the acting…
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