Ex-mayor Fined £300 on Bribery Charge
SYDNEY, Wed.: Edward Charles Erwin, ex-Mayor of Leichhardt, was fined £300 in Central Court today on two charges of having solicited and having received a bribe…
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Council & local affairs, 1953
1,133 stories in Murray's papers · page 48 of 57
Motion for probe into Sydney Council administration defeated
SYDNEY, Wed. : The Government today refused to allow either a Civic Commission to run Sydney’s administration or a Royal Commission to inquire into alleged irregularities in the City…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coreen Shire Council
The monthly meeting of the Coreen Shire Councillors was held on Monday when there were present the President Cr. T. Lewis (chair) Councillors J. Izon A. E. Mitchell, R. Norman, T. Ganger E. Bott, H. Ball and J. Purtle: Messrs E…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Senior Typiste for Shire
Carrathool Shire will seek the services of a shorthand typiste to replace Miss Roma Parr, the Council's senior typiste who is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →President Reports To Murray Shire
Cr. B. T. Dolan, president of Murray Shire Council, presented the following report to Council last week at the last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Retiring Councillors Farewelled at Carrathool Shire
RETIRING councillors, Cr. R. Munro (president). and Cr. E. C. L. Killen, formerly president, and a past president of the Shires' Association of N.SW., and Cr. Miss L. Wilson, were entertained at a smoke social on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shire Shorts Carrathool T.B. CLINIC
The Anti-T.B. Association of N.S.W. wrote in reply to the Council's letter asking that one of its mobile units visit the, Shire…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.: former Mayor of Leichhardt, Edward Charles Erwin, was fined £400 in Central Police Court today on a charge of haying corruptly solicited and received a £100 bribe…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cr. L. W. Moore Switches Light To Conargo Shire
About 50 people assembled at the power house last Friday night and went to North Deniliquin where the new…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Items of news Would Council of Churches
Albury branch of the World Council of Churches will hold its final meeting for this year tonight (Friday) in St…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Council graft charges part of smear campaign”
SYDNEY, Thurs.: Graft charges relating to the Sydney City Council were part of a smear campaign designed to influence the coming municipal elections, the deputy Premier (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Tenders Called for Bitumen Surfacing Work On Trunk Road 57 Shire Engineer's Report
Reporting on the construction of bitumen surface on Trunk Road 57 to the November meeting of Culcairn Shire Council, held on Wednesday of last week, the engineer (Mr. A. W. Kerle) said the strengthening of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →[?]Rent on Council Houses Does Not Cover Interest: Ald. Edwards
CHARGES that ratepayersâ money was being wrongly used by allowing Council employees in houses, the rent of which did not cover interest charges, were made by Ald. R. J. Edwards at the Municipal Council meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Carrathool Shire Water Supplies No Promise of Grant for Goolgowi Merriwagga Scheme to Proceed Without Grant
THE State Government has not been able to make a grant for the Goolgowi water supply, and is unable to make a promise of a future grant to the scheme to cover any expenditure which the Council may make…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hay Municipal Library New Books: List 11th, 1953
The following new books and replacements have been added to the Hay Municipal Library and are now available:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →12 To Contest Municipal Poll
Twelve candidates have nominated to contest the Hay Municipal Council election on Saturday December 5th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crown alleges ex-Mayor demanded £100 from engineers
SYDNEY, Fri.: A former Mayor of Leichhardt Edward Charles Erwin, had demanded £100 from two men for council’s approval to begin ship-breaking activities near a proposed children’s playground, Mr. A. Larking (for the Crown) said in Central Police Court today…
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MRS. D. H. PROSSER : “If elected I will be nonsectional as all parts of Albury need developing. I think a woman should be on…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →City Council Candidates put Their Policy Views
No “earth-shaking” promises have been made by candidates seeking the nine seats on the Albury City Council at the triennial election on December 5. Yesterday, a round-up of the candidates’ views revealed that they all favored the advancement of the city and increases in essential services such as sewerage, water, kerbing and guttering, and…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Public Holiday in Home Shire
A public holiday will be held in Hume Shire on Saturday, February 13, for the Royal visit to Wagga…
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