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Council & local affairs, 1937

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Wagga Municipality Its Record of Progress

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 August 1937 · page 10

Incorporated in 1870, the Municipality of Wagga has a remarkable record of progress. Even at the beginning of this century it was but a small town, but it was then showing signs of great progress, and the filip given it by the introduction of closer settlement has resulted in the town…

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Infantile Paralysis Ban N.S.W. Assembly Passes Quarantine Bill Held Up in Council Extremely Wide Powers But Restrictions Will be Applied Only to Children SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 August 1937 · page 7

A bill was rushed through the Legislative Assembly to-night to give the Government power to restrict the entry into New South Wales of any persons from the infantile paralysis affected area of Victoria…

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Catholic Bishops Plenary Council Next Month Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 August 1937 · page 8

A plenary council of bishops of the Catholic Church in Australia and New Zealand will be held in Sydney next month, and it is expected that all…

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Quarantine Bill Constitutional Difficulties Feared Adverse Comment in Council Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 August 1937 · page 6

The likelihood of constitutional difficulties arising out of the Infantile Paralysis bill was suggested by Mr. Concannon in the…

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Culcairn Shire Monthly Council Meeting Various Roads Inspected

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 2

A meeting of the Culcairn Shire Council took place at the council Chambers on Monday when, with the president (Councillor J. H. Balfour),…

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Sydney's Lord Mayor Takes Place on Bench Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 3

Believed to be the first, time that a Lord Mayor of Sydney has taken his place on the bench, which is his due by an old right. Alderman Howie sat…

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Race Broadcasts Victoria Park Appeal Fails May Go to Privy Council Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 6

The High Court to-day, by a majority of three to two, upheld the decision of Mr. Justice Nicholas in refusing io grant, an injunction…

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Larger Aerodrome Required Council to be asked to Provide Facilities to Make Narandera Air Service Base

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 1

The necessity of an aerodrome in Narandera is evidently appreciated by the residents, as on Monday evening no less than 51 citizens…

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Holbrook Shire Monthly Council Meeting Member Returns From Coronation

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 August 1937 · page 3

At the monthly meeting of the Holbrook Shire Council, held on Tuesday, there were present: councillors J. C. Bowler (president), A. Robert…

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Civic Reception Lord Mayor and Royal Show Officials Welcome to Wagga

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 August 1937 · page 7

The Lord Mayor of Sydney (Alder man Howie, M.L.C.) the Secrets of the Royal Agricultural Society (Colonel Somervi[?]ne, C.M.G., D.S…

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Widow Wins Case Dead Husband Could Not Sue Council £3000 Damages Claim Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 August 1937 · page 2

An important appeal was decided by the High Court to-day when it reversed the decision of the State Full Court in the case in which Mrs…

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Disqualification by Council

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 6

Recently we published a report in which it was stated that the Southern Districts Greyhound Racing Association had disqualified Frank Ponting…

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Education Council Board Appointed to Assist Minister Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 2

The Advisory Council of Education, which will assist the Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) in the administration of the purely educational…

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Shire President Covers Much Ground in Sydney Cr. Mountford's Minute on Fruitful City Trip

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 1

BUSY DAYS WERE SPENT IN SYDNEY BY THE SHIRE PRESIDENT RECENTLY. CR. MOUNTFORD WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE SHIRE CLERK, MR. T. H. WEBSTER AND MANY MATTERS WERE COVERED IN THE FEW DAYS, AND LEETON'S PROGRESS…

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General's Wife Attends War Council Meetings SHANGHAI

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 September 1937 · page 1
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It is revealed that Madame Kiang Kai-Shek attends meetings of the War Council at Nanking as secretary of the Aeronautical Society, and personally…

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Victorian Politics Reforming Upper House Bill Fails in Council Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 September 1937 · page 4

Another stage in the conflict between the Dunstan Government and the Legislative Council was reached to-night when the Upper House…

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Hillston Municipal Council Monthly Meeting

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 2 September 1937 · page 1

In the absence o fthe Mayor (Ald. J. T. Lambert), Aid. Robt. Peters occupied the chair at the monthly meeting of the Hillston Municipal…

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Damages Against Council Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 September 1937 · page 4

"The council's action was hasty: I think that an unnecessary amount of tree was cut away," remarked Mr. Goldie, S.M., in the North Sydney…

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In the Council Shale Leases Agreement Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 September 1937 · page 3

The National Oil Pty. Agreement Bill, which ratifies the agreement in connection with the working of shale leases at Newnes, was read a second…

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