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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1928

3,954 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 198

The Wail of the Australian Dairy Council

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 4

If there is anything more absurd on earth than the spectacle of a country that in five years exported 514,944,817 pounds weight of butter squealing for a prohibitive duty against a country that sold it only a miserable 8,853,200 pounds in the same period, much of…

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The Letter Bag Foreigners Get Grip On-businesses Fee Simple: Long Leases Old Council Regime To the Editor

Evening News · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 8

SIR.—It is time that citisens realised that slient—Chinese, Japanese, Greeks, Dalians, Ass[?] Maltess, and so [?] and ae insidionsly getting a strange bold on many classes…

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Street Canal Disgrace to Municipality

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 4

The thoroughfare running along the eastern side of the railway line from Guildford to Fairfield and called Railway-street, is all absolute disagree to…

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Cronulla Move Forming Municipality

Evening News · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 4

A PUBLIC meeting will be held in the Cronulle Picture Theatre on Friday at 8 p.m. for the purpose of bringing matters to finality for the formation of…

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Whose Job? Council or Police

The Sun · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 18

"The Traffic Department is collecting huge sums of money from the public. The duty rests with it to erect these traffic domes and caution signs,"…

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Parkes Council Loan. Tarkes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 18

The municipal council has decided to borrow £0000 for the erection of new council chambers and sale yards, and a grandstand on the People's Park. It is hoped to have…

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Manly's Progress Big Loan Scheme Council Unanimous

Evening News · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 10

AN Important Mayoral minute was tabled ay Manly Council last night, in which the Mayor, Aid A. T. Kelrie, stressed the importance to…

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Queries Shire Clerk

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 30

"HEATHER" (Inverell) asks what steps have to be taken to quqalify for a shire clerk. The applicant must pass an examination for clerks and auditors conducted under the…

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Beautifying Your Own Streets Enhances the Value of Own Property Says Ashfield's Mayor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 9

"To beautify a street like this," said, the Mayor of Ashfield (Aid. Hedger), at the annual gathering of the Service…

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Council's Snub to Union Secretary "Overstepping Mark"

Evening News · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 18

REFERRING to the [?] of an employee of Alexander Council the general secretary of the Municipal and Shire Council Employees…

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"Municipal Disgrace" an Alexandria Street

Evening News · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 16

IN a letter to Alexandria Council last night, a local business firm complained that Mandlble-street was a disgrace to the municipality…

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Municipal Tennis Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 16

A request that the charges for Admission to the public tennis courts controlled by the City Council should be reduced was considered by the City Commission yesterday. It was…

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The Bridge Discussed by Ryde Council Outspoken Alderman

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 12

That this Council hereby affirms that, the construction of a bridge over the Parramatta River from church-street, Ryde, to Uhr's Point, Concord,…

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Council Jottings

The Cronulla-Sutherland Advocate · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 3

The ordinary meeting of the Sutherland Shire Council on Wednesday evening last was occupied chiefly with routine business…

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County Council Accounts. Hurstville Council's Difficulty

The Propeller · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 2

For some considerable time the collection of St. George County Council's electricity accounts has caused the town clerk of Hurstville a good deal of…

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The Mayor of Holroyd Ald. Benson's Eulogy

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 7

During a discussion at Tuesday night's meeting of Holroyd Council, with regard to requests from Girraween Parents and Citizens' Association Alderman Benson,…

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Baulkham Hills Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 12

A meeting of the Baulkham Hills Shire Council held on Tuesday, at which the President (Cr. J. G. Black) presided. Others present were:…

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City Council Tenders

The Sun · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 3

Contracts for the supply of low tension control panels to the electricity department of the City Council, at a cost of £3125, have been let to…

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Council Property Stolen

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 3

The council shed at the rear of the Granville Town Hall was broken into recently, and quantity of mill-white, an overcoat and a pair of boots stolen…

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More Police Council Request

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 2

Granville is not satisfied with the police control in the municipality and claims that additional men should be provided. In response to a request to the Police…

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