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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1928

3,954 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 198

Collecting County Council Accounts. Hurstville Council Declines

The St George Call · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 6

At the County Council last Friday night, Hurstville Council wrote stating that it can no longer undertake collecting electricity accounts and expressed…

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Rockdale's Swamp Lands. Mayor Suggests Betterment Tax

The Propeller · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 6

Last night Rockdale Council was in receipt of communications from Messrs. Arkins and Butler, Ms.L.A., regarding the draining of swamp lands in the…

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County Council Delegate

The Propeller · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 3

Ald. W. G. Coleborne, who represented Kogarah Council on the St. George County Council since tis inception in 1920, tendered his resignation as…

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Resigns From County Council

The St George Call · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 5

Last Friday evening Alderman Coleborne borne resigned from the County Council In doing so the Alderman said be was sorry to have to sever his…

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Council's Administration Wrathful Springfield

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 7

The residents of Springfield district have been as long-suffering as those of many other parts of Fairfield municipality They have a Progress association…

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Blacktown Shire Inquiry Departmental Recommendations Discussed by Councillors

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 13

Interest in the charges levelled against the Blacktown shire Council culminating in an investigation into the affairs of the Council has apparently…

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Moxham-road Bridge Council Investigation

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 1

The president and engineer of the Blacktown Shire will report on ,a scheme to finance the building of a bridge oil Moxham's-road, to carry out the…

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Asked to Resign Blacktown Council

Evening News · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 5

COUNCILLORS of Blacktown Shire council have been invited to resign by a conference representing all the Labor leagues in the shire. This action…

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Ban on Sheep Lidcombe Council

Evening News · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 10

According to Lidcombe aldermen, thousands of sheep are grated throughout the year on the hills which are sparsely settled and on the flats near the…

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Hurstville Council and Greater St. George

The St George Call · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 5

Last night when the communication from the Quarterly Conference of Bexley Progress Associations came before Hurstville Council in favor of taking…

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"Few Pot-holes" Commissioners and Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 6

For some time past the question of the maintenance and repairs of roadways etc., on and under railway bridges at Lidcombe has been agitating the…

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Town Refuse Proposed Destructor Council to Investigate

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 12

Dealing with a report from the parks and gardens committee regarding the need for an incinerator in the Parramatta municipality recommending that…

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"Shell Torn Field" Council's Pie-Crust Promises

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 7

"The street looks like the picture of a shell-torn field in France!" That was Mrs. Everett's written description of Bromley-street, Canley Vale,…

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SIMPSON v. MUSTO "May be Manslaughter" Another Council Row

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 12

"I give you this warning, Aid. Simpson: I have been told never to engage in fisticuffs with you, otherwise I may possibly be faced with a…

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Labor Council Last Night. Invoking of the Crimes Act Motion of Censure Unionists Supported

The Labor Daily · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 6

SYDNEY Labor Council last night carried a motion of support of two union officials in Queensland who, it was stated…

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Farmers and Settlers District Council and Branch Activities. TUMBARUMBA. New Branch Formed. Advantages of Association

The Land · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 18

At a meeting of farmers at Tumbarumba on March 17, for the purpose of forming a branch, the Gundagai district organiser, Mr. N. C…

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Unemployed Sabotaged by Trades Hall Council Militants Alone Carry on Fight From a Worker Correspondent. MELBOURNE

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 4

At last week’s Trades Ball Council meeting— with a full house and a crowded gallery — the for the One Big Union of unemployed was put by…

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Class Struggles in North Queensland Fighting Bruce. a One-day Strike Called for Labor Council’s Weakness TOWNSVILLE

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 2

It has been asked many times in Townsville why it is that the workers are not allowed to listen in at the Labor Council’s meetings…

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Getting Ready Municipal Candidates

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 14

Wentworthville Ratepayers' Association held its ordinary meeting in the local School of Arts on Tuesday night. The attendance was not large, owing, no…

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Cronulla Municipality. “To Be, or Not to Be?” Petition to Governor Carried

The Cronulla-Sutherland Advocate · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 2

That which may fairly be described as the question of the hour, locally, was further discussed at a large gathering of the citizens of Cronulla…

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