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Council & local affairs, 1929

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Kogarah Council

The Propeller · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 2

Kogarah Council has decided to construct, with tar penetrated blue metal seal coated with bitumen, Ormonde Parade from Butler's Road to the…

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Council Meeting

The Cronulla-Sutherland Advocate · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 2

All councillors were present last Wednesday. The burning question of water was discussed fully and at length. The president, Cr. Hand,…

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Municipal and Shire. St. George v RYDE. (At Earl Park, Arncliffe.)

The Propeller · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 8

Ryde,180 and 78 (Wilding 27, Brittell 7-39). St George, 196. (Myers 65 n.o. Wilson 26) and 0 .17…

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Labour Council Officials

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 14

Mr. J. S. Garden was last night re-elected secretary of the Labour Council. Mr. J. Kavanagh was re-elected group secretary. There were three nominations for the position…

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Premier Bavin and the High Court "Smart Work" Land Go-getters an Alderman's View

Evening News · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 11

GLFBE Council decided last night to take no action regarding Blacktown Shire Council's request for co-operation in urging the…

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Dangerous Driving ? Police : Council Differ

Evening News · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5

THE Police Department does not propose in attach a motor cycle patrol to the Glebe district, as requested recently by the local council, which had…

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Distress Relief Clebe Council's Grant

Evening News · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5

There are many workers to-day [?] to the State taking [?] [?] said A.C. Fitzpatrick at [?] last night. "The [?]…

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For President Labor Council Nominees

The Labor Daily · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5

Nominations for the executive of the Trades and Labor Council were received last night as follow: -- President: Messrs. M. Ryan…

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Vacancies in Wollongong Council. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 14

Messrs. W. H. Hurt (Progressive) and Tom Smith (Labour)), have been nominated for the extraordinary vacancy in the Wollongong council, caused by the death of Alderman…

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New Council Chambers Byron Bay

The Sun · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5

The tender of Holland Thorne, of Kyogle of £3100 has been accepted for the new shire chambers for the Byron Bay Council. It is stipulated that…

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Council Employees Dismissed New Methods at Kogarah

The Propeller · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 1

Kogarah Council continues to dispense with the services of its employees and in, the reduction of salaries, thus creating a feeling of dissatisfaction and…

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Move on : Stop! Divided Control Police v. COUNCIL

Evening News · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5

SEVERAL Glebe alderman expressed the opinion last night that the [?] had come to decide whether the council of the police should run…

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Sutherland Shire Ex-service Men’s News. Death of Comrade F. W. Hobbs

The Cronulla-Sutherland Advocate · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 2

On Saturday last, 12th inst., one of our members and comrades, Mr. F. W. Hobbs, of Gymea Bay, who has had a long illness, was taken to Randwick…

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General Booth Deposed by High Council of the Salvation Army

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 4

After the refusal of General Bramwell Botth, the aged and infirm loader of the Salvation Army, to resign from the supreme command, the High…

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Fight on A.l.p. and Communists Clash Secret Ballot Positions in the Labor Council

The Sun · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 15

The contest for the presidency and vice-presidency of the New South Wales Labor Council, will be marked by a direct clash between the A.L.P. and the Communist Party. For the chair, the aspirants are Messrs. F. Roels,…

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General Booth Deposed Decision of High Council. "Unfit to Continue Command." Large Majority Favours Change

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 13

By a large majority the High Council of the Salvation Army has decided that General Bramwell Booth, now in his seventy-fifth year is unfit to continue in supreme command of the Army, of which his father was the founder. The High Council will to-day turn to the…

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"All Fight for Me!" Letter Was Not Published What Council Substituted (Continued From Page 1) LONDON

Evening News · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 10

GENERAL Bramwell Booth's stirring appeal to his followers which was to have been published in the "War Cry," has been made public, together with the statement which the High Council substituted for it in the paper…

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of Industrial “ Peace ” Lower Wages, Longer Hours, Preference to Scabs (N. S .W. Labor Council Delegate to “ Peace” Conference)

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 2

In case the workers, in their inexplicable perverseness, fail to comprehend the blessings of “ industrial peace ” let us enutoerate some which…

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Municipal Baths for Parkes. Parkes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 14

The Parkes Council has rejected a suggestion that swimming baths should be erected by private enterprise. A resolution in favour of erecting the baths as a municipal…

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General Booth Will Wage Defensive War What I Have I Hold! High Council Must Invoke Law Property Worth £1,800,000 Held London

Evening News · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 1

GENERAL Bramwell Booth, deposed by resolution of the High Council from the leadership of the Salvation Army, will leave it to that body to take legal action to divest him of the Trust which he holds…

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