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Council & local affairs, 1929

4,700 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 235

Rudder's Lane Running Boards on Ground Proposal to Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 7 March 1929 · page 15

At its meeting on Thursday, Blacktown Council received a letter from Mr. H. Claasen, of Rudder's-lane, Eastern Creek. It drew attention to the very…

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Those in Need Nurse for Auburn? Council Will Consider

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 7 March 1929 · page 3

Auburn will most likely boast a district nurse in the near future. The secretary of the District Nursing Association, Sydney, wrote to the…

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Overseer's Conveyance Council Will Buy Ford Truck Sulky to Go

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 7 March 1929 · page 2

Granville Council decided to purchase a motor utility truck for the use of its overseer at a cost of £225. The truck will be a Ford and will…

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£50 in Mystery Envelope Glebe Municipal Stir

The Sun · Thursday 7 March 1929 · page 13

The envelope which was handed to a Glebe alderman at a recent municipal caucus meeting when the leasing of Jubilee Park was being considered, was…

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In Equity. (Before the Chief Judge, Mr. Justice Harvey.) Trustees of Will of R. Hill, Deceased. Leave to Appeal to Privy Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 March 1929 · page 8

On the application of Mr. Weston (instructed by Messrs. McElhone and McElhone), on behalf of certain defendants in the originating summons instituted by the Permanent…

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New Alderman Becomes Mayor. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 14

Aloerman J. Flanerty, who was elected to the council at a by-election on February 2[?], has been elected Mayor of South Grafton, in succession to Ald. P. McCoaker, who resigned…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 14

The Legislative Council, without discussion, agreed to the third reading of the Matrimonial causes Bill and the Surveyors' Bill, which were formally passed…

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Hurstville Council

The Propeller · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 8

At last week's meeting of Hurstville Council a letter was read from the Water and Sewerage Board stating that if the council would construct a line of…

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Kogarah Council

The Propeller · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 3

At the last meeting of Kogarah Council it was decided that consideration of the estimates by the engineer for the reconditioning of Torwood,…

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House Building Plans Must be Approved by Municipal Council

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 10

A correspondent asks whether be can built a four-roomed cottage of galvanised iron, born walls and roof, in a certain municipality…

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Kuringai Council Election Nominations

Evening News · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 12

THE following candidates hare been declared nomtasted for election lo the municipal ccuncll of Kuringal on March 16:…

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The Moving Picture Show Help for a Shire

The Sun · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 12

All our sympathy should go out to Sutherland Shire in its difficulty. It appears that the Shire has £10,000 in a city bank, the accrued interest on…

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MYSTERIOUS £50. In an Envelope. Passed at Glebe Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 13

An envelope containing £60 mysteriously passed from hand to hand at a meeting of the Glebe council, which is entirely Labour, on February 21…

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1917 Wheat Pool Privy Council's Judgment in South Australian Claim

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 16

In the appeal by Henry Cr[?]r Robinson against the Government of South Australia from a judgement of the Supreme Court of South…

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Cessnock Rally Council of Action’s Great Demonstrations CESSNOCK, March 4

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 1

Yesterday’s Council of Action demonstration was a huge success, despite sabotage from our “leaders.” J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A., and Norman…

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League of Nations. Council Meeting. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, March 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 13

A proposal by Senator Dandurand, of Canada, to modify the procedure regarding petitions from minorities was discussed by the League of Nations Council to-day, Senator Dandurand…

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Central Council. C.P. Organisation Mr. T. G. McKinney New Organiser

The Land · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 1

Increased activity in the organisation of the electorates should result from a meeting of the Central Council of the New South Wales Country party,…

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Labor Council Last Night. Inquiry Demanded Alleged Frame-up of Jacob Johnson

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 5

The Trades and Labor Council resolved last night to demand that the Government conduct an inquiry into the alleged frame-up of Jacob…

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Checkmating the Employers Workers' Policy Holloway's Report to Vic. Labor Council Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 1

IN his report to the Trades Hall Council to-night Mr. Holloway who was cheered, said the Council of Action and the Central Committee…

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No Conspiracy Against the Empire Ainsworth Defends 1917 Men "Loyalist" Bill in Legislative Council Willis Quotes Judge Beeby

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 1

WITHOUT material amendment, the Legislative Council last night passed through its second reading the "1917 Loyalists" Bill, which has the effect of stirring up all the old bitter feelings engendered in the Railway Service, by the studied victimisation of the men who took…

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