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Council & local affairs, 1929

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Municipality of Fairfield Tenders

The Biz · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 5

Tenders will be received up to SATURDAY, 4th May 1929, for PAINTING the exterior of the Council Chambers. Specification at…

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Nepean Shire Council

Nepean Times · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 7

The regular monthly meeting of the Nepean Shire Council was held on 11th inst., when there were present:—Cr. G. J. Richardson (president) and Crs…

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Villers Bretonneux. Mayor's Gratitude. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 21

The following telegram has been received by the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) from the High Commissioner in London (Sir Granville Ryrie) on behalf of the Mayor of Villers Bretonneux,…

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Council Meeting

Nepean Times · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 5

A special meeting of St. Marys Council was held on Tuesday evening to dis[?] the removal to the Literary Institute. The matter of having the lower…

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The Canoeists Arrival in Penrith Welcomed by the Mayor

Nepean Times · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 1

Arthur Lee Hunt and Max Gray, two young men of Goulburn, who are on a river trip by canoe, from their home town to the sea, arrived…

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Imperative to Find Work Nth. Unemployed Mayor's Conference State Should Find Money Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 5

Representatives from municipal councils throughout the Newcastle district, with representatives from the unemployed, took part in the…

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Industrial Commission. (Before the Full Industrial Bench.) City Council Employees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 14

Hearing was commenced of an appeal by way of reference from the chairman of the City Council Employees' Conciliation Committee of an application by the Municipal…

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Bathurst Council Encourages Motor Campers

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 April 1929 · page 9

The Bathurst Municipal Council has decided to go in for the systematic encouragement of motor-camping. A suitable area in a park, on the…

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Millionaire Mulct Emanuel Myerson and Leichhardt Council

Truth · Sunday 28 April 1929 · page 20

CENTENNIAL Park's millionaire property-owner, Emanuel Myerson, fell foul of the Leichhardt Council in the form of Anna Harold Pritchard, local…

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Was it Seconded?. Mayor Rebukes Alderman

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 29 April 1929 · page 1

"I don't want you to dictate to me, Alderman Daniels," warned Mayor Wyatt, at Lidcombe Council last week. "Please conduct yourself with the…

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Mayor's Advice "Susceptible to Criticism" Alderman Protests

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 29 April 1929 · page 1

An alderman must not be susceptible to criticism and ridicule. That is the advice Mayor Wyatt gave Alderman Daniels at Lidcombe Council…

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Concord Tip Council's View Dep.-mayor Explains

Evening News · Monday 29 April 1929 · page 5

ALD. Howse, Deputy-Mayor of Concord, in a statement to the "News" to-day, clears up misconception as two who provided certain…

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Lonely Mayor Collegues Desert Him

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 29 April 1929 · page 2

Mayor Greenwood, of Ryde, has several times recently taken his fellow-alderman to task for leaving him alone as representative of the Council, but at…

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Ex-alderman Had His Revenge Topped By-election Poll

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 April 1929 · page 10

Ex-alderman W. H. Matthews, on whose application the Court declared the election in East Ward, Kogarah, last December, null and void,…

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Ex-mayor in Smash Bathurst

Evening News · Monday 29 April 1929 · page 8

Swerving to avoid another car on Wattle Flat-road, a car driven by J. Hitchcock, a former Mayor of Bathurst, overturned and threw the occupants to…

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Council Refuses Loan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 April 1929 · page 10

Contending that it cannot afford to spend £500 on material which would be necessary if it availed itself of the £500 loan offered by the Government for the employment of…

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Football Brawl Mayor Wyatt Surprised Girls and Guns

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 29 April 1929 · page 1

The Mayor of Lidcombe, Alderman Wyatt, has decided that questions and questions only, must be asked at question time at Lidcombe Council. No long…

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Council's Sympathy Leiutenant Anderson's Death

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 29 April 1929 · page 1

The aldermen standing in silence, Lidcombe Council last week carried a resolution expressing its sympathy at the tragic ending of Lieut. Anderson's effort…

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Council Turns Down £500 Unemployment Loan

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 April 1929 · page 3

The Ermington and Rydalmere Council has refused the £500 unemployment relief loan offered by the…

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Few Phone Calls Lidcombe Council Suffers

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 29 April 1929 · page 2

When the Postmaster-General placed a public telephone box at the corner of Fourth-avenue and Hyde Park, Lidcombe, the local council guaranteed a yearly…

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