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Council & local affairs, 1930

4,831 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 242

Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 19

The Legislative Council sat for a few minutes only. The Marketing of Primary Products (Amendment) Bill was read a first time, and…

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City Council Borrowing

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 6

Leave to introduce a bill to empower the City Council of Sydney to borrow money was granted in the Legislative Assembly last night…

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Spit Bridge Tolls. Statement by Mayor of Manly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 16

The Mayor of Manly (Alderman Gourlay), replying to a question put to him at last night's meeting of the Municipal Council, said that no money whatever received from…

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Willoughby Council Employees' Wages

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 16

Thc salaries and wages of the indoor and outdoor staffs employed by the Municipal Council of Willoughby will be reduced in accordance with the declared decrease in the…

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Tail Lights Farce of Punt Regulations Need for Reform Alderman Who Breaks the Law

Evening News · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 1

REVELATIONS at North Sydney Council last night give further proof of the stupidity of the tail light law on vehicular punts, and of the fact that reform cannot be hoped for while motorists are confronted by a solid wall…

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Mosman Council Reduces Employees' Wages

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 3

The latest municipal body to join the ranks of the advocates of lower rates of pay is Mosman Council. At its last meeting it decided that the…

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Splaying Corners. City Council Proposals

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 12

The City Commissioners have decided that additional traffic facilities be provided in the centre of the city by the splaying of corners on the more important streets where that…

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Electrical Appliances Sale by City Council

Construction and Local Government Journal · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 7

The joint committee representing the State Government, the City Council and the electrical industry, which was appointed to consider the question of the sale of electrical appliances by…

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One Board Only City Council Employees

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 3

The Full Industrial Commission had under consideration an application on behalf of the Municipal Council of Sydney, for the dissolution of the City…

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Mr. C. R. Bignold. Ex-lord Mayor of Norwich. on Visit to Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 14

Mr. O. R. Bignold, a director of the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Company, who is on a visit to Australian and New Zealand branches, arrived in Sydney from Melbourne…

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New Economic Council Meets London, Tuesday. (British Official Wireless.)

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 1

THE new Economic Advisory Council held its first meeting to-day. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister; Mr. Philip Snowden…

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Labor Council of N.S.W. New President Elected

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 8

The election of a President of the Labor, Council of New South Wales to fill the place vacated by Mr. F. Roels in consequence of the withdrawal of the Federated…

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Barrage? Shark Safety Proposals Council Moves Safeguards for Bondi

The Sun · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 16

Schemes for the protection of surfers against shark attacks at its local beaches are being investigated by the Waverley Council…

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Communists Cause Uproar. Disturbance at Adelaide Labor Council Meeting

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 8

At the adjourned meeting of the Adelaide Trades and Labor Council last Monday week there was another disturbance when Communists forced their way into…

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Country News Council to Resign in Reply to Challenge

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 17

GRENFELL, Tuesday.--After a stormy meeting at the Grenfell Council, Ald. T. Berry defied the aldermen to resign in a body and go to…

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The Master Builders Reports of Meetings Council of Branches

Construction and Local Government Journal · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 14

The bimonthly meeting of the Council of Branches of the Master Builders Association of New South Wales was held in the Builders' Exchange, Castlereagh street last Wednesday…

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Coalcliff Will Resume Meeting Decides Matter of Dispute Left to Council Thirroul

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 3

Coalcliff Miners Lodge held a special stop-work meeting at Thirroul to-day on the question of filling behind the machines. Messrs. D. J. Davies…

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Manly's Eloquent Reply to Spit Bridge Demand Loud Silence Mayor Gourlay Wouldn't Talk Throes of Red Tape and Still the Public Pays

Evening News · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 10

The Manly Council's "eloquent" reply to the "Evening News" demand on behalf of the public that the Spit Bridge must be free. NO ONE in authority seems to be worrying over the fact that the public is…

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A.B.C. Bowls Carnival This Week Growth of Game in Victoria Council Debates Important Measures : Notes and Comment

Referee · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 16

In order that the bowlers of all States should reach Launceston in time to take part in the A.B.C. Carnival, the Narana was requisitioned to make two fast trips. The first contingent, consisting of Queenslanders, South Australians, and a…

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Overseer Praised Mayor's Eulogy

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 20 February 1930 · page 17

Eulogistic reference to the ability of the council's overseer (Mr. F. L. Stapleton), was made by the Mayor of Holroyd (Alderman Rainbow), at Greystanes…

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