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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1931

4,238 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 212

Meagre Grant Council Dissatisfied B Yrne's Explanation

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 2

Blacktown Council was disappointed when it received only £250 from the Federal grant for the relief of unemployment, with which fact Mr. J. P…

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Loan Council. Postponing Decisions. Criticised in Tasmania. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 11

Regret that finality had not been reached at the recent meeting of the Federal Loan Council.in dealing with the serious financial position of the Commonwealth was expressed by…

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"Federal Election in Six Months" Country Party Secretory Tells Council

Daily Pictorial · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 2

LISMORE, Sunday.--Delegates to the Richmond Electorate Council of the Country Party were told yesterday by the general secretary of…

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Mr. Lang's Letter to the Loan Council. Subsequent Denial in Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 11

We publish below a letter which the Premier (Mr. Lang) sent to the Loan Council on November 27 appealing for assistance. "My particular anxiety at the present time," he wrote, "is to find means of obtaining the necessary cash to carry on during the months of…

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60 Acres As Public Reserve Kentucky Picnic Grounds Moved by Lidcombe Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 6

A move to obtain 60 acres of land at Kentucky dedicated as a public reserve has been started by the Bankstown Council…

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Playing Up Again Trouble Among Reform Aldermen

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 5

When Civic Reform aldermen meet in the party room to-day the Lord Mayor (Ald. Jackson) will have to play the "heavy father."…

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Increased Taxation. Municipal Council's Problem. Glen Innes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 13

Glen Innes Municipal Council last year lodged an order for a new engine for the power-house, which, because of increased tariff and taxes, will cost nearly £4000 more to land…

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Council Work. Leichhardt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 14

Leichhardt is one of the most important of the industrial suburbs, housing about 35,000 people. Its council lives within its income, using its borrowing powers with…

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Leg. Council Adjourns

The Sun · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 10

After passing a motion of condolence with the King in the death of the Princess Royal, and dealing with formal business, the Legislative…

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Country News New Duties Hit Glen Innes Council

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 14

GLEN INNES, Monday.--The Municipal Council last year lodged an order for a new engine for the power house, to cost £10,000. It now finds…

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Elections Rewards Mr. Ely and Relief Jobs Council Row

Evening News · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 3

ALLEGATIONS that certain members of Parliament, in an effort to reward their helpers at the recent elections had go relief jobs…

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The Farmers Support Advisory Council. Meeting at Eugowra. Eugowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 13

More than 300 attended a representative meeting of wheatgrowers and business men held here on Saturday. Representatives were present from Forbes, Canowindra, Manildra,…

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Mr. Lang's Reply. Loan Council Correspondence. Alleged Secret Document. Sir Robert Gibson's Advice to Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 9

The Premier (Mr. Lang), referring to the letter signed by him and addressed to Mr. Lyons, chairman of the Loan Council, published in the "Herald" yesterday, says it does not disprove his statement that New South Wales was not appealing to the Loan Council for financial assistance…

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Municipal and Shires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 14

In the round of municipal and shires' matches, which commenced on Saturday, C, Gray (Balmain) made 111. Scores:…

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Lang's Sensational Disclosure of Secret Document All Australian Govts. Are Paralysed Officially Tied Up in Bankers' Hands by Niemeyer Agreement and Loan Council Treasury Bills Must Be Approved

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 1

IN reply to a release in the "S.M. Herald" of certain correspondence between Mr. Lang and the Loan Council, the Premier yesterday freed for publication a secret document of an infamous nature emanating from the Loan Council. In future, says Mr.Lang, no .Government Commonwealth or State,…

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Council Coal. Miners' Allegations. Against Alderman Garden

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 13

A letter from the secretary of the Lithgow Valley miners' lodge was read at yesterday's meeting of the City Council, conveying the terms of a resolution carried at the last…

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Selecting Men Alderman's Threat At Manly

Evening News · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 6

MANLY council decided last night to leave to the Mayor and the engineer the engaging of men for work to be carried out on the approaches to the…

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Smoke Room Gossip Sporting Lord Mayor

Referee · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 14

WHEN Sydney's sporting Lord Mayor, Eddie Marks, handed over the rabbit skins to his successor at the end of the year he found that the job…

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Association Council Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 18

At last night's meeting of the council of the New South Wales association, a letter from the South Australian body was received, advising that Turnbull and Shepherd will represent South Australia…

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Wires About Work But Granville's Mayor Knows Nothing

Evening News · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 6

MORE complaints that men who had received telegrams were given work in preference to those who did not have them, were made by Ald. Townsend last…

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