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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1931

4,238 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 212

Liverpool Ambulance Complaint to Council

The Biz · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 1

The superintendeat of the Merrylands-Cabramatta branch of St. John Ambulance Brigade, Mr. J. E. Mondy, wrote to Cabramatta Council on…

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Elections Loom Grand Council Preparing

The Biz · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 5

The Grand Councill of Progress Associations does not intend to be caught napping when the municipal elections take place in December…

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Rough on Council. "Spoilt Roads," Says Writer

The Biz · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 5

Mr. W. T. Charlwood, of Smithfield, in a letter told Fairfield Council that for two days last week he saw two of the staff, with a roller,…

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Plea for Husbands Labor Council Would Help Maintenance Confinees

Daily Pictorial · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 11

THE case of maintenance confinees is to be taken up with the Government by a deputation appointed last night by the Labor Council…

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No Censure on Dr. Head Melb. Trades Council Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 5

After a prolonged and rowdy discussion to-night the Trades Hall Council rejected a motion by Mr. F. Riley, vice-president, censuring Archibshop…

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Country News Carriage of Stock Goulburn Council Seeks Amended Regulation

Daily Pictorial · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 16

GOULBURN, Thursday.--Mulwaree Shire Council, has decided to cooperate with Goulburn City Council in having the regulations relating to…

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Trades Council Last Night Wage Slash Big Conference All Unions Invited Strikers' Twains

The Labor Daily · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 1

FURTHER correspondence was road at the meeting of the Trades and Labor Council last evening from the Australian Council of Trades Unions,…

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Lang Farce Again Minister Forces Up Interest Rate COUNCIL'S 6 1/4 P.C.

Evening News · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 6

WHILE the Premier, Mr. Lang, urges a reduction in interest rates to 3 per cent., the Minster for Local Government, Mr…

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Finding Work for Unemployed Municipal Co-operation

The Labor Daily · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 4

REPLYING Mr. Flannery in the Assembly yesterday, the Minister for Labor said the Government had decided, through the Unemployment…

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Municipal Candidate

The Biz · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 4

Mr. Tom Morris, of Smithfield, who is a candidate at to-morrow's byelection for the vacancy in Fairfield Council, is fully competent to fulfil…

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"Municipality of Guildford"

The Biz · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 4

It sounds alright—but will it ever materalise? At any rate, Ald. Warnock, Rev. S. Parsons and Mr. Don Fare,…

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Blacktown Shire Council the Year Reviewed

Nepean Times · Saturday 14 February 1931 · page 7

The following statistics were before the Blacktown Council at a recent meeting:—The total of general fund revenue for…

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Temperance Edu'tional Council Meeting

The Labor Daily · Saturday 14 February 1931 · page 4

The Young People's Temperance Educational Council will continus its series of summer schools at North St[?]yne, Manly, to-day…

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Sunday "Minnies" Penrith Council Debate Motion of Prohibition Carried

Nepean Times · Saturday 14 February 1931 · page 1

After a lengthy debate, Penrith Council decided on Tuesday evening to accede to a request of the clergymen of the town that the playing…

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Paddington Town Hall. Use Refused to Nationalists. Council's Remarkable Attitude

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 February 1931 · page 13

The Nationalist party campaign in the East Sydney by-election will be opened on Wednesday evening next, in St. John's Hall, Darlinghurst, by the Deputy Leader of the…

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Penrith Council Cheap Light for Hospital Grant of £1800 WANTED

Nepean Times · Saturday 14 February 1931 · page 7

The Mayor (Ald. L. Markham) provided at the monthly meeting of Penrith Council on Tuesday evening. Aldermen A. Hand, A. Cameron, J. Jenkins,…

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Even for Groceries Accounts Not Paid Lord Mayor's Message

The Sun · Sunday 15 February 1931 · page 19

"Give, and give quickly," says the Lord Mayor of Sydney (Ald. Jackson) in a message in support of the Church and State Great Hospital…

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Mayor Of Dundas Dead

Evening News · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 7

Ald David Auchterlonie, mayor of Dundas, died at his residence at Dundas yesterday, after a lengthy illness. An orchardist and an alderman for 21…

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Late Alderman Brocklehurst Colleagues' Tributes "A Real Good Man"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 5

Feeling references to the late Alderman George Brocklehurst were made by his former colleagues at Fairfield Council on Tuesday…

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An Alderman's Aim "Don't Try to Please Everybody"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 2

"An alderman who thinks he can please everybody should take a single ticket to Gladesville," said Alderman Wyatt, at Lidcombe Council last…

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