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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1932

3,889 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 195

Rifle Shooting. N.R.A. Council's Decision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 12

Major Dakin, secretary of the National Rifle Association, stated last night that the association had deciced not to h[?]ld a special prize meeting on the Anzac Range, Liverpool on March 25 and 26. A…

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Grand Council Good Start for New Year

The Biz · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 8

There was a good attendance at the first meeting for 1932 at Fairfield West on Friday night, when delegates to the Grand Council of…

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U.c.p. Leaders Council Endorses Dr. Page's Action

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 7

The Central Council of the United Country Party elected the following officers yesterday:--…

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Aid Earl Resigns From Country Council. Hard Words Follow Announcement

The St George Call · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 1

When it was made known last week at the meeting of the Rockdale Council that Aid. Earl intended to resign his position on the…

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Right Behind Dr. Page C.P. Central Council. Misrepresentation Resented

The Land · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 1

AT a very large and representative meeting yesterday of members of the Central Council of the United Country Party, the first since the…

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CULCAIRN F.S.A. District Council Annual Meeting and Election Plans

The Land · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Culcairn District Council of the F. and S. Association will he held at Culcairn on Monday, March 7, commencing at 11…

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Prepare for Action ! The Loan Council Demands More Wage-Cuts—Niemeyerism Progresses

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 2

With the usual sham light between Lang, the left social fascist, and other representative of the capitalist class, another meeting of the Loan Council has opened in Melbourne to plan further wagecuts. Under cover of further “repudiation” talk. Lang attempts to…

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Loan Council Letter From the Bank. £2,120,000 for Works Money for Deficits. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 9

The Loan Council received from the Commonwealth Bank Board to-night a favourable reply to a request that money should be made available to finance the loan works programme…

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Capitalism Offers-wage-cuts and War Loan Council Plans New Attack on Workers The Role of Labor Reformism

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 1

The meeting of the Loan Council at Melbourne shows clearly that the forecast cast of the Communist Party has once again proved correct. The economic…

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Municipal Finance

The Propeller · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 1

Many ratepayers have very little knowledge of municipal finance. Most people seem to imagine that practically the whole of the money received from…

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Municipal Picnic

The Biz · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 4

The Municipal Employees' Union wrote Liverpool Council on Tuesday night, stating that a union picnic would be held on March 10…

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Bank Board Will Supply Cash Gibson Lays Down Conditions for the States Must Stick to Premiers' Plan Loan Council to Consider Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 1

--The Commonwealth Bank Board agreed to-day to supply the £2,560,000 asked for by the Loan Council, but…

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Agistment Charges. Shire Council's Rights Over Public Roads

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 10

"Stockman" inquires whether the shire council is entitled to charge agistment for stock running on public roads. Answer.—Under section 436 of the Local…

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St. Marys Council

Nepean Times · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 5

The Mayor, Ald. W. A. Kenneily Pre sided at the monthly meeting of St. Marrys Council on Tuesday eveing. Alderman J. Oag, L. Muscio, L. T.s…

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Holroyd Council. Desperate Plight

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 15

Because of its financial position the Holroyd municipal council has decided to increase the rate by one farthing in the £, and to ask the superannuation board and the…

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B.M. Shire Elections (To the Editor)

Nepean Times · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 2

In reply to Mr H. C. Grace's nearly 200 times of questionable taste and temper, may I ask:—(1) Why is Mr Grace neither President nor…

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Council Amalgamation Proposal Ulmarra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 14

A meeting of the Ulmarra Municipal Council discussed a proposal, submitted to it b[?] the district council of the Primary Producer' Union, that the Copmanhurst, Orara, Nym[?]…

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A New Shire Procedure for Separation of an Area

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 10

"Enterprise" desires to know what would be the procedure necessary if a certain district within a shire area wanted to set up a separate area as a shire on its own account…

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Shire Rates Councils not Bound to Levy on Definite Dates

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 10

"Definition" desires to know whether the shire rates for this year are fixed under section 139 of the Local Government Act. 1919, and, if so, can such rates be fixed on the…

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Charge Repeated. Mr. Lang Replies to Mr. Bruce. "Loan Council Cut and Dried."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 14

Speaking last night in St. George's Hall. Five Ways, Paddington, in support of the candidature of Alderman E. J. Ward, the Premier (Mr. Lang) said that on the second…

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