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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1932

3,889 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 195

Cranebrook Council Inspection

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 April 1932 · page 6

Recently an official visit of inspection by Castlereagh aldermen was made over a large portion of the Municipality's roads. The party consisted of…

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Limbless Soldiers' Assn. and Manly Council

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 April 1932 · page 6

The Limbless Soldiers' Association' of New South Wales is incensed at the action of Manly Council in dismissing after twelve years' service,…

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Privy Council Appeal Argument of Mr. Latham London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1932 · page 5

The Commonwealth Attorney-General, Mr. Latham, to-day addressed the Privy Council on the N.S.W. Upper House appeal…

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N.S.W. Govt Appeal Privy Council Case London

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 April 1932 · page 5

THE New South Wales Government's appeal case before the Privy Council, affecting the abolition of the Upper House, was resumed…

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Privy Council. Upper Hquse Case. Mr. Maughan's Address. LONDON, April 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1932 · page 13

Mr. David Maughan, K.C., continuing his argument in the appeal to the Privy Council in the Upper House case, said that appellants claimed that the powers conferred by Section…

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Enforcement Act. High Court Finds Against State. No Privy Council Appeal. Injunction to Restrain Banks Refused

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1932 · page 14

The High Court of Australia yesterday refused to grant the State of New South Wales a certificate for leave to appeal to the Privy Council against the Court's decision declaring the Financial Agreements Enforcement Act valid…

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Illegal Bets at Bush Races Sequel to "Truth's" Exposure Grazier-Alderman's "Six to Four" Wager With Cop

Truth · Sunday 24 April 1932 · page 6

IT was six to four the field, declared the police, at an illegal race-meeting at Horsley Park, near Fairfield, on Easter Monday, but it was fourteen to four the police by the time the evidence for the defence was complete at the resultant proceedings in Liverpool Court last week…

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Son's 13th Birthday Marks Divorce of Well-Known Mosman Alderman Children Torn Between Two Loves Girl With Mother; Boy With Father: Their Tears Fall in Chamber of Sorrows Denials of Husband and Intervener Fail

Truth · Sunday 24 April 1932 · page 10

A HOUSE divided against itself is...The House of Stevenson, of Mosman...Mother against Father...The allegiance of the children torn between two loves, daughter with the mother, son with the father. AND so has the house of Stevenson fallen, smashed in a domestic separation, the…

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Dorrigo Shire Council. Coff's Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 April 1932 · page 6

At the last meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council the financial report disclosed that rates amounting to £879 had been collected for the current year, leaving £4781 still…

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Lord Mayor -- No Usher Search for Ladye Fayre

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 April 1932 · page 7

"Lost a Lady Mayoress." The Lord Mayor, Ald. Walder, and his pretty wife went their separate ways for an hour or…

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Privy Council. Upper House Case. Mr. Latham's Address. LONDON, April 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 April 1932 · page 5

The British Attorney-General (Sir Thomas Inskip), appearing for the Crown, which intervened, continued his address before the Privy Council in the appeal arising from the…

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Loan Council Is Curse of Australia Events Have Proved Lang Was Right When He Opposed The Financial Agreement HOW N.S.W. Is Cheated Difficult for Labor to Function Allocation of Votes Is Unfair Minister Reviews the Position

The Labor Daily · Monday 25 April 1932 · page 1

FORCEFULLY and tragically subsequent events have proved that Mr. Lang was right when he opposed the Financial Agreement, which was bludgeoned through during the regime of the Bavin Government. The establishment of the Loan Council followed, and thereby the…

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International Sugar Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 April 1932 · page 11

According to a trade report from The Hague representatives of the Belgian Czechoslovak, German, Hungarian, Java, Polish, and Peruvian delegations who were present at the…

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Privy Council. Upper House Case. Judgment Reserved. LONDON, April 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 April 1932 · page 9

The Privy Council to-day reserved judgment in the appeal in the Upper House case. Mr. D. N. Pritt- (for the New South Wales…

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"Cut Council Expenditure" City Taxpayers Say Aldermen Fail

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 April 1932 · page 7

A strong attack on the Civic Reform Party in the City Council for its failure to cut expenditure and help the citizens in a time of crisis…

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Labor Aldermen Walk Out City Council Row Over Appointment

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 April 1932 · page 7

Walking out of the chamber in a body, Labor aldermen brought the City Council meeting to an abrupt end yesterday shortly after…

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Lord Mayor's Great Innocence

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 27 April 1932 · page 6

ALD, O'Dea: Will the Lord Mayor consider the question of calling a public meeting, to be held in the Town…

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Worrying About City Finances Labor Aldermen Want Protest Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 April 1932 · page 10

At yesterday's meeting of the City Council, Ald. O'Dea (Labor) asked the Lord Mayor, Ald. Walder, to call a public meeting to protest against…

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Protest to "Reform" Prejudice Labor Aldermen Walk Out No Quorum

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 27 April 1932 · page 6

"Reform" aldermen displayed themselves in their true colors, at the meeting of the City Council yesterday, when the…

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Wanted Dashing Golf Pro. Alderman Fails to Set 45 Years' Limit

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 April 1932 · page 10

Alderman Williams, at Woollahra Council last night, said no man over the age of 45 should be considered for the position of municipal golf…

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