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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1933

4,501 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 226

Council News Bondi Beach Revenue

The Sun · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 15

A return prepared by the Waverley Town Cleric shows that the number of persons who passed through the turnstiles of the Bondi…

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Social Credit. Douglas System. Economic Council's Analysis

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 9

The Australian Economic Advisory Council has supplied a statement on the Douglas credit system, which, it says, using the words of a radical…

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Beginnings Of Sydney Centenary As City First Council Recalled Shaky Start

The Sun · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 11

ONE HUNDRED years ago next June, Sydney attained the distinction of a city and was given its first council…

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Sydney City Council. History and Powers. a Centenary This Year. (By Our Special Representative.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 8

Separate government for Sydney, as distinct from that for the rest of New South Wales, will have its centenary this year. The object of the series of articles, of which…

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Hagon's Hammer Aldermen Must Behave, Says Lord Mayor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 9

To the Lord Mayor (Ald. Hagon) the gavel is a handy weapon. At the last two council meetings he has used the "mayoral hammer"…

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Archie Jackson Letter of Condolence From Aldermen

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 1

"I am honored at this opportunity of moving that a letter of condolence be sent to the family of Archie Jackson--a fine man and a great…

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Wealthy Shire. Warren

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 12

Marthaguy Shire Council has decided to replace the 42-year-old bridge over Sandy Creek, between Warren and Nevertire, with a new high level timber bridge, estimated to cost…

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"Real Lord Mayor Is His Wife" Says Feminist

The Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 14

"We have often been asked why we entertain Lady Mayoresses, and not Lord Mayors," said Miss Preston Stanley, when, as…

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"Medieval" Council and "Common" Lodging Houses

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 9

Where did the term, "common lodging house," get its derivation? Aldermen Grant and Garden, at yesterday's City Council meeting,…

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Public Health. Federal Council Meets. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 10

The Federal Health Council met at Canberra to-day in private. The Director-General of Health (Dr. J. H. L. Cumpston), who presided, said later that the opening…

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City Council. Park-street Widening. Deferment to be Reconsidered

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 15

When the City Council met yesterday, Alderman Jackson said he did not approve the recommendation of the works committee that the widening of Park-street should be…

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Industrial Commission. (Before Mr. Justice Cantor.) City Council Employees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 7

The hearing was continued of the reference by the chairman of the Municipal Employees' (the Municipal Council of Sydney) and the City Council (Electricians) Conciliation…

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Lost Revenue On Government Properties. City Council May Retaliate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 10

The Lord Mayor (Alderman Hagon) intimated yesterday at a meeting of the City Council that he would consider cancelling the free services supplied by the council to…

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Reform Leg. Council Bill Referendum in May Govt.'s Proposal

The Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 8

ON May 13 next the electors of N.S.W. will be asked to endorse the proposals of the Government for the reform of the Legislative…

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Bondi Amusement Park. Engineer's Details of Scheme. Council's Probable Revenue

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 8

The Metropolitan Land Board yesterday resumed its inquiry on the proposal to establish an amusement park on portion ot Bondi Park…

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City Council. Expanding Revenues. Valuations and Taxation. (By Our Special Representattve.) Ii

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 10

In 145 years Sydney has grown from nothing to the proud position of the second white city of the British Empire, and the eighth city of the world. In 90 years the revenue of the…

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N.S.W. Golf Council's Par Figures Opposition From Riverina Clubs System Regarded As "Arbitrary"

Referee · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 20

IN a circular to Riverina Golf Clubs, the Riverina District Council says that the N.S.W. Golf Council "has set down arbitrary figures for par, to which figures club handicapping would apply. It will be realised that this will…

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Alderman Weds Scenes at Dee Why R. Lightfoot's Secrecy

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 3

Within a few months of his 70th birthday, Alderman Robert Light-foot, well-known builder and contractor of Auburn, was married at Dee why…

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Municipal and Shire Cumberland v. MANLY. Fine Bowling by Jackson

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 17

Manly made 77 on the first day, to which Cumberland responded with 140. Manly opened its second innings last Saturday, but the start was a poor one…

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Association Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 14

At to-night's monthly meeting of the New south Wales Amateur Athletic Association Council the programme for the winter season is to be submitted. The financial position of the association arising…

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