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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1933

4,501 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 226

Council Sued

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 March 1933 · page 7

Yesterday the Workers' Compensation Commission awarded costs to Annandale Council in the action in which John Smith, a laborer, of…

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Council Wants Free Drainage

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 March 1933 · page 4

Canterbury Council Intends seeking the co-operation of other municipal bodies in asking that drainage works, recently proposed to be…

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City Rate Special Meeting of Council

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 March 1933 · page 8

A special meeting of the City Council will be held to-morrow to consider the estimates and strike the rate…

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Annual Meeting of the Sailors' Home Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1933 · page 16

From left: Messrs. W. M. Bligh (auditor), G. W. Henty and W. A. Mackay, Commander F. W. Hixson (chairman), Captain R. G. Hart (superintendent), Commander S. W. Spain (secretary), Captain S. G. Green and Mr. Livingstone F. Mann…

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Council Reform Referendum in May Next Clear Issue

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 March 1933 · page 6

IF ever there was a time when the people of New South Wales should turn their minds to the forms and practices of…

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N.S.W. Electors Must Vote "No" on May 13. Stevens Government's referendum proposal to constitute an elective Legislative Council with an overwhelming anti-Labor majority must be rejected

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 1 March 1933 · page 8

ON May 13 next electors of New South Wales are to be called upon to decide by referendum vote whether they will endorse or reject, the Upper House Reform…

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Hospital Funds Conflicting Reports Puzzle Mayor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 3

"The secretary's statement that the Auburn District Hospital is short of funds is not in accordance with a previous…

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'Phone Charges Holroyd's Protest "Abnormal" Says Mayor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 7

"I think telephone charges are abnormal," said the Mayor (Alderman Camp bell) at Holroyd Council on Tuesday. Alderman Warnock said that in the…

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Our Mayor Should He Wear Robes? Citizens' Opinions

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 10

Should the Mayor of Parramatta wear robes? In a letter published recently it these columns, a correspondent…

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"Dole Is Killing The Race" Bitter Attack on Auburn Aldermen Deaths From Malnutrition

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 3

"You have fallen down on your job. Like a bolting horse, you have shied from the problem of unemployment. As long as you are comfortably off, eat good food and wear smart clothes, you cannot have the interests of the unemployed at heart. To see eye to eye with us, you must lots…

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Civic Affairs. Lack of Interest. Lord Mayor's Explanation. Vii

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 8

It is exceedingly hard to explain the indifference of the average Sydney business or professional man respecting civic affairs. Following the war, and until the…

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Southern News Should Inspect Mayor Campbell's Suggestion Condition of Streets

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 7

That, if money were available, the council should inspect every ward and give attention to the worst streets, was the suggestion of the Mayor…

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Southern District Forms Divisional Council

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 14

Following a conference called by Mr. Jack w. Webb (Supervising teacher of School Agriculture) of delegates from clubs in the southern districts, a…

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North Coast. Greater County Council Proposal. GRAFTON

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 8

Proposals for the formation of a larger county council were outlined at a conference at Grafton between the Clarence River County Council and a sub-committee appointed at a…

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Clothing Trade Industry Council Will Discuss Vital Matters

The Labor Daily · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 4

Matters of vital importance to the employees engaged in the clothing industry are to be considered by the council of the Amalgamated…

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Want Bus Service Needs of Bellevue Hill Council Move

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 8

With the announcement that the State Government intends to buy more buses, councils in the Eastern…

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Japan Prepares Her Pacific Bases Report to League Council

The Labor Daily · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 4

WITH the guns roaring in the Far East, it is interesting to note, from advices of the League of Nations meeting at Geneva in January last just to hand, that the Council gave consideration to reports that the Japanese were secretly preparing submarine bases in the Pacific…

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Mayor Gets Farthing Damages Sensational Cook-Reardon Case Story of Sydney Cafe Judge Makes Biting Comment

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 1

Damages of one farthing were awarded the Mayor of Cabra-Vale (Alderman Jacob Cook) at Campbelltown District Court on Tuesday, when he sued Alderman Arthur Reardon for slander. Alleging that at a council meeting Reardon said: "You should be ashamed of…

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Bill to Amend the P.P. ACT Approved By Council of the Boards

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 10

The draft of the bill to amend the Pastures' Protection Act has been finalised and approved on behalf of the P.P. Boards…

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Alderman Ejected. Result of Clash with Mayor. BATHURST

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 10

Last night's meeting of the Bathurst Council culminated in a policeman being called to eject Alderman Hansard from the chamber by order of the Mayor when he refused to withdraw…

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