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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1934

4,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 212

Cenotaph for Fairfield Council Approves of Move

The Biz · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 2

The local chamber ot Commerce wrote to Fairfield Council on Tuesday night requesting that the Mayor call a public meeting, and circularise all public…

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Council Juniors. Visit to Hawkesbury Agricultural College

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 6

On Sunday last a wonderful day was spent by many Juniors and Seniors who motored up to Richmond to visit the Hawkesbury Agricultural College. On…

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Snakes in Grass on Footpath Complaint to Council

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 7

In a letter to the Granville Council, the Park Hill Progress Association stressed the danger of snakes near Wright Street owing…

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Council's Fine Record Rates Reduced and No Sackings

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 9

The fine record of Globe Labor municipal council in reducing its rates in spite of the downward trend of values and of…

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Fed. Immunity From Rates Legal Point Raised by Council

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 9

The Property and Survey Branch of the Federal Department of the Interior informed Redfern Council last night that the Commonwealth…

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League of Nations. Meeting of the Council. the Saar Plebiscite. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Jan. l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 9

The Foreign Secretary (Sir John Simon) left London yesterday afternoon for Geneva, where he will lead the British delegation at the meeting of the Council of the League of…

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St. George County Council Our Electricity Supply. Record of Wonderful Achievement. The Past and the Present. Part Iv. Free Service

The Propeller · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 6

Much free service is given to consumers with the object of encouraging the use of electricity for all domestic purposes. Prompt attendance at…

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Rockdale Municipal Band

The Propeller · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 1

The Rockdale Municipal Band Social Club held a social evening in the Band Hall last Saturday night. Several new dances were introduced and…

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Municipal Milk Control

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 6

Sir,--The article on the distribution of municipal control of milk which appeared in your colimns recently is extremely opportune…

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Call-up of Workless (Puablished gratis because of the Government's withdrawl of the advertisement from "The Labor Daily.") Positions Vacant. Government Labor Exchanges. Municipality of Waverley

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 10

All those married men, single men with dependents, and single men 21 years of age and over, registered, holding cards issued by the Metropolitan Labor…

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Municipal Salaries

The Biz · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 5

The Municipal Officers' Association of Australia (Federal Executive) has forwarded to councils a log of wages and working venditions which had been…

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"A Tidy City." Lord Mayor's Intentions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 14

Sydney will undergo a "spring cleaning" before the visit of Prince George. The City Council will expedite the completion of the Martin-place extension, and the widening of…

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City Council Move For Election In July

The Sun · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 7

Although it was earlier indicated definitely that the City Council elections would not be held until December, there is now a move, which…

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"Debt of Honour." Council's Claim on Government. MURWILLUMBAH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 16

A bill for an amount exceeding £500 is to be presented to the [?]ew South Wales Government by the Murwillumbah Municipal Council, the sum representing the money which would…

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St Marys Council City Electricity Charges the Administration Trouble

Nepean Times · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 2

The Mayor, Ald. L. A. Muscio, presided at the monthly meeting of St. Marys Council on Tuesday evening. Aldermen J. Irwin, R. Beacroft, W…

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Nazi Tyranny in the Saar League Council on Plebiscite London

The Sun · Sunday 21 January 1934 · page 5

The question of the Saar plebiscite to decide whether the area shall revert to Germany or Prance was under consideration at a private…

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Cinema News "Mayor of Hell."

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 2

Jimmy Cagney and Madge Evans both give all they possess in "The Mayor of Hell" to make it a fine little picture. The story is of the modern youth of to-day,…

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Gaol Governor's Pension "Paltry" Is Comment of Mayor

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 6

A plea for adequate pensions for retiring officials of the Prisons Department was made by the Mayor of Parramatta (Ald. H. Ohlsen) at a…

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Want a Bit Of R'wick Mayor Is Worried

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 5

THE surprise move of the Waverley Council in requesting the Minister for Local Government, Mr. Spooner, to extend the area of the municipality by the inclusion of part of Randwick, has put the Randwick Council on the defensive…

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Trouble Likely in Council Entertaining Prince in Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Trouble is likely in the Melbourne City Council over the statement attributed to the Lord Mayor (Cr. Gengoult Smith)…

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