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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1934

4,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 212

FOR £239 Council Award Town Clerk Liaison Alleged ORANGE

The Sun · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 13

AMAZING allegations were made in the Orange District Court to-day, when the Molong Municipal…

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Seven Shilling Beach. Complaints to Police. Council Powerless to Act

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 18

The Woollahra Council decided at its last meeting that it has no jurisdiction with regard to Seven Shilling Beach, Double Bay, and that, therefore, it cannot erect dressing…

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Municipal Beginnings. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 11

Sir,—I read with interest an article in your, issue of February 12 that a portrait was added to the Town Hall Gallery of Sydney's first Mayor, Mr. Charles Windeyer. I think I am…

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Was Alderman New Merrylands Headmaster

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 16

Headmaster S. Harris, newly-appointed to Merrylands West Public School. Is a bright personality who should be an asset…

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Municipal and Shire Cumberland v. PADDINGTON

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 15

Cumberland met Paddington at University Oval No. 2 last Saturday. Paddington won the toss and batted, Herring and R. Davis opening to the bowling of…

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Suspended. Electricity Engineer. Alleged Insult to Alderman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 11

The Eastwood Council last night suspended Its electricity engineer. Mr. Joseph Welsh, on an allegation that he had made an insulting remark to an alderman…

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Yankee Money He Said Alderman Garden's Protest

The Labor Daily · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 5

PROTESTING against the installation of supervisory controls at electricity sub-stations, when the electricity Committee of the city…

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No Quorum Aldermen Walk Out Swimming Pool Question

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 2

There was a touch of City Town Hall tactics at Granville Council meeting on Monday evening, when two aldermen, as a protest…

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Baulkham Hills Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 19

The usual meeting of the Baulkham Hills Council was held last week Councillor A. Whitling presiding. Others in attendance were Councillors Black,…

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Ermington and Rydalmere Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 6

The meeting of the above council was held on Monday, 12th inst. The Mayor (Alderman A. F. Maling) occupied the chair, and all the aldermen…

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Martin-place New Move Premier's Letter to Lord Mayor

The Sun · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 19

THE State Government has decided to interest itself in Martin-place. It is understood that the…

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Test Case Manly Council Is Sued

The Sun · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 27

Sympathy with the applicant employees from a layman's point of view was expressed by the Chief Industrial Magistrate (Mr. Prior) in the…

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The Schools. Educational Research. Australian Council's Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 6

At the end of next month, the Australian Council for Educational Research will complete four years' work. Its establishment in April, 1930, was the result of an endowment…

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First Auburn Police Station Council Discusses Old Cottage

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 3

A 50-years-old cottage that is said to be the first police station established in Auburn has formed the subject of correspondence between the council and the…

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"Wild West Show" Guildford's Straying Stock Council to Prosecute

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 7

"You'd think it was a Wild West show if you came out there one afternoon," declared Alderman Tamplin at Holroyd Council on Tuesday,…

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Rabbit-proof Fence Council and P.P. Board Fail to Agree

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 14

FEELING continues between the Lachlan Shire Council and the Forbes Pastures Protection Board over the construction of the barrier rabbit-proof fence…

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Australian Football Poaching National Council President Blames Victorian Clubs For Selfishness

Referee · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 13

'AN Adelaide football enthusiast sends me a cutting from a Melbourne newspaper, suggesting its reproduction in "The Referee," with-comment from the New South Wales viewpoint. It is reproduced below. One's comments are from the wide Australian angle in the game, which…

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Auburn-lidcombe News People Complain Water Supply at South Auburn Council Blamed

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 3

The inadequacy of the water supply in various parts of South Auburn was the subject of a letter from the Water Board to…

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W. D. Hensell Sums Up Report To The N.Z. Council Impossible Conditions

Referee · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 19

W. D. HENSELL, the A.B.C. Official Tester, who paid a visit to New Zealand for the specific purpose of studying the methods employed there…

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Politics of the Day The Passing of the Old Legislative Council States' Financial Proposals

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 2

THE metropolitan section of the Lang labor Party is holding its annual conference in Sydney. In his address, Mr. Lang pleaded with his followers for…

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