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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1934

4,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 212

Labor Aldermen in Protest

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 7

Ald. Grant objected vigorously at the City Council yesterday to the proposal to remove a fruit stall from vacant land at Darlinghurst Road,…

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Aldermen Walk Out Waverley Fiasco

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 5

AMID uproarious scenes at Waverley Council last night the Deputy-Mayor, Ald. Fieldhouse, jumped to his feet as soon as council assembled and said that, as a protest against the action of the Minister for Local Government, Mr. Spooner, in selecting…

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Delegate for Russia Alderman Shakespeare Farewelled

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 7

CESSNOCK, Tuesday.--Alderman J. Shakespeare, who has been selected by the miners on South Maitland coalfields to represent them at the…

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Sir T. Henley Resigns As Alderman

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 7

After 36 years as an alderman, during which he was 10 times mayor, Sir Thomas Henley has resigned from the Drummoyne Council.,…

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Labor Victory in Council Award Conference to Be Held Labor alderman scored a victory in the City Council yesterday on the award rates questions

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 7

COUNCIL on February 20 passed resolution "That a conference of representatives of both the council and the unions be held, to be…

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In a Glass House? Aldermen Who Tell Tenants About Properties

The Sun · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 11

"SOME of the rooms are overrun with lice and the condition of the Town Hall generally is a disgrace to the city," said Ald. Mulcahy, when estimates were being discussed at to-day's meeting of the General Purposes Committee of the City…

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A Liner In the Bay England's One Australian Mayor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 5

ONE of a group of knights who arrived from New Zealand yesterday by the Wanganella, Sir John Courtis, a former…

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REASONS For Farm Courts Martial Mayor Tells Leeton

The Sun · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 12

Major parsonage to-day stated before the Yanco Welfare Farm inquiry that he had introduced the…

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Civic Reformers Outvoted Lord Mayor & McELHONE Turn the Scale

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 1

The Parker-McElhone combination voted twice with Labor at the City Council meeting yesterday, bringing defeat to the ruling Civic Reform…

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Fire Board Payments by City Council

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 6

Ald. Garden at the City Council meeting yesterday, protested against the payment of £16,023 to the Board of Fire Commissioners for…

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Sir Thomas Henley Resigns from Drummoyne Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 14

Sir Thomas Henley, M.L.A., last night tendered his resignation as an alderman of the Drummoyne Council. He has given more than 36 years' service, and been Mayor six times…

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Altered Its Constitution Ryde-Balmain Younger Set Council

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 9

An important decision has been made by Ryde-Balmain District Council of Younger Sets, which decided, at its last…

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"Dodgem" Ban at Coogee Minister's Reply to Council

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 7

An application by Randwick Council for the lease of portion of Coogee Beach for the erection of a "dodgem" area, received…

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The South Australian Worker Adelaide, Monday. A.L.P. Council

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 15

THE A.L.P. Council held a special meeting early last week to consider a demand for early ballot papers from four Local Committees—all in the metropolitan…

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Council of Churches. Mr. Latham's Mission to the East Suggestion to Government

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 17

At a meeting of the Council of Churches in the Y.M.C.A. Hall, Pitt-street, yesterday, members discussed the forthcoming visit of the Federal Attorney-General (Mr. Latham)…

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Municipal Flats. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 8

Sir,—Referring to my previous letters in the "Herald" relative to the building of municipal flats by Paddington Council, I mentioned that I did not wish to enter into any…

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Municipal By-election. Junee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 14

The extraordinary election of one alderman to Junee Municipal Council to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Alderman Benham resulted:—R. P Joyce, 197: T. H…

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Swimming Aldermen

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 March 1934 · page 7

LINING UP for the aldermen's race last night at the Enfield swimming baths. Left to right: Aldermen S. A. Lloyd (Enfield), J. L. Raith (Petersham), D. Carroll (Mosman), and R. C. Forsyth (North Sydney)…

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Ryde Tram Service. Aldermen's Protest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 March 1934 · page 10

The proposal for the discontinuance of the tramway service between Ryde and Ryde station was discussed at last night's meeting of the Ryde Council…

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Municipal Tennis Courts Question of Lighting Deferred Several Aldermen Oppose Idea

South Sydney Sentinel · Thursday 8 March 1934 · page 1

The Municipal Tennis Courts, a much discussed question in the Mascot Council Chamber, were again before the Aldermen on Tuesday night, when reports…

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