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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1934

4,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 212

Archbishop and Alderman

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 4

ARCHBISHOP MOWLL (left) and the Lord Mayor, Ald. Parker, seem to be having an interesting conversation as they sit together at the…

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Council Apologises Guildford Alderman's Bereavement No Representation at Funeral

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

An apology will be sent from Holroyd Council to Alderman Tamplin for the fact that it was not officially represented at his wife's funeral…

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Accident to Alderman. Singleton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 10

Alderman J. B. Kennedy was returning from Scone in a car, when the lights failed and the car overturned. He had two ribs fractured, and also received abrasions to the head…

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Municipal and Shire Cumberland v. Northern District

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

Cumberland met Northern District at Lidecombe last Saturday. The latter won the toss and batted, Agnew and Fallowfield being the opening batsmen. A…

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Lord Mayor's Room. Cooling Apparatus Installed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 8

A modern air conditioning unit has been installed in the office of the Lord Mayor at the Town Hall by the electricity department. It dries and cools the atmosphere. For…

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Lord Mayor's Welcome to Archbishop Mowll

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 12

At the Town Hall yesterday, from left: Archdeacon Charlton, the Speaker (Sir Daniel Levy), Dean Talbot, Archbishop Mowll, the Rev. D. F. Brandt, the Lord Mayor (Alderman Parker), the Rev. A. Jolly, Mr. Hawkins, M.L.C., Rabbi Cohen, and Bishop Kirkby…

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Country News. Shire Appointment. Coraki

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 10

Woodburn Shir[?] Council received a letter from the Returned Soldiers' League about its failuie to appoint a returned soldier applicant as shire clerk, and asking the council…

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Mayor's Straight Talk Unionists Keeping Musicians Out of Jobs

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 4

The Mayor of Granville (Alderman H. J. Epps) did some plain speaking on Tuesday evening when the Musicians' Union asked the council to see that…

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"Lying and Misleading" Mayor's Attack Holroyd Dole Work Organ

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

Strong comment on statements in the "Dole Workers' News," which he characterised as "lying and misleading," was made by the Mayor…

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Granville District News "This Motion Is an Insult" Granville Aldermen Indignant Question of Park Finances

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

Alderman Stanton, of Granville starred several of his colleagues to indignation on Tuesday evening when he moved that each park committee should furnish a…

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Coonamble Council's Debts. Coonamble

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 10

The town clerk's report to the municipal council showed that many thousands of pounds were owing on vaiious accounts and overdrafts. When a motion to adopt the report…

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City Council. Sale of Electrical Appliances

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 10

The City Coun[?]l, at the suggestion of Alderman Sir Samuel Walder, is to consider a restriction of sales of all electrical appliances except stoves and hot-water sei vice…

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Liverpool Sewer Council is Behind the People

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

The question of sewerage for Liverpool was again mentioned at Liverpool Council this week. Pointing out that a majority had voted…

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£20,152 What Granville Council Is Owed

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

The Granville town clerk (Mr. L. N. Sharp) reported on Tuesday evening that the arrears of rates and other charges at the end of last year was…

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Potato Industry Council Seeks to Regulate Interstate Trade

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 16

FOLLOWING the half-yearly meeting of the Potato Growers' Council, a deputation was appointed to wait upon tho N.S.W. Minister for Agriculture…

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Mascot. Municipal Essay Competition

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 35

The Mayor of Mascot, Alderman C. J. Dransfield, is awarding a prize to the writer of the best essay on Australian subjects at each of the schools in the…

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No Quorum at Paddington Council Is Adjourned: Mayor Warns

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 1

Waverley Council having satisfactorily adjusted its differences after several meetings had lapsed for want of quorums, another Eastern…

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Smithfield Lighting Alderman Appleton's Proposal

The Biz · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 5

"That the time had arrived when, a better and more efficient lighting arrangement for Smithfield should be considered, and that the question be referred to the…

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Mayor and Workers Statements Questioned

The Biz · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 5

At the opening of Holroyd Council meeting on Tuesday night, the Mayor (Ald. Maunder) referred to his interview with the relief workers who were on strike last…

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Kogarah Council

The Propeller · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 2

As the result of an appeal to Kogarah Council at its last meeting by the owner of land at the intersection of Townson Street and Prince's…

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