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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1935

4,951 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 248

Golf. Annual Meetings. Position of N.s.w. Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 13

Golfers are fast approaching the Season of the annual meetings. Already several clubs have announced the dates for the annual round table conference, as it were, when the…

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Council Firm Amateur and Professional Riding Lidcombe Cycle Track

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 3

Amateur as well as professional riders will be allowed to race on the new cycle track at Lidcombe. Despite the fact that it has granted…

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Proposal of Govt. Is 'Wicked' Electricity Control By County Council Strong Words

The Labor Daily · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 5

PROTESTING strongly against the Government's proposal to take the control of the electricity undertaking from the City Council and…

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London County Council. Huge Slum Clearance Scheme. £35,000,000 to Be Spent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 8

Sir John Perring, who has been a Reform member of the London County Council for the last 15 years, and who arrived in Sydney yesterday by the Otranto on a holiday visit,…

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Won Case—But Lost His Job Sack for Relief-Worker Action Against Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 5

As a sequel to his action in proceeding against Cabra-Vale Council for employing a defeated alderman as relief work ganger, Mr. W. H. Dixon…

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Southern District News Cook and Hill in Council Brush Talk of Challenges and Insinuations Attack on Unemployed Organisation

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 5

A HEATED ARGUMENT between Mayor Jacob Cook and Alderman Hill over a letter criticising the latter's connection with the Employed and Unemployed Workers' Association made a lively incident at Cabra-Vale…

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The Municipal Rate

South Sydney Sentinel · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 3

The ordinary meeting of the Mascot Council will be held on Tuesday night, when in all probability the suspended debate on the striking of…

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Botany Council Plans To Erect Modern Baths Special Meeting to Be Held Details of Cost and Estimated Revenue Will Be Submitted

South Sydney Sentinel · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 1

At the ordinary meeting of the Botany Council on the 23rd inst., it was decided to hold a special meeting to consider the erection of modern baths. Estimates of cost and revenue will be prepared and submitted to the…

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Sharp Interlude Aldermen and Mayor Clash

The Biz · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 8

There was a lively interlude, after the reading of a letter from F. E. Welbourne, at Cabra-Vale Council on Monday night, between Ald. Hill and the…

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Memorial to Alderman Late George Young

The Biz · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 1

Standing in Railway Parade, Cabramatta, is a very line drinking fountain, erected by the citizens of the municipality, [?]t bears the inscription: "The Ald. George…

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Ordered Out by the Mayor

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 8

DECLARING that he would act permit any interruptions [?] an alderman was speaking, Mayor of Redfern, Ald. Gard[?]…

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Electricity Control. Lord Mayor Interviews Minister

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 10

Following a proposal that the City Council should oppose the removal from its control of the city electricity undertaking, the Lord Mayor (Alderman Parker) waited on the…

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Kogarah Council

The St George Call · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 6

The following correspondence was dealt with at a meeting on Monday night, 28th ult.:— Garss Park Life-Saving and…

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Granville Council

The Biz · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 5

At Granville Council meeting on Tuesday night a letter was received from the Department of Road Transport, stating that the proprietor of a bus service…

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Injustice Has Been Done Mayor's Statement Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 9

THE report tabled by the Minister for Labor, Mr. Dunningham, charging relief workers in certain Northern municipalities with…

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Council's Complaint to Dept

The Biz · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 4

Cabra-Vale Council has decided to write to the Minister for Local Government concerning the delay in service by the Board inspectors, in finalising cases of…

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Labor Council Officers Sydney

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 2

It was announced that R. King was elected unopposed for secretaryship of the Council. This was secured by the ruling out of order…

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Worker's Dismissal Argument in Council

The Biz · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 1

C. H. Rangval, for Cabra-Vale Employed and Unemployed Association, forwarded a copy of the following resolution to Cabra-Vale Council on Monday…

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District Council. Parents and Citizens’ Assns

The St George Call · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 6

The first meeting in the New Year of the St. George District Council of Parents and ‘Citizens’ Associations is to be held in the Hurstville South Boys…

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Water Board. City Council Representation. Government's Attitude Explained

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 13

The reason for the non-inclusion of a direct representative of the City Council on the proposed new Water Board is explained by the Minister for Health (Mr. Weaver) in a letter…

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