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Council & local affairs, 1935

4,951 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 248

Alderman H. Colquhoun

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 16

Alderman Hugh Colquhoun, who died on Thursday, aged 50 years, was elected a member of Granville Council last December. He came from Scotland when a boy, had been a…

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Forgot the Key Mayor Was Mistaken for Burglar

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 1

Ald. Smith, Mayor of Annandale, was mistaken for a burglar last night, and some of his friends were thought to be accomplices…

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New Council Chambers. Moree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 16

A suggestion that the Moree Municipal Council should take over the Memorial Hall, on which there is a debt of £6000, and convert it into council chambers, has been made…

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Gossip from Everywhere Romance On The Stage -- Medicine By Parachute -- Jack Cross Builds a Town--H.H.Dare'sNewJob Shire Limpets

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 13

SHIRE councillors stick to their seats on the North Coast of N.S.W. Jack Banner and Tom Armstrong have sat continuously on the Byron Shire…

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Government Labor Exchanges. Positions Vacant Municipality of Balmain

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 7

(Rozelle Portion). All these married men and single men with depe[?]dents. and single men at present registered holding cards issued by the…

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Municipality of Mascot

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 7

All those married men who registered prior to and on the 31st December. 1934. holding cards issued by the Metropolitan Labor Exchanges hearing dates up to the…

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Municipality of [?]

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 7

All those married men at present registered, holding cards issued by the Metropolitan Labor Exchanges, residing in the Municipality of Darlington, report for…

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Municipalities of Parramatta and Enfield

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 7

All those married men. and single men with dependents, and single men. at present reg[?]tered holding cards issued by the Metropolitan Labor Exchanges…

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Country News. Municipal Amalgamation Opposed. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 16

A local government inquiry has been fixed to be held at Blayney on March 12 into the proposed amalgamation of the Blayney municipality with the Carcoar and Lyndhurst…

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Co-ordinate Transport Federal Council To Be Revived CANBERRA

The Sun · Sunday 3 March 1935 · page 13

ACTION will be taken by the Commonwealth Government as soon as possible to revive the Australian…

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Alderman Resigns. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 10

Alderman A. Turnbull, who has been appointed to the Parramatta Reformatory, has resigned from the Goulburn Council, of which he was a member for 15 years…

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Sudden Death Alderman Hugh Colquhoun

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 2

The sudden death of Alderman Hugh Colquhoun, of Granville, on Thursday night came as a great shock to his wide circle of friends…

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1000 TREES Mayor's Beautification Scheme

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 2

In connection with the introduction of the emergency relief works scheme to Granville, the Mayor (Alderman Fielding) suggested that the council might…

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PRESENTATION Ex-Liverpool Mayor Fine Tributes

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 2

Ex-Mayor J. S. Fitzpatrick and Mrs. Fitzpatrick received a tremendous ovation at the Liverpool Town Hall on…

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Council Briefs

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 2

Much of the time at Eastwood Council meeting on Wednesday night was occupied in hearing addresses from candidates for election to the Water Board…

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Dundas Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 2

The regular fortnightly meeting of the above council was held on Wednesday, February 27, the Mayor (Alderman E. A. Mobbs) presiding…

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Tweed Shire Electrification. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 10

The Tweed Shire Council conferred in committee with representatives of the Electrical Construction Co. of Australia, Ltd., to whom the contract for the electrification of Tweed…

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Mayor Hired Marquee: Evicted Family Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 8

UNABLE to find a home after being evicted last week, the father and mother of a family appealed to the Mayor of Coburg, who…

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£2500 Allotted to Shire. Manilla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 10

The Mandowa Shire Council has received notice that £2500 has been allocated towards the construction of a deviation and bridge over the Namoi River to Glenbarra-road and the…

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Grant for Shire Works. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 10

Advice has been received at Wagga that the Government has made available £2000 for road construction in the Mitchell shire, and £750 for work in the Kycamba shire…

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