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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1935

4,951 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 248

School Will Help Protecting Public Property Council's Appreciation

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 18 March 1935 · page 2

Having written to the headmaster of Prospect public school regarding damage to insulators, etc., in that locality Blacktown Council at its last meeting,…

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Water Scheme Proposed Extensions One the Council Doesn't Want

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 18 March 1935 · page 2

In connection with the Blacktown-St. Marys water scheme, Blacktown Council received from the Water Board inst Thursday a list of extensions on which…

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Shire Works. Moree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 10

At a meeting of the Boolooroo Shire Council, the engineer (Mr. G. E. Wright) reported that works on the Moree-Boggabilla, Moree-Boorangar, and Moree-Warialda roads had been…

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Sunday Sport Clergymen Meet Council

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 5

A heated controversy took place at Marrickville Council last night on the subject of Sunday sport…

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Rural Problems. Agricultural Council. Wide Range of Subjects

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 7

CANBERRA, Monday.—A wide range of subjects affecting rural rehabilitation will be discussed by Commonwealth and State representatives at the first meeting of the…

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Electricity Bill. City Council's Case to Be Placed Before Upper House

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 8

The Lord Mayor (Alderman Parker), at a meeting of the City Council last night, announced that Mr. John Ferguson, K. C., would appear at the Bar of the Legislative Council…

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Budgets for Deficit City Council Rate Of 4½d. Is Again Imposed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 5

THE levy of a 4½d rate was renewed by the City Council yesterday. The motion for its adoption was carried by 14 votes to 4, the dissent[?]…

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K. C. to Act for City Council Appearing At Bar Of Upper House

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 8

MR. FERGUSON, K.C., has been briefed by the City Council to appeal at the Bar of the Legislative Council when the Gas and…

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City Rate the Same for 1935 Council Will Again Budget For Deficit 412d. in the £

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 7

THERE were only four dissentients -- Alds, Farrell (Labor), Paikes, Jackson and Howie (Civic Reform) -- when the city Council last night…

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School "Council" Elects The Mayor

The Sun · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 13

IN regular grown-up style, the Banksmeadow Public School,Botany, which conducts its own council as a…

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Aldermen's Shield For School Traffic Patrols

The Sun · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 16

The police are arranging a traffic control competition among the schoolchildren in the South Sydney district, the Mayor of Mascot…

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Shire's Improved Roads. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 14

At a meeting of Blaxland Shire Council, numerous letters were read from ratepayers congratulating the council on the improvements made to roads. Much of the work was…

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Legislative Council. Electricity Bill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 14

Mr. W. F. V. Robson presented a petition from the municipal council of Sydney protesting against the removal of the ownership and control of the City Electricity Department…

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Cut Grass Council Helps School

The Sun · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 16

Paspalum grass on the playing area is an annual source of worry to the Strathfield South Public School which last night, asked Strathfield…

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Brisbane Council Loan. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 14

Brisbane City Council decided to-day to borrow privately through a Melbourne firm of brokers £100,000 for the Lord Mayor's beautification scheme. The Commonwealth Bank…

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Staff Changes Kuring-gai Council

The Sun · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 16

Kuring-gai Council has decided to abolish the position of mechanical engineer, to throw the position of assistant-engineer open, and to…

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To Resume Land Council Stops Building

The Sun · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 16

Bankstown Council last night decided to cancel the building permit granted some time ago for two shops, now being constructed, in North…

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State Parliament. County Council. Control of Electricity. Minister Defends Proposal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 14

During the debate on the Gas and Electricity Bill in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Spooner) said that within the next 10 years…

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VIC. C.P. Pulls Out Argyle Govt. Doomed Council Decides By 27 Votes To 14 Final Stand Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 5

POLITICAL chaos faces Victoria in the immediate future. By 27 votes to 14 a joint conference of the Parliamentary Country Party…

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MOLONG : Centenary Celebrations — TAREE : Municipal Jubilee

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 24

THE story of Molong, which this week is celebrating its centenary, goes back to the exploring days of Major Thomas Livingstone Mitchell. The famous Surveyor-General's second…

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